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#ResistHarm Prayer Event - Ash Wednesday 2020 - Repent and Resist

February 26, 2020 12:00 am CT
This event is wheel chair accessible.
Host
Great Plains UMC
Location
Locations for Repent and Resist Ash Wednesday By District: Blue Rivers: Connection Point, 1333 North 33rd Street, Lincoln, NE Dodge City: online, contact Ashley Prescott Barlow-Thompson at apbarlow@gmail.com to learn more Elkhorn Valley: online, contact Ashley Prescott Barlow-Thompson to learn more. Five Rivers: Osborn Chapel, BU Campus Flint Hills: Reading UMC, Reading AND College Ave UMC, Manhattan Gateway: Great West: online, contact Ashley Prescott Barlow-Thompson to learn more. Hays: online, contact Ashley Prescott Barlow-Thompson to learn more. Hutchinson: online, contact Ashley Prescott Barlow-Thompson to learn more. Kansas City: St. Paul's UMC, Lenexa, KS Missouri River: Saint Paul Omaha Roth Chapel. Use southwest door Parsons: Wesley UMC, Parsons, KS Prairie Rivers: Salina: Topeka: Topeka First UMC, Topeka, KS Wichita West and East: East Heights UMC, Wichita, KS
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On Ash Wednesday, we are called to repent of the wrongs we have done, and to seek God's mercy and call to love all. This year Ash Wednesday is on 2/26/2020, which is the one-year anniversary of the passage of the traditional plan. We take this opportunity to repent of harm we have caused, intended and unintended, as individuals and as a Church. United Methodists throughout the Great Plains will gather at sites in each district between 8am and 5pm to offer prayer, song and contemplation as we continue to #ResistHarm. A new person will lead prayers each hour. Saint Paul Benson is hosting the Missouri River District location. Please enter on the Southwest side of the building; we will be located in the Roth Chapel.

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