<html><body style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div><font size="3">Collect for 1 Lent:</font></div><div><font size="3"><br /></font></div><div><font size="3">Let us pray:</font></div><div><font size="3"><br /></font></div><div><p style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">God of the desert,</font></p><p style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">always there for us,</font></p><p style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">when we thought we were alone,</font></p><p style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">dry and tested to be our true selves.</font></p><p style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">Guide us through our choices.</font></p><p style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">Give us strength </font></p><p style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">to walk out of our wasteland </font></p><p style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">with renewed integrity,</font></p><p style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">through Jesus Christ our Lord, </font></p><p style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, </font></p><p style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">one God for ever and ever. Amen</font></p><p style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">For reflection on 1 Lent go to > </font><a href="http://preachingtip.com/preaching-tip-of-the-week/"><font size="3">http://preachingtip.com/preaching-tip-of-the-week/</font></a></p><p style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">Bob Eldan</font></p><p style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">Lander, Wyoming</font></p><p style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">USA</font></p><p style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3"><br /></font> <br /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></body></html>