Ash Wednesday Services, February 26
There are several Ash Wednesday services throughout the day.
7 a.m. Ash Wednesday service – Historic Church
12:00 p.m. Ash Wednesday service – Historic Church
7 p.m. Ash Wednesday service – Historic Church
Ashes-to-go will be distributed on Holman and Main street throughout the day.
The first of the forty days of Lent, named for the custom of placing blessed ashes on the foreheads of worshipers at Ash Wednesday services. The ashes are a sign of penitence and a reminder of mortality, and may be imposed with the sign of the cross. Ash Wednesday is observed as a fast in the church year of the Episcopal Church.