![]() ![]() “We live in an increasingly busy world where folks are stressed and overscheduled, and the idea of adding one more thing feels like the proverbial straw breaking the camel's back,” explained Thrall. Keely Thrall, spokesperson for the Washington Diocese, told The Christian Post that Ashes to Go was “designed to bring a moment of grace to where the people are living their lives out in the community.” Locations where one can receive the Ash Wednesday cross will include metro stations and assorted church properties, listed here. In an observance known as “Ashes to Go,” The Episcopal Diocese of Washington will have churches helping to provide the ash crosses at various points in the Washington, D.C., area on Wednesday. ![]() | Mitchell SamsĪs Christians get ready to observe Ash Wednesday by attending worship services that involve the imposition of ashes on their forehead in the shape of a cross, one Episcopal diocese will be taking the ritual outside its church walls. ![]() Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, head of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, imposing ashes on a person as part of the "Ashes to Go" observance on Ash Wednesday, 2017. ![]()
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