Ash Wednesday, Family Friendly Service & Supper
Wednesday, February 22, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
The church staff and the Worship Committee invite all parents and children to attend the “child-friendly” and multi-sensory Ash Wednesday Service for Children & Families, Wednesday, February 22. Participants will gather in the sanctuary narthex (front hall) and the service will take place in the sanctuary. Ash Wednesday marks the start of the Lenten Season, where we prepare ourselves and our families for the life, miracles, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This service includes a child-friendly Lord’s Supper and the Application of Ashes.
By attending this service, children and parents will enter into the Lenten Season knowing the purpose of Lent and the meaning of the symbols used in the Lenten and Easter seasons. It is both joyful and spiritually responsible to involve your children in the great seasons of the church. After all, Jesus taught, “Let the children come to me, for of such is made the Kingdom of Heaven.”
While the service begins at 5:30, we’ll gather at 5:00 to make Lenten t-shirts that emphasis the meaning of the season. You will be invited to dinner, following the service, at 6 p.m. in Parish Hall, provided by the Fellowship Committee. The regular service is at 7:00 pm in the sanctuary’s west transept.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge God, and God will make straight your paths.” Proverbs 3:5 – 6 NRSV Bible