Lent is meant to be a reflective, somber time, similar to the Season of Advent. In Lent, we mirror Jesus’ journey and temptations in the desert (Mt. 4:1-11), and we reflect on God’s sacrifice for us on the Cross. We take the time to consider what is separating us from God’s love, and what we may do to repair it.

During the Ash Wednesday service, the priests will smudge our foreheads with a mixture of ash and sacred oil, reminding us that we are dust, that we are mortal. Many of us don’t need the reminder that we are dust, because we already feel so small. But the smudge is also a promise – we may be dust now, but we have God who became dust alongside us, living and breathing and dying, too. God did that out of a great love and compassion toward our dustiness, our smallness, so that we may all become something more.

We set time apart in Lent to reflect, serve, and learn as a community. Learn more about our Lenten Studies below.