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We were chasing the sunset. We were on our way to the Ash Wednesday Service at the Ebenezer AME Church when we saw the great ball of a sun setting. I had Erin get the camera ready for when we got to an open area preferably over the water or field. By the time we got out of the valley, the sun was almost down. We managed to get this shot through the trees.
The Ash Wednesday Service was part to the Lenten Services by the Chesapeake City Eccumentical Association. The ladies of the Ebenezer Church had a soup supper in their social hall. The church was difficult to find; tucked away on a farm lane in what seemed the middle of no where. There were two kinds of soup: Chicken vegetable and beef vegetable served with crackers and croisants, tea, coffee, water, and a pumpkin bundt cake for dessert.
The church service followed. Erin said it was the littlest church she ever saw. Most of the churches in Chesapeake City are very small. I think my church is the largest. Rev. Dana Ashton of the Bethel AME lead the service. She is very energenic and full of the Holy Spirit. My pastor, Mark Avens, read the scripture. There were three men in the choir and their singing was very spiritual. Rev. Cynthia Laurie of Ebenzer preached the sermon about Simon of Cerene who carried the cross for Jesus. The service concluded with the annointing of the ashes. The ashes are from the palms used in the previous year's Palm Sunday Service. All the pastors who were in attendence applyied the ashes: Rev. Dana Ashton, Rev. Mark Avens, Rev. Pete Nester, and the new pastor from the Presbyerian Church.
A photo of the Ebenzer church will appear on Sunday's Steeple Chasin'
News from the Vorlon Wife.
Posted by tedkarol at February 24, 2012 7:45 AM