{"id":1780,"date":"2026-03-11T09:36:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/?p=1780"},"modified":"2026-03-11T09:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:36:10","slug":"ash-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/ash-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Ash Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-18-at-10.29.44.jpeg\" alt=\"Ash Wednesday\" class=\"wp-image-1766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-18-at-10.29.44.jpeg 940w, https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-18-at-10.29.44-300x251.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">18 February 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udda4\u271d\ufe0f Ash Wednesday \u2013 Let\u2019s Begin Lent Together \u271d\ufe0f\ud83d\udda4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f 18 February 2026<br>\u23f0 6:00\u20137:00 PM<br>\ud83d\udccd Knysna Methodist Church<br>5 Montagu Street<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tonight, we gather as a community to begin the sacred season of Lent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Together we pause.<br>Together we reflect.<br>Together we pray:<br>\u201cHave mercy on us, O God, according to Your steadfast love.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a season of grace \u2014 a time to support one another, renew our faith, and draw closer to God as one family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join us this evening as we start this journey side by side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udd17 Order of Service: https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/KMC-Church-Service_18-February-2026-Ash-Wednesday-6PM.pdf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No Live stream for this service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All are welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udda4\u271d\ufe0f Ash Wednesday \u2013 Let\u2019s Begin Lent Together \u271d\ufe0f\ud83d\udda4 \ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f 18 February 2026\u23f0 6:00\u20137:00 PM\ud83d\udccd Knysna Methodist Church5 Montagu Street Tonight, we gather as a community to begin the sacred &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/ash-wednesday\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ash Wednesday&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1781,"href":"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1780\/revisions\/1781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knysnamethodist.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}