Christian parishes across Chicago are marking foreheads with palm ash this Ash Wednesday, which marks the start of the Lenten season for Christians, taking to.
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A Chicago church is trying something new on Good Friday.
Instead of holding a conventional service, Urban Village Church will offer a series of seven recorded and livestreamed “meditations” hosted by church members at locations that have ties to historic inequities in the Black community.
The first meditation begins at 10 a.m. from the Mamie Till-Mobley Forgiveness Garden in Woodlawn, named in honor of the mother of slain Chicago teenager and civil rights icon Emmett Till.
The meditations will be broadcast on the church’s Facebook page, where viewers will be encouraged to engage in digital dialogue on societal change and Jesus’ crucifixion.
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