Wednesday, February 18th, 2026, 7:00 p.m.
Mark your calendars for this reflective worship service of repentance for all ages.
- Impositions of Ashes
- A time for reflection and repentance marking the beginning of Lent
- Video: The Significance of Ash Wednesday; Ash Wednesday in 2 minutes
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and lasts for 40 days plus 6 Sundays. We set aside these weeks to intentionally reflect on Jesus’ suffering and death and to prepare for the resurrection. Lent can be a time of fasting, self-examination, and prayer as we take further steps to pick up our cross and follow Jesus.
Fasting used to be a normal Christian practice throughout the year. Jesus expected his followers would fast, taught about fasting, and fasted himself. Lent lasts for forty days because that is how long Jesus fasted in the desert.
When your body wants a thing you are fasting from, you may find yourself asking, “Why on earth am I doing this?” While fasting can in fact be beneficial for our bodies, Christians practice fasting to draw closer to Jesus, to grow in good habits, and to weaken the hold food, habits, and possessions can have on us.
Consider committing to one practice for the 6 weeks of Lent, like:
• Joining our morning prayer time
• Volunteering somewhere weekly
• Fasting from certain foods or meals
• Fasting from social media
• A weekly time of silence
• Making extra financial gifts to charities