Ash Wednesday Worship Service
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March 2, 2022 @ 7:00 pm
2022 Lenten Series
We gather at 7:00 p.m. on each of the Wednesdays during the Season of Lent. A brief worship service will be held in the Old Chapel on Ash Wednesday, March 2, followed by a keynote presentation by Dr. Micah Sadigh. The Midweek Lenten Series continues in Nitschmann Hall on Wednesday, March 9, and runs for a total of six weeks. Although we are not serving the usual supper, meeting in the fellowship hall will allow participants on Zoom to more easily join the sessions.
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March 2: Bishop Hopeton Clennon, Senior Pastor, Central Moravian Church, and Dr. Micah Sadigh, Professor of Psychology, Cedar Crest College. We look forward to hearing Micah’s presentation on “The Visionary Leader and the Journey to the Unknown: Guidelines for Periods of Transition”.
March 9: Charlene Donchez Mowers, President of the Bethlehem World Heritage Commission and recently retired president of Historic Bethlehem Museums and Sites. Charlene will provide an update on Bethlehem’s progress toward becoming a World Heritage Site. (https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/6579/)
March 16: Dr. Bryon Grigsby, President of Moravian University, and The Rev. Dr. Heather Vacek, Vice President and Dean of Moravian Theological Seminary. Bryon and Heather will talk with us about the transition to university status and the new partnership with Lancaster Theological Seminary.
March 23: Leela Breithaupt, Executive Director of The Bach Choir of Bethlehem, will give us an insider view of the significant transitions going on with an organization that stated in our church 123 years ago.
March 30: Michelle Kott, Chief of Police, Bethlehem Police Department, is the first woman to hold that position. Chief Kott was promoted through the ranks from a Patrol Office in 2004. We look forward to hearing about Bethlehem’s transition in policing.
April 6: The Rev. Melissa Johnson, President, Eastern District Executive Board. After about six months in her new position, Melissa with share with us her vision for the Eastern District of the Moravian Church Northern Province and ways Central may engage with that mission. Melissa also plays a pivotal role in our current call process.
