Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy
This morning, on this Ash Wednesday, Pastor Will Kroeze and retired Pastor Barbara Beale offered "ashes to go" from the corner of Ninth Street and Avenue B outside Trinity Lower East Side Lutheran Parish.
Those who received the ashes arrived on foot, by bicycle and car.
At least one dog took part as well...
Pastor Will also prepared to-go bags of ashes — made from burned palms from Palm Sunday and holy oil — for a colleague to administer to a hospital-bound parishioner and during at-home visits.
And yes, someone couldn’t resist making a dime-bag joke...
