From Wisconsin-Several Madison-area pastors will hit some of the city's busiest streets and intersections Wednesday to offer drive-thru ashes for the start of Lent.
Motorists need not exit their vehicles to get their foreheads smudged.
"Anywhere a car can pull over, I'll go right up to their window," said the Rev. Mike Tess, pastor of Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Sun Prairie. He plans to be at Market Street Square, across from Sun Prairie City Hall, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The effort is part of a national "Ashes To Go" campaign intended to engage people who otherwise might not be planning to attend an Ash Wednesday service.
Five Madison-area Episcopal churches and Monona United Methodist Church are among those participating, each for the first time.
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