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KELSEYVILLE – This Sunday, Galilee Lutheran Church Interim Pastor Denis Eucalyptus will deliver a sermon entitled “The Ten Commandments: What would Jesus say about them?”
The sermon is the second of three focusing on the subject.
The service begins at 10 a.m.
Galilee Lutheran practices open communion and communion is offered every Sunday. Refreshments will be served after the service. They welcome everyone to join them.
Sunday school will be held at 9 a.m. for the children. Adult bible study also is at 9 a.m. and will be repeated at 11:30 a.m. with a continuation of the video “The New Testament” followed by discussion.
Lenten services will continue each Wednesday through March 24. The community is invited to join them.
The church practices open communion. Everyone is welcome to come and receive communion.
Galilee Lutheran Church is located at 8860 Soda Bay Road, Kelseyville.
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MIDDLETOWN – The Sanctuary Prayer Walk returns to the Middletown Community United Methodist Church through April 5 to enhance the experience of the Lenten Season.
Eleven marked interactive prayer stations circle the interior of the 113-year-old Methodist stone sanctuary in Middletown based on a walk used in English Cathedrals.
The labyrinth was developed by the Rev. Peggy Thompson.
“The intention of the prayer walk is to give people space and time for spiritual reflection and refreshment because the world so often crowds out our spiritual nature,” Thompson said.
This Prayer Walk was first presented in Middletown on a single day in December 2009 and sponsored by the Middletown Methodist Christian Education Committee.
Pastor Voris Brumfield was granted the use of the stations for the 47 days of Lent to extend the opportunity for persons in all of Lake County to take the walk.
The Prayer Walk includes music and simple activities at each station. A few of the comments thus far from the 24 people who have taken the newly installed walk include “profoundly moving,” “ a beautiful experience,” “thank you for letting me focus on my real mission in life and grounding my feelings, thoughts, emotions and reminding me that God is the center,” “thank you for showing me the way and the light,” “very positive and life changing.”
The Prayer Walk, although Christ-centered, is nondenominational, and can be emotionally moving to persons of all spiritual beliefs.
The hours for the walk are Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Sundays before and after the 9:45 a.m. New Life Service from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., and 11:30 a.m. To 1:30 p.m.
The Prayer Walk also will be available during special events at the Middletown Methodist Church as noted by a sign on Highway 29 and Armstrong Street in Middletown.
The complete prayer walk experience can be 15 to 30 minutes, however participants are encouraged to take as much time as they wish.
Up to 11 persons can experience the walk simultaneously though only one person per station is recommended.
The walk is appropriate for children as young as 6 years when accompanied by an adult.
There is no fee and the Sanctuary Prayer Walk and the historic church is located at 11581 Armstrong Street in Middletown.
This experience is worth a trip to Middletown.
For more information email
Visit the church online at www.middletownmethodist.org ; Middletown Methodist also is on Facebook and Twitter.
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KELSEYVILLE – This Sunday, Feb. 21, Galilee Lutheran Church's interim pastor, Denis Eucalyptus will deliver a sermon entitled “The Ten Commandments, what would Jesus say about them.”
Eucalyptus will deliver the sermon during the 10 a.m. service.
Sunday school will be held at 9 a.m. for the children. Adult bible study also is at 9 a.m. and will be repeated at 11:30 a.m. with a continuation of the video “The New Testament” followed by discussion.
Lenten services will begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, and continue each Wednesday through March 24. The community is invited to join them.
The church practices open communion. Everyone is welcome to come and receive communion.
Galilee Lutheran Church is located at 8860 Soda Bay Road, Kelseyville.
For more information or to view the church's calendar of events please visit their Web site at www.galileekelseyville.org .
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KELSEYVILLE – The Kelseyville United Methodist Church will conduct a special Ash Wednesday service on Feb. 17 at 4 p.m.
The service is open to anyone who would like to participate.
For the Western Christian calendar, Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent and occurs 46 days (40 days not counting Sundays) before Easter.
It is a movable feast, falling on a different date each year because it is dependent on the date of Easter.
Ash Wednesday gets its name from the practice of placing ashes on the foreheads of the faithful as a sign of repentance.
The ashes used are gathered after the palm crosses from the previous year's Palm Sunday are burned.
As the first day of Lent, Ash Wednesday comes the day after Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday), the last day of the carnival season.
Kelseyville UMC is located at 3810 Main St. in Kelseyville. The church has been in this location since 1871 and runs a popular thrift shop each Monday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.