Lunch was served at The Daily Bread from 11:30 a.m. Some winter weather isn’t going to slow us down.” We are present and we can provide that what the people need.
“Making sure the community is aware that the church is there for them is equally important. “Just being out and about is what’s important,” he said. He even commented that it was colder last year when he first began “Ashes and Blessings To Go.” Several of the county school districts and community events slated around the area were canceled for the day due to the snow and conditions. It is his hope that he can reach more and more people throughout the community by relocating each year.ĭespite colder winter temperatures, along with blustery and snowy conditions, Buchin still took to the streets. Buchin will continue to offer his “drive through” Ash Wednesday service each year. “It is about bringing the important traditions of our faith out from behind the church walls and into the community,” he said. “Ashes and Blessings To Go” is his way, he said, of bringing the church out to the people. This year was the first time he broadened his outreach, visiting The Daily Bread in the afternoon hours.
Last year he only stood in front of the church. This is the second year in which Buchin took Ash Wednesday out to the streets. He also stood in front of The Daily Bread of Lenawee soup kitchen from noon to 1:30 p.m., offering the same service to the community. Prior to that service, Buchin began his Ash Wednesday services at 7 a.m., where he stood out front of the church and offered ashes and blessings in a “drive through” service. Ash Wednesday service in the church chapel with the distribution of ashes. While churches locally in Lenawee County and throughout the country opened their doors to the community for traditional Ash Wednesday services, Buchin took the Christian tradition outside of the church walls and presented the offering of ashes to community residents throughout the streets of Adrian in what he has named “Ashes and Blessings To Go - Remembering the Love of Jesus this Lenten Season.”Ĭhrist Episcopal Church also offered a traditional 6 p.m. Dan Buchin, lead pastor of Christ Episcopal Church of Adrian. ADRIAN - What could be described as a more progressive approach to providing the imposition of ashes was offered on Ash Wednesday by the Rev.
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