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Benjamin Franklin once said, “Nothing is certain but death and taxes.” I don’t know about taxes, but death IS a certainty. The reality of mortality is how Lent begins. At the imposition of ashes, we are told “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” This recalls the story of Genesis; after the sin of Adam and Eve, God said, “By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return” (Genesis 3:19).

Facing our mortality is an opportunity to consider how we live. People on their deathbeds often consider how they might have lived differently, and there is no time like the present to make changes. On Ash Wednesday we confess our unfaithfulness, self-indulgence, anger, intemperance, and negligence. There is something renewing about making confession,…

Ash Wednesday Holy Eucharist will be at 7:00 pm on 3/5.

Ashes to Go will be available on Wednesday 3/5 in the church parking lot at the following times: 7:00 - 8:00 am 3:15 - 4:00 pm