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At First United Methodist Church, the cross on the left is installed in the back of the sanctuary on Ash Wednesday and then is moved further forward each week of Lent. (photo © 2010, Steve Huyser Honig)
Worship During Lent
Lent invites us to make our hearts ready for remembering Jesus’ passion and celebrating Jesus’ resurrection. ... As a period of preparation, Lent has historically included the instruction of persons for baptism and profession of faith on Easter Sunday; the calling back of those who have become estranged from the church; and efforts by all Christians to deepen their piety, devotion, and readiness to mark the death and resurrection of their Savior. As such, the primary focus of the season is to explore and deepen a “baptismal spirituality” that centers on our union with Christ rather
than to function only as an extended meditation on Christ’s suffering and death. The traditional color for the season is purple.
(from the Worship Sourcebook Second Edition, p.557-558)
Preparing for Lent
The Christian year centers on the major events of salvation history, celebrating Jesus’ birth, death, resurrection, and the sending of the Holy Spirit.
Lent refers to the forty days leading up to Easter. The Lenten season is set aside for self-examination, spiritual renewal, and growth. In many churches, it is seen as a time for fasting and abstinence, for alms-giving and acts of mercy, for repentance and prayer.
- “Lent- Yes & No,” an article by John Witvliet
- A short (two minutes) video with Rev. Eric Shafer on Lent
- Check out a comprehensive worship planning guide for Lent
- More practices for observing Lent, prayers, books, songs
- Planning for Holy Week
Worship Services
Series
- Psalms for a Lenten Journey
- Walking with Jesus through Psalm 23
- Answering the Questions? Book of Job series from RW
- Growing With Peter
- Questions of the Last Week
- Were You There
- Good Friday-Forsaken
- more series >>
Outlines
Arts
- Introduction to Visual Arts during Lent
- Visuals for Worship (see pages 44-53)
- Lead Me to the Rock Readers Theater from RW
- Stations of the Cross and visuals
Meditations and Devotions
- Books for Lent
- Short Story for Lent by James Schaap
- Easter Resource Guide
- The Journey to Jerusalem: Devotions for Lent by MaraJoy Norden
Featured Resources
The Worship Sourcebook
Parts I through N of The Worship Sourcebook Second Edition, pp. 547-660, offer sample prayers and other worship resources for each act of worship during Lent, Passion Week, and Easter, including the Call to Worship, Opening Responses, Confession and Assurance, Prayers for Illumination, the Lord's Supper, and Blessing/Benediction.
Reformed Worship magazine
Browse all Lent resources for worship from our ministry partner, Reformed Worship magazine.
Coop's Column
Read about Christ's Suffering in Coop's Column
Read about the Radient Preciousness of Jesus in Coop's Column
Center for Excellence in Preaching
Browse all resources related to Lent from our ministry partner, Center for Excellence in Preaching.
Comments
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Rick Blunt | Posted Feb 17, 2011 03:05 PM
The link for "Visuals for Worship" is not working. Thursday, Feb 17 @ 3:00pm EST
CICW Web Manager | Posted Feb 18, 2011 09:20 AM
oops, now fixed, sorry!