Church sexton, Jay Morris, plants the cross in the church yard in remembrance of Lent. Many Christians wore a mark of ashes Wednesday as they began to enter the season of Lent, a 40-day period of reflection and prayer leading up to Easter. Parishioners of Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church in West Columbia attended an Ash Wednesday Holy Communion in remembrance. KIM KIM FOSTER-TOBIN — kkfoster@thestate.com Buy Photo