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Ashes to Go is CANCELLED due to weather.  We apologize for any inconvenience.  Please stay safe and consider joining us for an indoor service near your home or workplace.   ​

Ashes to Go is CANCELLED due to weather.  We apologize for any inconvenience.  Please stay safe and consider joining us for an indoor service near your home or workplace.   
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ashes to go


March 1, 2017
Chattanogoa, TN
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Community Worship @ 12 Noon, City Hall, Followed by Ashes-to-Go Around the City
ASHES TO GO LOCATIONS IN CHATTANOOGA
Community Kitchen
Walnut Street Pedestrian Bridge
Miller Park
Old Stone Church Tower @ McCallie and Georgia Ave.
WHY ASHES?
Ashes are an ancient sign of penitence. From the Middle Ages it became the custom to begin Lent by being marked in ash with the sign of the cross. The reminder that we are dust turns our attention to the creative power of God, and God’s ability to heal the brokenness in our lives when we offer that brokenness to God. That turning to God is the work of Lent, preparation for the celebration of Easter.

We’re offering ashes on the street corner today because that reminder of need, humility, and healing shouldn’t be confined to a church building. We probably need it more when we are in the middle of our daily business! The ashes we receive here are to remind us throughout the day of our need for God, and of God’s call to us.
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There is much more to the beginning of Lent than ashes alone, and we encourage you to make time for worship with a community of faith, for the support of others and of the great traditions of faith in our work of repentance and renewal. But God meets us not just in worship, but in the midst of life, and we offer the opportunity to remember our faith to those whose schedules make it hard to stop and pray with others today.
WHAT IS LENT?
Some of the earliest followers of Jesus fashioned the season of Lent as an intentional time of spiritual practice and devotion to prepare for the Resurrection of Christ at Easter and the baptism of new Christians.

Lent offers an opportunity to join Christians across time and space in renewing our commitment to growing in knowledge and love of God through learning, study, self-examination, and meditation on the Scriptures in  community. Many choose to give something up or take on practices for Lent as a way of growing in faith and striving for justice and peace in the world.  
PRAYERS,  PRACTICES AND RESOURCES