Around 8:30 a.m., the children warmed up before the service beginning at 9 a.m. at Saint James Catholic Church in Johnson City. Saint James Choir students sang at the Ash Wednesday Mass for the ...

The church also will have a regular Ash Wednesday service at 7 p.m., including special music from the church’s chancel choir. In Other News. 1.

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An Oregon clergy couple celebrated Valentine’s Day early on a recent road trip because they knew they’d be busy at a United Methodist church’s Ash Wednesday service on Feb. 14.

Some of the Masses are scheduled to start as early as 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, including at Mother Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Church, 2014 N.W 46th, which will also have an Ash Wednesday Mass at 6 p.m.

St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Aurora will open Lent with an annual Dixieland worship service, a Mardi Gras-style luncheon and Ash Wednesday services including a drive-through imposition of ashes.

Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence for Catholics. ... this church lists ideas in three separate categories: ... like TV in the background or music always on.

St. Louis County church offering 'drive-thru ashing' on Wednesday ‘Ash & Dash’ will be available on Feb. 26 from 7 to 9 a.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. at 14380 Manchester Road ...

Ash Wednesday, which falls on Valentine's Day this year, begins the 40-day Lenten season for Christians with services scheduled throughout the day on Feb. 14 in the Topeka area.