Lent and Easter 2023
Lent begins February 22 with Ash Wednesday. We have a variety of opportunities for you to participate in and deepen your faith during this season, from special worship services and music to our congregation’s Lenten Devotional Book to an all-congregation anti-racism book study. See below for details.
Lent Sermon Series: “I Have a Question . . .”
Traditionally, Lent is the season in the church year focused on deepened reflection and examination. During Lent, we take stock of and explore where and how our lives are growing more and more into the likeness of Jesus Christ, into the people God calls us to be.
This year, we will undertake that spiritual journey by exploring some of faith’s more challenging questions:
- What about faith and race?
- What does it mean to be saved?
- What is the Bible?
- Why did Jesus have to die?
- What gives us hope?
Lenten Devotional
Click here to follow along this Lenten season with daily devotionals!
All-Congregation Book Study: Faithful Anti-Racism
Faithful Anti-Racism: Moving Past Talk to Systemic Change, by Christina Barland Edmondson and Chad Brennan
Two Offerings:
- Sundays: February 26 & March 12-26, 11:30-12:30 pm in Lincoln Parlor, Co-facilitators: Adlai Amor and Miriam Dewhurst. Light lunch provided (please see registration below). Childcare is available for infants through 4 years old by registering. Email or talk to Pastor Rachel if childcare for older children is needed.
- Thursdays: March 2 & March 16-30, 7:00-8:00 pm on Zoom. Co-facilitators: Elizabeth Bowman, Karen George, and Beth Law
Calendar
February 22 - Ash Wednesday
7:00 pm - Worship with imposition of ashes (online and onsite)
Parking available in garage next to the church on New York Avenue.
February 26
11:30 am - Faithful Anti-Racism Book Study, Session 1, “Wisdom and the Bible”
March 2 (Thursday)
7:00 pm - Faithful Anti-Racism Book Study, Session 1 (on Zoom), “Wisdom and the Bible”
March 5
11:30 am - Congregational meeting after worship
March 12
10:00 am - Choir presents selections from Mozart’s Mass in C Major during worship
11:30 am - Faithful Anti-Racism Book Study, Session 2, “Justice, the Past, and the Present”
March 15 (Wednesday)
7:00 pm - “God and the New Cosmology,” McClendon Scholar Program with Dr. John Haught, Professor Emeritus at Georgetown University
March 16 (Thursday)
7:00 pm - Faithful Anti-Racism Book Study, Session 2 (on Zoom), “Justice, the Past, and the Present”
March 19
10:00 am Great Bend High School Choir from Great Bend, Kansas, during worship
11:30 am - Faithful Anti-Racism Book Study, Session 3, “Racial Trauma, Magic, and Early Christians”
March 23 (Thursday)
7:00 pm - Faithful Anti-Racism Book Study, Session 3 (on Zoom), “Racial Trauma, Magic, and Early Christians”
March 26
11:30 am - Faithful Anti-Racism Book Study, Session 4, “Helping to Change Society”
March 30 (Thursday)
7:00 pm - Faithful Anti-Racism Book Study, Session 4 (on Zoom), “Helping to Change Society”
April 2 - Palm Sunday
10:00 am - Worship with Palms (onsite and online)
One Great Hour of Sharing Special Offering
Parking available in garage next to the church on New York Avenue.
April 6 - Maundy Thursday Tenebrae
7 pm - Service of light and shadow with communion (onsite and online)
Parking available in garage next to the church on New York Avenue.
April 7 - Good Friday
12 pm - Simple Prayer Service, Whitney McColley, soloist (onsite and online)
April 9 - Easter
7:15 am - Sunrise Service in Triangle Park
10:00 am - Worship with Brass and Organ (onsite and online)
Special Coffee Hour
Parking available in garage next to the church on New York Avenue.