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Lenten season begins

Posted 3/13/19

Clergy from Northglenn's Church of the Beloved and Northglenn's United Church of Christ took to the parks and commuter hot spots on Ash Wednesday to pray and to mark foreheads with ashes to mark the beginning of the lentent season. This is the third year the Ecumenical Catholic Church, working with clergy from Northglenn's United Church of Christ, have taken their Ash Wednesday services into the community, offering ashes to Interstate 25 commuters at the Wagon Road Park and Ride before moving to the Northglenn's E. B. Rains Jr. Memorial Park.

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Lenten season begins

Norman Michaud of Northglenn’s United Church of Christ marks Judy Villano with ashes to mark Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten season March 6 at Northglenn’s E. B. Rains Jr. Memorial Park. This is the third year the church, working with clergy from Northglenn’s Church of the Beloved, have taken their Ash Wednesday services into the community. Clergy members began the day offering ashes to Interstate 25 commuters at the Wagon Road Park and Ride before moving to the Northglenn park.

Scott Taylor

Kae Madden, of Northglenn's Church of the Beloved, prays with Victoria Keller, of Erie, after marking her forehead with ashes March 6 at Northglenn's E. B. Rains Jr. Memorial Park. This is the third year the Ecumenical Catholic Church, working with clergy from Northglenn's United Church of Christ, have taken their Ash Wednesday services into the community. Madden said she began the day offering ashes to Interstate 25 commuters at the Wagon Road Park and Ride before moving to the Northglenn park.

Scott Taylor

Kae Madden, of Northglenn's Church of the Beloved, marks the forehead of Tammy Gale of Northglenn, with ashes March 6 at Northglenn's E. B. Rains Jr. Memorial Park. This is the third year the Ecumenical Catholic Church, working clergy from Northglenn's United Church of Christ, have taken their Ash Wednesday services into the community. Madden said she began the day offering ashes to Interstate 25 commuters at the Wagon Road Park and Ride before moving to the Northglenn park.

Scott Taylor

Posted Wednesday, March 13, 2019 2:52 pm

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