Lisa Vidaurri-Bowling is a contributor to The Monroe News. The following safety measures will be in place: Drive up past the main entrance and Pastor Mike will meet you at your vehicle. This Drive Up Imposition of Ashes will be from 11:30 a.m.

Paul’s mailed ash cross tattoos to members of the congregation who attend worship service virtually on the church’s Facebook page. We will offer Imposition of Ashes in the Grace Lutheran Church parking lot. This year, in addition to offering a drive-thru and an evening service, St. Over the years, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, churches have turned to creative ways to offer ashes, from the sprinkling of ashes on congregants’ heads to do-it-yourself bagged ashes.

“I know a lot of people have problems attending evening service and I thought offering ashes in this format would allow people going to work or school the opportunity to stop by,” said Pastor VanOudheusden, who distributed ashes from 6 to 8 a.m. They received ashes and a blessing before Monika headed for work. Parishioner Garry Knapp and his daughter, Monika, were the first to arrive. Cones will mark the spot where you can pull in and experience the imposition of ashes, right in front of the. In observance of Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent and the start of the Easter season for Christians, Pastor VanOudheusden mixed oil with ashes made from burned palm branches that she had saved from 2021’s Palm Sunday. Drive down Clay Street at the front of the church. Paul’s United Methodist Church placed ashen crosses on the foreheads of drivers as they sat in their cars in the church parking lot at 201 S. Early Ash Wednesday morning, with a purple stole wrapped around her shoulders, Pastor Melodye VanOudheusden of St.

Drive UP imposition of ashes