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.

Lent officially begins today. Here's what to know about the Christian season Story by Catherine Messier, USA TODAY NETWORK - New England • 3w ...

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?

It was such a success that Biddle hopes to conduct similar worship-on-wheels every Thursday throughout Lent. 14 Instead of 40.

The Peace Pulpit: Jesus challenges us today to reject every other concern, most of all to reject power and violence in order to grow in the one thing that is most important: to grow in love.

As Easter is determined by the lunar cycles of the Jewish calendar, Lent changes dates each year, but its importance remains the same. What exactly is the significance of the Christian season, and ...

Lent is a time of self-examination where we are honest with ourselves and get right with God. However, it is not a time where we feel bad about who we are.

Midweek worship through Lent every Wednesday at 7 pm. 2024-25 Preschool Registration now open online! Free drive-through, take-out meal every Saturday evening from 4:30-5:30 pm.

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 ...

Beyond missing a meal and what their soul desires, lent is the time to connect and properly worship God ...

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.

Here's what to know about Lent and its dates this year. When is Lent 2025? Lent always starts on Ash Wednesday, a day of reflection and repentance that falls on March 5 this year.