Other 'Ashes to Go' events were to be held by congregations throughout North Jersey, including in Allendale, Bloomfield, Little Falls and Ridgewood. In fact, the Lord’s curse on Adam, dust you are, and to dust you shall return (Gen. The Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey announced this week that clergy throughout the state would impose ashes at 30 out-of-church sites. The Bible contains a number of references to ashes and dust (Joshua 7:6 1 Samuel 1:2, 15:32 Job 2:12, 16:15 Jeremiah 25:34). 'Ashes to Go,' known in some religious circles as 'Drive-thru Ashes,' is a movement that found its place for the first time in Dumont and Bergenfield on Wednesday, but it has become more commonplace with churches throughout the nation, and across the globe, for the past decade. Ash Wednesday services will be held at noon with imposition of ashes and at 7:00pm with imposition of ashes and holy communion. RELATED: Holidays are doubling down this yearĭOWNTOWN: Dumont councilmen urge action on affordable housing 'This made it a lot easier.'ĭUMONT: Boys' hoops: Dumont's Marke hits 1,000 points

'I would've squeezed it in somehow,' said Foschini, a PSE&G worker en route to a project. Within minutes, he was back on his way, only now he was wearing his own sign: a cross made of ashes on his forehead.įoschini, of Dumont, and other faithful marked this Ash Wednesday and the onset of Lent in a unconventional fashion, receiving ashes not in a church but at bus stops, in train stations and even in their cars. The day is named for the practice of imposing ashes, a practice that many Lutheran congregations have found to be a very meaningful part of the Ash Wednesday. Every two hours Pastor will be at church for any wishing to receive ash (6, 8, 10 am, 12 noon, 2. The sandwich board outside Old North Reformed Church advertising 'Ashes to Go' caught his eye, and he made a U-turn in his utility van. Imposition of Ashes is offered to all this February 14. Watch Video: 'Ashes to Go' at Dumont bus stopĭUMONT - Phil Foschini was in a hurry on Wednesday morning, when he saw a sign.

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