Lent is fast approaching and as well as our Lent course to help us through Lent this year (see below) we are also very pleased to welcome Bishop Sam to lead and officiate for us at our 10.00am morning Holy
Communion Ash Wednesday Service on the 18th of February.
Bishop Sam kindly supported our services last year and we are blessed that he can come and lead our 10.00am Ash Wednesday service which will have four hymns and, in many ways, be similar to our usual Sunday service.
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-Day period of reflection and preparation for Holy Week and Easter, the day itself is characterized by a solemn reminder of human mortality and the need for repentance, as we reflect on our lives and seek to grow closer to God.
It will be a unique occasion at St Mary’s to have a Bishop presiding over our Ash Wednesday service, and we hope that as many people as possible will come to church to welcome and support him.