All of this we commemorate on Ash Wednesday. Ashes will be administered to those who wish. It is voluntary, and signifies our weakness, penitence, life's finitude, and our dependence upon God. Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent, a forty day period prior to Easter. Lent is a helpful season in which to reflect, to learn something about giving up and letting go, or taking on a particular service for others.
Much contemporary writing explores spiritual themes.
Currently the group is studying The Song of Songs from the Old Testament. As the church works to build a house for Habitat for Humanity this gathering will explore the spiritual foundation for this work. The class may also explore possible directions for mission after Habitat. The Ingemi family was there for this important event. St. Stephen's has a home on the web.