Lenten Events, 2010

Exploring ways to move from lamentation into hope...

Wednesday Service

Wednesday, February 17

7:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary

Come and sing the opening songs of the season of Lent. Through prayer, reflection, and scripture, we will begin to write the lyrics of our lives in this time.

Food on Foot

Sunday, February 21

3:15 p.m. (meet in parking lot @ 2:30 to carpool)

Christ calls to us to serve, and we can answer by offering a meal to homeless folks in Hollywood. Sign up with the Deacons if you’d like to participate.

Half-Day Intergenerational Retreat

Saturday, March 6

10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Sanctuary & Ray Hall

All ages welcome. We’ll explore ways to lament – to share our struggles with God – and then find avenues to hope through prayer and service.

Labyrinth Walk

Saturday, March 20

7:00 p.m. at the Holy Spirit Retreat Center

(meet in parking lot @ 6:15 p.m. to carpool)

Join us in this spiritual practice, which will make space for us to shed the world. In the music and movement and the still, quiet center, we can hear the lyrics of God. We’ll walk together.

Prayer Vigil

Wednesday, March 31

Begins @ 9:00 p.m. and continues for 24 hours

We’ll be together in reflection, as we pray around the clock in our 24-hour prayer vigil. We begin on Wed. and continue through Maundy Thursday worship.

Maundy Thursday Soup Supper & Service

Thursday, April 1

7:30 p.m. in the Fireside Room

Supper and service together

We’ll gather around the table to sing and pray and share a meal. In our simple soup supper, we will remember the Last Supper, as we move through this Holy Week.

Good Friday Service

Friday, April 2

8:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary

We will encounter both the shadows and the light in this tenebrae service – moving through the hardest day of Lent – with lyrics, music, and silence.

Holy Saturday Creativity

Saturday, April 3

10:00 a.m. in the Church Kitchen

Prepare your heart for the new life of Easter! Join us in creative prayer, as we come together to bake hot cross buns and create sanctuary art!

Watch for our weekly Living Lent moments, coming to you via email. Living Lent moments will offer suggestions of prayerful actions to take to bring Lent alive in calling and discipleship.

Also, there will be a Silent Space happening every Thursday at 6:00 p.m. during Lent. You are welcome to come and pray quietly together in the sanctuary or to stop and pray wherever you are.

And we’ll be coming together in small groups for special dinners throughout the season – a time for fellowship, as well as devotional reflection. Watch for more information, coming soon.