Ash Wednesday, February 22, 7:00 p.m.
Our Lenten season will begin with the traditional service including choral music, congregational prayers and singing, reading and reflection on Holy Scripture, and the Imposition of Ashes. The use of ashes as a sign of mortality and repentance has a long history in Jewish and Christian worship, and the Imposition can be a powerful nonverbal and experiential way of participating in the call to repentance and reconciliation. This practice is the historic focus of Ash Wednesday observance and gave the day its name.
Wednesday Evening Soup and Prayer
Beginning February 29, each Wednesday between Ash Wednesday and Holy Week (5 Wednesdays) there will be a Soup and Salad Supper in Fellowship Hall from 6:00-6:45 p.m. (provided by UMW Circles) followed by a Prayer Service in the Sanctuary from 7:00-7:30 p.m. The Wednesday Prayer services will include singing, silence, reading of scripture, lighting candles, and prayers.








