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The Good News is
all are invited | Luke 14:15-24 (Parable of the wedding banquet)
We begin Ash Wednesday with an open invitation. Instead of inviting people to focus internally on fasting and self-deprivation during Lent, this parable invites us into a communal feast. The host of the party sends a servant to search the entire city to bring people in: “Go to the highways and back alleys and urge people to come in so that my house will be filled.”(CEB) Though the net is cast wide, too many guests deny the invitation, instead focusing on their individual concerns. Yet, the host’s invitation is persistent. They search high and low for the dispossessed and the vulnerable, perhaps those who are hungry to accept the invitation. As guests are gathered in, the miracle is that there is still room. There is more love and abundance available, if only we are present to accept it.

Join us for a time of music, prayer, message, and imposition of ashes as we begin the season of Lent leading up to Easter. Kids in preschool through fifth grade are invited to begin the evening in the Kids' Area where Danielle Buckley, Director of Children's Ministries, will provide a lesson about Ash Wednesday in a kid-friendly way. They will join their families for the imposition of ashes. Nursery care is also available.