Across
- 5. Most important day on the Christian calendar and for Ames UMC
- 6. This is what the believer does during Lent leading up to Easter
- 9. Begins on Ash Wednesday
- 10. Weeks of Lent
- 11. The liturgical color, which Ames UMC will use for Lent
- 13. Ames UMC will celebrate Resurrection Sunday/Easter in this month
Down
- 1. Prohibits individuals from eating meat on a particular day
- 2. These are the days that Ames UMC will spend in prayer, fasting and repentance in preparation for Easter
- 3. This is the Lenten theme for Ames UMC
- 4. Jesus fasted and prayed in this area for 40 days before beginning his ministry
- 7. Ames UMC congregation will receive these on the forehead in the form of a cross
- 8. Giving of charity to the poor and needy
- 12. Ames UMC will mark the beginning of Lent in this month
