17, recommending no indoor meetings, lots of hand sanitizer and, when doling out ashes in a drive-thru, keeping the line moving to avoid traffic jams. Banks/Religion News Service)Īn ecumenical group of clergy, theologians, liturgical scholars and public health experts recently released guidelines for safely observing Ash Wednesday, which falls this year on Feb.
Saroj Sangha of Glenmont United Methodist Church in Silver Spring, Maryland, holds container of ashes on Ash Wednesday in her church’s parking lot on March 1, 2017.
