Ash Wednesday Resources
Biblical Confessional Worship Ash Wednesday
These worship resources from Scripture and the confessions are selected for use on Ash Wednesday. See also the resources for the Season of Lent.
Prayers for Ash Wednesday
These prayers might be used in a variety of settings: Opening Prayers (at the beginning of worship) or concluding collects (after the Prayers of the People); for church websites or newsletters; or in personal, small group or family devotion.
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Ash Wednesday Service (Baptized Dust)
This is a service for the imposition of ashes and the remembrance of baptism based on the sermon’s assurance that though we are dust, we are baptized dust, and that makes all the difference.
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Isaiah 58: A Choral Reading for Three Voices
This choral reading and hymn text are based on Isaiah 58:1-12, one of the Old Testament readings for Ash Wednesday.
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Ash Wednesday service
Ash Wednesday is a day of solemn assembly that is built right into the church year. It is a fast day, a day of mourning for our sin and the sin of all humanity before God, a recognition of our mortality save for the grace of God and a request that the Lord remember our creation and breathe new life into our burned-out, dusty lives once more.
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