This Sunday is the first Sunday in Lent, the 40-day period leading up to Good Friday and Easter, excluding Sundays. It is a time of preparation and spiritual refinement. The service begins at 10:01 am and we will praise, pray and encourage one another in hope. We continue our teaching series on the book of Esther and review chapters 3 and 4. Esther is promoted to Queen and needs to decide whether or not she will risk her own life in order to save her own people. Her uncle Mordechai asks: “And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” Volunteers are preparing to teach our children, care for them in the nursery, prepare snacks and coffee, and usher and answer questions. Let’s start Lent right—together at worship.