Join us this Lenten season for the JOURNEY OF STONES sermon series, starting February 26, and continuing through Easter.

Drawing on the rich imagery of rocks and stones in scripture, this series of messages will center around the compelling metaphor of stones (and our willingness to throw them) as representative of our sins. You may be surprised to discover how such a common object like a stone can open our eyes to the uncommon wonders of this season.

As we enter the sanctuary you will be invited to pick up stones as a concrete symbol of each sermon’s theme; then as the message concludes the stones will placed at the foot of the cross.

As we move toward Easter we will see what happens to the stones on Easter Sunday. We will begin the series with our first message on Ash Wednesday, continue for the five weeks of Lent, and conclude with services on Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, and Easter Sunday. Throughout this series we will be taken on a journey of prayerful and honest repentance — a powerful and life-changing journey of celebration, of grace, of awe at the miracle of the empty tomb and the promise of life.  Each sermon and every story well–grounded in the living Word of God.  You are invited to join us at New Sharon UMC for the JOURNEY!