On Ash Wednesday, March 5 between 10 am and

11 am, the Very Reverend Deke Miller from Holy

Cross Episcopal Church in Winter Haven will

distribute Ashes-To-Go. All are welcome!

Simply drive or walk through the porte-

cochère outside the main door of the Clubhouse to

receive ashes on your forehead and a blessing. Ash

Wednesday is “[t]he first of the forty days of Lent,

named for the custom of placing blessed ashes on

the foreheads of worshipers at Ash Wednesday

services. The ashes are a sign of penitence and a

reminder of mortality, and may be imposed with the

sign of the cross.” Ash Wednesday is always 46 days

before Easter, which is determined as the Sunday

following the first full moon that happens on or

after the March equinox (which is always March 21).

Lent is 40 days long, not including Sundays. This

year, Easter is April 20. For those who are able, you

are welcome to come to Ash Wednesday services at

12 pm or 6:30 pm at Holy Cross, 201 Kipling Ln.,

Winter Haven.