In the News ... "Church takes Ash Wednesday to the streets"

• "Bringing the important traditions of our faith out from behind church walls"

Staff Report
• Odessa American

ODESSA, TEXAS - On Ash Wednesday, February 17, Connection Christian Church will be offering "Ashes to Go", for its sixth year, a new approach to a centuries-old Christian tradition.

Connection Christian Church is part of a nationwide movement that has clergy and lay people visiting street corners, coffee shops, and college campuses to mark the foreheads of interested passers-by with ashes and invite them to receive a new start in their live.

In Odessa, the church is offering at the following places ...

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