If staff, patients, or family members are unable to come to the chapel, please call the VUH Spiritual Care office to schedule a time for a chaplain to come to your unit with ashes, at (615) 343-3535. There will be a brief 20-minute service at noon in the chapel. Ashes may be imposed on the heads of participants in the Ash Wednesday service as a sign of mortality and penitence. This practice is the historic focus of Ash Wednesday observance and gave the day its name. Imposition of ashes will be available in the VUH Chapel (rear entrance in hallway by the ED side entrance, due to lobby renovation) during the following times: 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. The use of ashes as a sign of mortality and repentance has a long history in Jewish and Christian worship, and the Imposition of Ashes can be a powerful nonverbal and experiential way of participating in the call to repentance and reconciliation. If a staff member, pediatric patient, or caregiver is unable to come to the chapel, please page the pediatric chaplain on-call at 835-1012 to have ashes brought to the floor or bedside. In place of a formal service this year, the Spiritual Care Department at the Monroe Carell, Jr Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt will observe Ash Wednesday through the imposition of ashes.Ī chaplain will be available in the hospital’s Chapel on the second floor at three different times, from 6:15 to 7:45 a.m., noon to 2 p.m., and 6:15 to 7:45 p.m. Lutheran Worship: History and Practice, the recent commentary on Lutheran Worship, one of our Synods hymnals, says this about ashes on Ash Wednesday.

We hold a service of Holy Communion with the Imposition of Ashes which marks an ancient tradition of signing the. Monroe Carell, Jr Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent. Ash Wednesday imposition of ashes information for VUMC main campus:

Imposition of ashes on ash wednesday