Homer UMC observed the beginning of the Lenten Season with an Ash Wednesday service. Lent is the 40 days before Easter Sunday, when the Christian Church is called to a time of repentance, prayer and fasting in preparation for the joy of Easter--the day The Church celebrates Christ's Resurrection.
In Pastor Steve's Ash Wednesday message, he reminded us that the Season of Lent is a time of forgiveness, both seeking and giving; prayer and reflection, confession of sin and self-denial or fasting. Lent is a time when God gives us a "Do Over"-- another chance to get it right. The service ended with the Imposition of Ashes--receiving a sign of the cross made from the ashes of burned palm leaves, placed on the forehead as a symbol of repentance and a reminder that we are God's creation.
"For you are dust, and to dust you shall return." Genesis 3:19
Thursday, February 18, 2010
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