Ames UMC - Season of Lent

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