You are invited to a Virtual Ash Wednesday Service…
Ash Wednesday falls on February 17th this year and is the official beginning of the season of Lent, the forty days leading up to Easter. Our tradition at Fairhope UMC is to offer special services on this day as a time of penitence and reflection. In addition, those leading the service impose ashes in the shape of a cross on the foreheads of those gathered as a mark of mortality and penitence.
This year, for the safety of our congregation and community, rather than hold in-person services, we are offering a virtual service that will be accessible to our congregation on Ash Wednesday. The service will be accessible beginning at 7:30 am, February 17. For your convenience, the video is available to watch using the video player below or this link: https://youtu.be/fawYHsXw0WA
If you regularly receive our mailings from the church, you will be receiving a letter with a small amount of palm ash so that you can participate in the service by imposing the mark of a cross on each other or upon your own forehead.
If you are a visitor to our congregation and not yet on our mailing list, you can pick up some ashes from the church office Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday of this week between the hours of 9-1.
The traditional invitation to an Ash Wednesday observance is a call to observe a holy Lent: by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God’s Holy Word. We hope you will join us as we make this Lenten journey together!