What these 5 churches are doing during Lent to raise poverty awareness - Gainesville Times

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What these 5 churches are doing during Lent to raise poverty awareness

Grace Episcopal Church holds an Ash Wednesday service Wednesday, March, 6, 2019, at the Gainesville church. - photo by Scott Rogers

03072019 ASH 9.jpg — Grace Episcopal Church holds an Ash Wednesday service Wednesday, March, 6, 2019, at the Gainesville church. - photo by Scott Rogers

Lent is a solemn season for Christians, a time for penance and the relinquishing of desire, which is often marked through fasting and the giving of alms.