The Cascade United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia invited the public to join in the commemoration of Ash Wednesday next week.
In a Facebook post on Saturday, Feb. 26, the Cascade United Methodist Church encouraged the public to join Ash Wednesday on Feb. 26 or 28 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
The church said they may enter the church on the given dates and time to get their imposition of ashes for their families.
It also encouraged the public to register at this link today.
Meanwhile, the virtual Ash Wednesday services of the church will take place on Wednesday, March 2 at 12 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Interested church members may visit the Cascade United Methodist Church to learn more about this written article.
Church’s History
The Cascade United Methodist Church has a considerably longer history than a single congregation, spanning more than 200 years.
It all started in 1735, when two brothers, John and Charles Wesley, arrived in America from England to work as missionaries in Savannah, Georgia, according to the church’s website.
Other missionaries continued to come to the colonies and establish churches after this basic start. The Methodist Episcopal Church was officially formed on Dec. 24, 1784, at the Christmas Conference meeting in Baltimore, Maryland.
Cascade is part of the history of the United Methodist Church and the Lordship of Christ, which encompasses thousands of congregations throughout the world. As a result, the church claims to be connectional rather than independent.
According to the church, Reverend Dr. Kevin R. Murriel is Cascade United Methodist Church’s 22nd pastor, with a focus on increasing the church's community impact and empowering the church's ministries, members, and visitors to be both social justice-minded and spiritually conscious, extending Cascade's and Christ's light throughout the city, state, nation, and world.
Church’s Pastor
As Senior Pastor of Cascade United Methodist Church, Reverend Doctor Kevin R. Murriel oversees a congregation of about 7,000 people, according to the church’s website.
The church said he is a biblical scholar as well as one of the generation's top visionaries and orators. He is a native Mississippian who graduated from Jackson State University in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and was named "Student of the Year" for the College of Business in 2008.
Dr. Murriel earned his Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from Emory University's Candler School of Theology and Duke University, respectively, the church stated.
He was named the Degree Marshal of the 2014 Doctoral Cohort by Duke Divinity School's Dean and doctoral committee, making him the youngest individual and first African American to do so in the program's history.
According to the church, Dr. Murriel's study focuses on converting the methods of the Civil Rights Movement into a modern-day strategy for social justice and racial healing.
He is a dynamic preacher, enthusiastic reader, and social activist. Unveiling Racism: Racial Reconciliation and a Heterogeneous Model for American Christian Life, his Ph.D. dissertation, uses techniques used during the 1964 Mississippi Church Visit Campaign and offers the Church as a whole formula for racial reconciliation, hope, and development.
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