Immediately following this Sunday's 10:00am service, join us outside the West doors on Richmond Street as we make ashes for Ash Wednesday.
Bring your palm crosses from last year, and pray with us:
Merciful God, you called us from the dust of the earth, and claimed us for Christ in the waters of Baptism. Look upon us as we prepare for the forty days of Lent by burning these palms to create the ashes that will mark us as penitents. Bless us through our Lenten journey to the waters of new birth at Easter. May our fasting be a hunger for justice; our alms, a way of making peace; our prayer, the song of humble and thankful hearts.
This we ask in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.