Ashes on the go
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
Pastor Pat Bollinger and her crew delivered the ashes to mark the start of Lent.
Mother Nature delivered the dust on the strength of powerful winds blowing across Broadkill Road.
For the second straight year, Pastor Pat offered Ash Wednesday ashes, drive-thru style, at Zion United Methodist Church near Milton.
“I believe churches are supposed to reach out into neighborhoods, live in their communities, not in a church building,” said Bollinger. “We brought ashes into the street, and we’ve seen more people than we saw last year.”
The drive-thru ashes were available to anyone, not just for Zion church members.
Three people stopped during the hour they were offering the holy day convenience.
Pastor Pat said Zion will hold an Easter Sunday sunrise service at 6 a.m., followed by a breakfast.
Bill Shull has been covering Lewes for the Cape Gazette since 2023. He comes to the world of print journalism after 40 years in TV news. Bill has worked in his hometown of Philadelphia, as well as Atlanta and Washington, D.C. He came to Lewes in 2014 to help launch WRDE-TV. Bill served as WRDE’s news director for more than eight years, working in Lewes and Milton. He is a 1986 graduate of Penn State University. Bill is an avid aviation and wildlife photographer, and a big Penn State football, Phillies and PGA Tour golf fan. Bill, his wife Jill and their rescue cat, Lucky, live in Rehoboth Beach.
