Ash Wednesday Worship Resources

For more resources for the season of Lent, see this Lent Worship Resource Index.

Calls to Worship

Ash Wednesday: Call to Worship

Ash Wednesday Call to Worship
Ash Wednesday Litany: We Come
Call to Worship: God is Gracious

Call to Worship: Turn Back to God
Call to Worship: Joel 2

Call to Worship: Ash Wednesday 
Call to Worship: Ash Wednesday

Call to Worship for Ash Wednesday

Call to Worship Litany: Joel 2

Call to Worship for Ash Wednesday

Call to Worship: Psalm 51
Jesus calls us to the light of the world
King of all the earth, Creator of the Universe (Psalm 51)

Prayers

Ash Wednesday Litany: We Come

Ash Wednesday Ashes (prayer before imposition of ashes)
An Ash Wednesday Prayer (commitment, Lord’s Supper)

Ash Wednesday Prayer: Marked by Ashes
Ash Wednesday Prayer (commitment)
Ash Wednesday Prayer
Ash Wednesday Prayer
Ash Wednesday Prayer: Come and Save Us (petition)

Ash Wednesday Prayer: Yesterday

Ash Wednesday Opening

Ash Wednesday Prayer (pastoral prayer)

Ash Wednesday: Prayer for Guidance

Ash Wednesday Prayer of Contrition
Centering Prayer for Lent

Intercession: Create in me a clean heart (Psalm 51)

Invitation to the Table: Isaiah 58

Invocation for Ash Wednesday

Lent Prayer: A Time for Turning Round
Lent Prayer: Hope & Solidarity (commitment)
Mardi Gras Prayer
Opening & Closing: Ash Wednesday

Opening for Ash Wednesday

Opening Prayer for the Start of Lent
Opening Prayer: Worshiping with Our Lives
Praying Isaiah 58 (pastoral prayer) 
Prayer: A New Vision
Prayer at the Beginning of Lent

Prayer: Courage to See
Prayer for Faithfulness at the Start of Lent
Prayer: Marked by Ashes
Prayer: Isaiah 58:6
Prayer: Pierce My Soul with Your Love
Prayer: On the Lenten Journey
Prayer of Request for Ash Wednesday
Prayer: Psalm 51
Prayer Reflection: Psalm 51

Prayer Reflection: The Wisdom of Ash 
Prayer: Restore to Us the Joy of Your Salvation (Psalm 51:12)
Prayer: Psalm 51:12-19

Confession

An Ash Wednesday Confession

Ash Wednesday Confession
Ash Wednesday Opening

Ash Wednesday Confession
Ash Wednesday Confession (Psalm 51)
Ash Wednesday Liturgy 

Ash Wednesday Prayer
Ash Wednesday Prayer of Contrition

Confession and Approach: Psalm 51

Confession: Ash Wednesday

Confession at the Start of Lent: Borrowed Time
Confession based on Psalm 51

Confession: In the Blazing Light (Confession & Assurance)

Confession, Preparation: Ash Wednesday

Confession for Ash Wednesday (Confession & Assurance)

Confession: Our Faulty Fast (Isaiah 58)
Confession: Psalm 51
Confession: Psalm 51
Confession: Restore what has been broken
Confession: Purposeful Prayers
Corporate Confession: Ash Wednesday

Listen and look into our hearts

Litany for Healing and Forgiveness

Litany of Confession

Litany of Confession: Forgive Us, O God

Litany: Psalm 51

Penitential Litany for Ash Wednesday

Prayer Litany: Psalm 51

Prayer: We Would See Jesus

Prayer of Confession from Psalm 51

Prayer of Confession: 1 Corinthians 5-6
Prayer of Confession: Isaiah 58:1-9
Prayer of Confession: Psalm 51

Prayer of Confession: Lent

Benedictions

An Ash Wednesday Prayer

An Ash Wednesday Benediction

Ash Wednesday: Marked by a Cross

Ash Wednesday: Sending

Benediction for Ash Wednesday

Benediction for Ash Wednesday
Blessing: Psalm 51
Blessing: Treasure

Closing Litany: All Belong to God
Closing Prayer: Ash Wednesday

Lent Blessing: Into Lent
Lenten Fast: John Chrysostom

Miscellaneous

Litany: A Special Lenten Fast

A Liturgy for Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday Blessing

Ash Wednesday: Blessing the Dust

Ash Wednesday Invitation: Rend Your Hearts
Ash Wednesday Reflection: On Dust and Glory
Litany of Commitment: Isaiah 58:1-9
Litany: Psalm 51

Poem for Ash Wednesday

Statement of Faith: Silence

Ash Wednesday Litany: We Come

New Hymn: Isaiah 58

The Gift of Ashes (imposition of ashes)