The season of Lent will be celebrated in the Moosehead Lake region with a series of special church services leading up to Easter on April 12.

Ash Wednesday will be observed with service at 7 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Greenville. An important part of the service will be the Imposition of Ashes by local clergy.

Regular Wednesday evening services will begin at 7 p.m. at participating churches in Greenville and Shirley. Monies collected from a weekly offering will be donated to the Salvation Army in Maine for use in disaster areas. There was an urgent plea for help from the Salvation Army after the disastrous January ice storm and during the subsequent recovery.

Taking part in the ecumenical Lenten worship services will be: the Rev. Father Anthony Rotunno, pastor of the Holy Family and St. Joseph’s Catholic churches; the Rev. David Churchill, pastor of the First Pentecostal Church in Greenville; the Rev. Judith dePonceau, pastor of the People’s and Shirley United Methodist churches; and Everett L. Parker, interim pastor of the Rockwood Community Church. Lay leaders of the various churches also will participate in the services.

The schedule of services will be: 7 p.m. Ash Wednesday, Feb. 25, at Holy Family Catholic Church; 7 p.m. March 7 at First Pentecostal Church; 7 p.m. March 11 at the Union Evangelical Church (UCC); 7 p.m. March 18 at the Shirley United Methodist Church; 7 p.m. March 25 at the People’s United Methodist Church; and 7 p.m. April 1 at the Holy Family Catholic Church.

Maundy Thursday services will be held at individual churches on April 9.

A Stations of the Cross service will be held at Holy Family Catholic Church at 3 p.m. Good Friday, April 10. A service of Tenebrae will be observed at the People’s United Methodist Church at 7 p.m. All services are open to the public.

The theme of the Lenten services will be “The Way.” Weekly topics centering on the main theme will be, beginning with Ash Wednesday, “Condemnation,” Coronation,” “Determination,” “Confrontation,” “Destination,”and “Humiliation.”