Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Imposition of Ashes and Eucharist | Noon (onsite) & 7:00 PM (onsite & online)
Ash Wednesday is the traditional beginning of the season of Lent. It is a day of humbling ourselves before God as we confess our mortality and our repentance. It begins a season of looking forward to God’s gracious renewal of our lives through the death and resurrection of Christ at Easter. We are invited to begin the Lenten disciplines of prayer, fasting, almsgiving – works of love.
We gather for the traditional ritual that gives the day its name: imposing ashes on our foreheads as a sign of mortality and repentance. The meaning and importance of this day are not lessened by this, however. The spiritual power of Ash Wednesday is the inner work it calls us to through the external ritual.
The Noon liturgy includes the imposition of ashes, holy communion, and is abbreviated.
The 7:00 pm liturgy includes confession and absolution, imposition of ashes, and holy communion. The evening liturgy will be livestreamed on YouTube.
We have much to face together when we look at ourselves in honest, humble assessment of the state of our lives and our world. Ash Wednesday will be a time to gather for worship to begin our inner, heart-rending work of returning to God in humility and trust in God’s mercy alone.