Our Lenten theme comes from the book, Feasting On the Word, by David L. Bartlett, Barbara Brown Taylor, and Kimberly Bracken Long. Lent can be a difficult discipline for many worshipers, with its intentional solemnity and encouragement toward self-denial. Others find it to be the most meaningful time of the year and the most honest time of the year, when we wrestle with the hard things of life and walk with Jesus through the darkest days of his life.

We will be exploring themes of food and fasting for Ash Wednesday, although people will be coming to church looking for discipline, as we face the challenges in juxtapositions of mortality and eternity, sin and grace, death and life, all of which make the path to Jesus’ cross and tomb a rugged, rewarding campaign.

1. Please bring along your old palm branches and crosses on Sunday, February 11th,  so that they can be burnt for the ashes for Ash Wednesday February 14.
2. Services for Ash Wednesday
   1. – Imposition of ashes without Holy Communion at 7 AM                                                  – Pancakes in the church hall at 5.30 PM with a “Shrove Tuesday” program PLEASE BRING YOUR CHILDREN! Volunteers needed. Please see Fr. Noble

2. – Holy Eucharist with the imposition of ashes in the church at 6 PM