Tuesday, February 05, 2008

ASH WEDNESDAY

ASH WEDNESDAY


We hope you joined us for our Ash Wednesday Service on Wednesday, March 1st at 7 pm in the sanctuary. Ash Wednesday is the first day of the Lent season, and its name derives from the custom of marking the foreheads of worshippers with ashes that have been previously blessed. In the Old Testament, ashes were a sign of mourning and of penitence, and as we begin the season of Lent, the ashes remind us of our need to mourn our sin, and of our great need for God’s grace and for the cross.



Ash Wednesday image.

Source: http://www.peacechurch.net/programs/accomplished2006.html

NOTE: This is an article of a Presbyterian Church.

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