Come and join us in experiencing a holy Lent this year.

Exploring Liturgy: Weekends in Lent

Weekend worship services:
Saturdays, 5:30 p.m.
and Sundays, 8 and 10:30 a.m.

On four of the weekends in Lent, a bit of worship time will be set aside to explore the meaning, theology and function of sacrament and music in our liturgy and worship. This Lenten practice of learned discipline will deepen our understanding of why we do what we do and the importance of it all.

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At the Education Hour, 9:15 Sundays

Nursery care provided

For Children, K-4th grade
Heart-Land Sunday School
This season the kids of Heart-Land will be exploring Daniel in the Lion’s Den with an adventurous series of learning fun. Then, on Palm Sunday, March 28, we’ll have a special Passover celebration.

For ‘Tweens, 5th-6th grade
Base Camp 2010
A transitional program where our emerging young people “gear up” in preparation for the start of their own Journey to Adulthood process next fall.

For Teens, middle/senior high
Journey to Adulthood
Ongoing discussions and group fun prepare our young people to embrace adulthood and understand and affirm Christian living and leadership skills.

For Adults
Sunday Adult Forums

Track One: in the Library

Book study: The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See by Richard Rohr

The enlightenment you seek in other religions has been present in Christianity from the beginning. Through this book study, you can: Awaken your desire for God; free yourself from the fears that can cripple you; connect to the joy already within you; transform yourself and inspire others; see as the mystics see; and live in full awareness of the “Naked Now”.

Led by a variety of team members, you are welcome to come and join the discussion of the transformative journey of contemplative faith. If you’ve not signed up to receive a copy of the book, you are still welcome to join. Extra copies may be available, and a brief summation will be given before each discussion.

Track Two: in the Parish Hall Kitchen

Prayer and Personality

Prayer not working for you? Want to explore different ways of prayer or prayer styles? Does your personality and your prayer style match up? Not praying and wanting to try? Ready for a change in your prayer attempts?

This Lenten season, we’ll gather with Martha+ to investigate varying approaches to prayer. Practice will be required between our sessions! If you can’t join in person, join this same group in our online discussion group, posted to your email inbox each Sunday afternoon. Want to join online? Simply send an email to MarthaR@ChristEpiscopal.org and you’ll be issued an invitation to join the group, where you’ll receive (via email) the weekly prayer style to try. Then, during the week, we’ll have the opportunity to discuss online among ourselves comments and observations about that style and prayer in general.

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Devotional and Reading Materials

Available near the main entrance and outside the library.

These materials can give you new perspectives and help you along the way as we move from Ashes to Joy this Lenten season.

Please take what you need.

The information on this page is reprinted from our Lenten brochure. Click here for a PDF version of the original.

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Lenten Quiet Day

Saturday, March 20 - 8:30 a.m. to Noon

From Ashes to Joy: Join the Rev. Martha Rogers as she offers three guided mediations, with time for quiet, personal reflection, contemplating the journey from sackcloth and ashes to the Easter joy of new life in Christ!

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Wednesday Evenings in Lent

Lenten Suppers
serving from 5:15—7 p.m.

For Youth/Adults
5:30-6 p.m. 
Reader’s Theatre: Feb. 24; March 10 & 24
Taizé-style worship: March 3, 17

6-7 p.m. Bell Choir rehearsal

7-8:30 p.m.  Chancel Choir rehearsal

For Children
5:30-6 p.m.        
Godly Play Parables: Feb. 24; March 10 & 24
Taizé-style worship: March 3, 17

6-6:30  p.m.  Children’s Choir rehearsal

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Stations of the Cross

Available for personal use throughout Lent: church office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., you may wish to call ahead to make sure the nave is not being used.

Walk the Stations online here.

Formal services:
Wednesdays, noon
and Fridays, 5:30 p.m.

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Holy Week / Easter Services

The labyrinth will be available for personal prayer use in the Parish Hall, from Palm Sunday through Good Friday.

Stations of the Cross at the Labyrinth
7:00 p.m. Monday, March 29

Tenebrae
7:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 30

Maundy Thursday
6:00 p.m. Thursday, April 1
Note this service begins earlier than the other midweek services, as it progresses from an Agape meal to the formal liturgy.

Good Friday
7 a.m., noon & 7 p.m. Friday, April 2

The Great Vigil of Easter
5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 3

Easter Day, April 4
8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite I
10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II