Lent is a 40-day, six-week season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving (starting Ash Wednesday and ending before Maundy Thursday) that symbolizes spiritual preparation. It mirrors Jesus’ 40 days in the desert. The Sundays focus on themes of temptation, forgiveness, light, and the journey to the Passion.
Lent 1 – Feb. 22
Temptation & Confession – This week focuses on Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness and the need for repentance.
Healing prayers will be offered at both 8am & 10am worship as well as Eucharist.
8 am Morning Prayer w/ Communion
10 am Holy Eucharist with Choir.
Lent 2 – March 1
Forgiveness & Community – Emphasizes the need for forgiveness, community, and in some traditions, reflection on saints.
8 am Morning Prayer w/ Communion
10 am Holy Eucharist with Choir
Lent 3 – March 8
God’s Call – Lent 3 is on the 2nd Sunday of the month. It is our custom to offer a worship service that is tailed to children on those Sundays. Wiggle & giggles are welcome. A storybook-sermon will be offered.
8 am Morning Prayer w/ Communion
10 am Holy Eucharist with Choir
Lent 4 – March 15
God’s Love/Grace – Often highlights the Annunciation or God’s calling, emphasizing listening to God and His presence.
8 am Lay-Led MP
10 am Lay-Led MP with Choir
Officiant: Bill Barney
Lent 5 – March 22
Prepare – This week mark’s a shift toward intense focus on the sufferings of Christ, initiating “Passiontide” to prepare for Holy Week.
8 am Morning Prayer + Communion
10 am Holy Eucharist + Choir + Nursery Care
Palm Sunday – March 29
Palm Sunday – Focuses on trust in God during during times of great sorrow and uncertainty. This Sunday marking the beginning of Holy Week. Our service opens like any other Sunday. After Communion however the tone of worship shifts. We hear the story of Christ’s Passion and depart in silence.
8 am Morning Prayer + Communion
10 am Holy Eucharist + Choir + Nursery Care
*Worship starts outside weather permitting.
Holy Week – March 30 – April 5
Reflection & Repentance – Holy Week in the Episcopal Church is the most sacred, week-long liturgical period before Easter, focusing on the Paschal Mystery—Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection. It is a time for intense reflection, repentance, and active participation in the final days of Jesus’ earthly life, moving from the triumphal entry of Palm Sunday to the solemnity of Good Friday and the joy of the Resurrection.