Grace’s response to COVID-19

We have suspended all in-person worship and activities until further notice. Please watch or listen to worship online. Lenten Services in partnership University Lutheran. Live at 6pm Wednesday and will then be posted to our Facebook page. Sunday Worship Services will be posted by 10am Sunday to our Youtube channel.

Grace Lutheran Church

Grace for All

Home

Ash Wednesday, Feb 26

Ash Wednesday, Feb 26

by

Join us for a service of repentance, reflection and ashes, next Wednesday evening, February 26th starting at 6:15pm in the sanctuary.
 
Why Ash Wednesday? (from the ELCA)
Ash Wednesday is the Wednesday of the seventh week before Easter and the first day of Lent. The day is named for the practice of imposing ashes, a practice that many Lutheran congregations have found to be a very meaningful part of the Ash Wednesday liturgy. Using ashes as a sign of repentance is an ancient practice, often mentioned in the Bible (e.g., Jonah 3:5-9; Job 42:6; Jeremiah 6:26; Matthew 11:21). The early Christians adopted the use of ashes from Jewish practice as an external mark of penitence. Ashes symbolize several aspects of our human existence:
– Ashes remind us of God’s condemnation of sin, as God said to Adam, “Dust you are and to dust you shall return” (Genesis 3:19).
– Ashes suggest cleansing and renewal. They were used anciently in the absence of soap.
On Ash Wednesday we receive ashes in the form of the cross, the same symbol placed on our bodies with water in our baptism. Even in this ashen mark of death, we anticipate the new life of Easter.
– Ashes remind us of the shortness of human life, for it is said as we are buried into the ground. “We commit this body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust”
-Ashes are a symbol of our need to repent, confess our sins, and return to God.
Avatar

About Jan Adams

Your giving helps us support all of our ministries, programs and community outreach!

Give