By: Kathryn Wacker
Lent is a time of repentance, a time to reflect on renewal of our faith and on life eternal through the resurrection of Christ. The period of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday and ends Saturday before Easter Sunday. Calculating this by calendar days will figure at 45 days, but the 5 Sundays in Lent are excluded, giving a total of 40 days.
These 40 days represent the Temptation of Jesus during the 40 days of fasting Christ spent in the desert. (Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:9-12; Luke 4:1-13) Lent is the time of year to think of our own sinful temptations and of Christ’s saving grace.
Join us on Ash Wednesday to receive the mark of ashes and to humbly reflect how our time here on earth is short “For dust you are and to dust you shall return” (Genesis 3:19), but with Christ we have eternal life. Then beginning Feb. 29, return each Wednesday at Noon or 6:30pm for our Mid-Week Lenten services.
Ash Wednesday Service Schedule
6—8am Imposition of Ashes
12noon & 6:30pm Worship Services
Mid-Week Lenten Service Schedule
Feb. 29 thru March 28
12noon & 6:30pm Worship Services
