“It’s amazing how many people say ‘yes’ (to receiving ashes),” said the Rev. Margaret Otterburn, rector of the Episcopal Church of the Messiah in Chester, N.J. “I enjoy the day very much.

Rev. Margaret Otterburn, Rector of Church of the Messiah, said Ashes to Go is a new approach to the centuries-old tradition of Ash Wednesday, part of a nationwide movement of clergy and lay people ...