Tag: Wednesday
Observing Ash Wednesday in Unexpected Circumstances
February 22, 2023
After perhaps a year or more of not gathering on-site for Ash Wednesday services due to the COVID-19 pandemic, worshiping communities across a large swath of the US are dealing with or expecting severe weather that would prevent gathering on-site. This solemn observance is a treasured one in the liturgical year, a day to be gathered with one another and to have the ashen cross marked on our forehead, reminding us of the dust from which we came and to where we will return. Conversations on social media have begun, as fellow worship planners ask one another what they are…