Ash Wednesday, February 17, 2021

On Ash Wednesday we begin our forty-day journey toward Easter.  The invitation to the season of Lent reminds us that we enter this season together “with the whole church.”  We are created for communion with God, to love one another, and to live in harmony with creation.  Though many common Lenten practices rightly invite us to individual acts of “repentance, prayer and fasting, sacrificial giving and works of love,” Lent is also a time for the deepening of community.  As we mark our foreheads with dust, we acknowledge that we, all of us, die and return to the earth.  We confess and acknowledge that we are on this journey together in need of God and one another.  The cross is a reminder of death and our participation in the communion of saints but also a reminder of our baptism into life and into the community of Christ.  We are created for beloved community.

All services are live-streamed here or YouTube at 6:00 PM, and will include music from Holden Evening Prayers, as well as a short reflection by a faith community member. Take in this special midweek time to slow-down, and let God’s spirit move you through word, music, and quiet reflection.

For a full listing of the Lenten Service Schedule and the Discussion Schedule, view all Lenten Resources.

Immediately following each service at 6:30 pm will be an FLC community  discussion via zoom, using the articles & conversation guide Acting Against Racism published by Christian Century.  Please join in this important conversation as we learn and grow together!