Lent begins this week

The season of Lent is once again upon us as we prayerfully remember the sacrifice Christ made for our salvation.

Please join us 5:30 p.m. Tuesday for our annual Pancake Supper and Wednesday at 7 p.m. for the imposition of Ashes.

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. In effect, the Ash Wednesday Service sets the scene for the forty days of reflection to follow. It is a service of great moment. As is our custom, during the evening service, ashes made from palms from the previous Palm Sunday are placed by the pastor on the foreheads of worshipers in the sign of the Cross.

We are reminded that we are human and therefore will ourselves return to dust.

Ash Wednesday thus allows us not to retreat from life, but to begin to once again recognize the profound gift of grace and new life that we find in Jesus. It is a way of recognizing that the love of God is real and the beginning of a meaningful life.

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