# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Ash Wednesday Services - Noon and 7:00 PM
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 12:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Please join us in person for Ash Wednesday Services:

NOON SERVICE - at Noon in the Nave at Messiah Lutheran Church. (Zoom is not available for these services).

On Ash Wednesday we begin our forty-day journey toward Easter with a day of fasting and repentance. Marking our foreheads with dust, we acknowledge that we die and return to the earth. At the same time, the dust traces the life-giving cross indelibly marked on our foreheads at baptism. While we journey through Lent to return to God, we have already been reconciled to God through Christ. We humbly pray for God to make our hearts clean while we rejoice that “now is the day of salvation.” Returning to our baptismal call, we more intentionally bear the fruits of mercy and justice in the world.

7:00 PM SERVICE
In the evening, we will join with Christ Lutheran Church and St. Michael Lutheran Church (at the latter's location, 118 State Street, Harrisburg, PA) for 7:00 PM service. We will be blessed with vocal selections from Messiah Lutheran Church Choir. On Street parking is available and free after 5 pm. We will have a light supper of soup and bread beginning at 6 pm, prior to the service. Worship will begin at 7 pm.

PRAYER OF THE DAY:
Almighty and ever-living God, you hate nothing you have made, and you forgive the sins of all who are penitent. Create in us new and honest hearts, so that, truly repenting of our sins, we may receive from you, the God of all mercy, full pardon and forgiveness through your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Amen.

READINGS AND PSALM:
Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 
Return to the LORD, your God
Isaiah 58:1-12 (alternate)
The fast that God chooses
Psalm 51:1-17 
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love. (Ps. 51:1) 
2 Corinthians 5:20b--6:10 
Now is the day of salvation
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 
The practice of faith

LENT IS COMING!!!
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/harrisburg/ash-wednesday-services-noon-and-7-00-pm/200029669264659
- **Event Categories**: Music, Entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Harrisburg
- **state**: PA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Messiah Lutheran Church, Harrisburg PA
- **lat**: 40.2677116
- **long**: -76.8841934
- **full address**: Messiah Lutheran Church, Harrisburg PA, 901 N 6th St, Harrisburg, PA 17102-1704, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Ash Wednesday Services - Noon and 7:00 PM being held?
  - **A:** Ash Wednesday Services - Noon and 7:00 PM takes place on Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm to Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 12:30 pm at Messiah Lutheran Church, Harrisburg PA, 901 N 6th St, Harrisburg, PA 17102-1704, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Ash Wednesday Services - Noon and 7:00 PM?
  - **A:** Ash Wednesday Services - Noon and 7:00 PM is organized by Messiah Lutheran Church, Harrisburg PA.

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