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To download this beautiful resource for households that supports the celebration of Ash Wednesday at home as a PDF, click here. Introduction Ash Wednesday begins Lent, a …
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"Once the papers are no longer visible, say to each other: Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Fire and Ashes In many liturgical traditions Ash …
A few years ago I went to pick up my kids at our church preschool. I had trouble finding a parking spot and realized with a sinking sense of dread that it was Ash Wednesday. I had …
“Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” ~Book of Common Prayer p. 265.This is a difficult, somber, and confusing proclamation for children to hold. Making clay …
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During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Rev. Jennifer McNally and the Rev. Anna V. Ostenso Moore collaborated to create a series of two-page handouts to help households …
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Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, our church has provided materials and activities for families to engage in faith formation and learning at home together. Currently, this …
To download this beautiful resource for households that supports the celebration of Epiphany at home as a PDF, click here. Introduction January 6 is the Feast of the …
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Use this simple liturgy to make Ash Wednesday accessible to people of all ages. We wanted to make Ash Wednesday, a day that in many places is observed largely by adults, …
Shrove Tuesday is an occasion to encourage members to consider hosting a “Fat Tuesday” dinner in their own homes and invite neighbors, friends, and family to join them. Pancakes …
"Almighty God, you have created us out of the dust of the earth: Grant that these ashes may be to us a sign of our mortality and penitence, that we may remember that it is only by …
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