Ash Wednesday Services—March 5 at 6:00 pm
Lent is a time of renewal and transformation. As we give up on things that distract us from our relationship to God, and simplify our life for a time, we are drawn closer to Christ. Lent is a time to look inside of ourselves to see where we have turned away from God and to look up to the cross that turns us back to God. On Ash Wednesday we receive an ashen cross on our foreheads, a sign of repentance, a sign of our mortality, but also a sign of new life in Jesus Christ. We pray for God to make our hearts clean and renew us in the waters of baptism. Return-ing to our baptismal call, we more intentionally bear the fruits of love and mercy into the world.