6:00am & 6:00pm; half-hour services in the sanctuary
The aim of Ash Wednesday worship is threefold:
~to meditate on our mortality, sinfulness, and need of a savior;
~ to renew our commitment to daily repentance in the Lenten season and in all of life; and
~ to remember with confidence and gratitude that Christ has conquered death and sin.
—The Worship Sourcebook
FREDERICK BUECHNER ON CONFESSION
To confess your sins to God is not to tell Him anything He doesn't already
know. Until you confess them, however, they are the abyss between you.
When you confess them, they become the Golden Gate bridge.
—Frederick Buechner
ASH WEDNESDAY: A DAY FOR NEW BEGINNINGS
Ash Wednesday is a particular time for new beginnings in the faith, a time
for returning to the Lord. On this day we recall our mortality and wait upon
the Lord for a renewing Spirit. This is a time for putting aside the sins and
failures of the past in light of who we are yet to become by the grace of God.
—Handbook of the Christian Year, 106
