Ash Wednesday

Name: Ash Wednesday
Start: 2025-03-05T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Enfield United Church of Christ

Schedule

Wed, 05 Mar, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Enfield United Church of Christ | Enfield, CT

Come worship with us March 5, 2025 at 7pm as we mark the beginning of Lent, the season of preparation leading us to Easter. Ash Wednesday emphasizes a dual encounter: we confront our own mortality and confess our sin before God within the community of faith. The form and content of the service focus on the dual themes of sin and death in the light of God's redeeming love in Jesus Christ. The use of ashes as a sign of mortality and repentance has a long history in Jewish and Christian worship, and the Imposition of Ashes can be a powerful nonverbal and experiential way of participating in the call to repentance and reconciliation. This practice is the historic focus of Ash Wednesday observance and gave the day its name.