Pastor Joe Medley and Linda Rowton walked the downtown area Wednesday, March 1, placing ashes on willing recipients they met on the sidewalks as a celebration of the liturgical holiday Ash Wednesday.
The two were participating, for the first time, in the Ashes to Go program, said Medley, who pastors both the Fir Lawn Lutheran and the Sweet Home United Methodist churches. Ash Wednesday begins the 40-day period of Lent, leading up to Easter Sunday.