Here are five interesting facts about Lent. 1. The meaning of ashes. Ash Wednesday worship involves church services where ashes are placed in the shape of a cross on worshipers' foreheads.

Scripture for Life: Contemplating Jesus' fury in the temple calls us to take account of ourselves. What religion do we proclaim in our worship and our daily actions?

From its roots, the word Lent—akin to the way the ... Worship: A Quick Lent? 3 minute read. TIME. March 12, 1965 12:00 AM GMT-5. L ent isn’t what it used to be. ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, a season observed by millions of Christians globally, dedicated to fasting and prayer, spanning the six weeks leading up to Easter Sunday.

Lent always starts on Ash Wednesday, a day of reflection and repentance that falls on March 5 this year. Advertisement The season lasts for 40 days, ending during Holy Week, the final week before ...

But what is Lent anyway? Many of us are familiar with the “season” of Christmas, which is also a name of a season of the church calendar and year. But Christmas also has meaning to our ...

As March begins, the warmer weather of spring and celebration of Easter, this year on Sunday, April 20, are on the way.. However, before Easter is 40 days of Lent, one of the liturgical seasons of ...

St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Aurora will open Lent with an annual Dixieland worship service, a Mardi Gras-style luncheon and Ash Wednesday services including a drive-through imposition of ashes.

As we all know, this season of Lent is a time that we, in a certain sense like Jesus, put ourselves apart from our everyday concerns, everyday life. As foremost in our life, we try to spend 40 ...

Call the church office at 610-469-9350 if there are questions. Bethel UMC. ... Midweek worship through Lent every Wednesday at 7 pm. 2024-25 Preschool Registration now open online!

PARKERSBURG — First Lutheran Church, 1701 19th St., begins the Lenten season with worship at noon and 7 p.m. Ash Wednesday, March 2. Communion will be celebrated at both services. A nursery will ...

Lent always starts on Ash Wednesday, a day of reflection and repentance that falls on March 5 this year. The season lasts for 40 days, ending during Holy Week, the final week before Easter.