Ashes to Go in Central Park, Downtown Johnstown PA

Name: Ashes to Go in Central Park, Downtown Johnstown PA
Start: 2025-03-05T08:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-03-05T10:00:00-05:00
Location: Central Park, downtown Johnstown PA

Schedule

Wed Mar 05 2025 at 08:00 am to 10:00 am

UTC-05:00

Location

Central Park, downtown Johnstown PA | Johnstown, PA

If you do not have time to participate in an Ash Wednesday worship service, but would like to have ashes imposed on you, try our Ashes to Go in Central Park, downtown Johnstown. The Reverend Nancy Threadgill will be on hand to impose ashes from 8:00AM-10:00AM and 2:00PM-4:00PM
Ashes are imposed (laid) on the heads of participants on Ash Wednesday as a sign of mortality and penitence. The ashes are imposed with the words, "Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return" (Book of Common Prayer, p. 265). Ashes are typically imposed by inscribing a cross on the forehead. The imposition of ashes has been practiced on Ash Wednesday since the ninth century. Anyone who desires to receive them is welcome to do so. Ashes to Go is free.