Ash Wednesday Service

Participate in Service of Ashes and Communion

On Wednesday, March 1, Central Baptist Church is beginning the journey of Lent with an Ash Wednesday service. The service begins at 6:30 after our 5:30 Fellowship meal. We will gather in the santcuary to share the bread and cup of communion and to obeserve a somber time of receiving ashes. The ashes are a reminder of our creation from dust in Genesis chapter 2 and the continued fraility of humanity throughout history. This service marks the beginning of Lent, a 40 day journey, as we walk with Jesus through suffering and trials before the finality of the cross. All are welcome to participate as they desire.

Ash Wednesday. There is no other day like Ash Wednesday. The proud and the meek, the arrogant and the humble all made equal on Ash Wednesday. The healthy and the sick, the assured and the sick in spirit, all make their way to church in the gray morning or in the dusty afternoon. They line up silently, eyes downcast, bony fingers counting the beads of the rosary, lips mumbling prayers. All are repentant, all are preparing themselves for the shock of the laying of the ashes on the forehead and the priest’s agonizing words, “Thou dust, and to dust thou shalt return .”   - Rudolfo A. Anaya