Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday Service
Wednesday, February 22nd @ 7:00pm

Lent is the 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Maundy Thursday (not counting Sundays).
It has been marked by restraint and fasting by believers since the Council of Nicea in 325 AD where Christians were encouraged to seriously consider the weight of our sin that required the brutal crucifixion of Christ and the enormity of His gift to us.

The history of fasting at lent comes from the 40 days of fasting that Jesus participated in the desert before beginning His public ministry. It can be fasting from food, activity or any practice that would cost you something to do without it for 40 days.

We will celebrate Lent as a church beginning Wednesday, February 22nd with a special Ash Wednesday Service. It will be marked by a quiet reverence, communion, worship and the historic practicing of placing ashes on all those that would like to participate, either through a cross on your forehead or the top of your hand.

You will decide what you would like to give up for 40 days (46 including Sundays) and will practice that restraint until Maundy Thursday, the Thursday before Easter.

This can be a special time for reflection and worship if you so choose. It is also a good time to invite someone to experience the deeper meaning of our faith. It will start at 7:00pm and will end no later than 8:00pm.

I hope you will join me in preparing your heart and mind for this Easter season.

Pastor Mark