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  Lenten Activities at St. Paul's   
 

Lent Festival                         Ash Wednesday
Wednesday Midday              Season Focus 
Wednesday Evenings           Holy Week

Wednesday Noons During Lent

Our Wednesday noon programming during Lent continues on March 5 & 12.  We offer worship, a simple soup lunch, a chance for conversation and then segments of the video:  “The Power of Forgiveness.”  The Wednesday schedule is:

Noon—Eucharist in the Chapel
12:30 p.m.—Lunch
1:00 p.m.—”The Power of Forgiveness”
followed by a time for discussion

Please note there will NOT be a service, lunch or program on March 19 due to Holy Week.

Finding God in My Work
Wednesday Church Nights during Lent
February 13, 20, 27 and March 5-12

Church Nights continue during the season of Lent with our series “Finding God in My Work.”  Parishioners will be reflecting on how they find God in their vocation on March 5 & 12.  Three parishioners will present each night.  The Church Night schedule is:

5:30 p.m. Eucharist in Church
6:00 p.m. POTLUCK in the Hall
6:30 p.m. Program:  “Finding God in My Work”

(Check Sunday’s bulletin for the names of the participants)
ALL ARE  WELCOME!!

Childcare available by calling Sue Van Oss (269-1061) by Tuesday noon.  Please note there will not be Eucharist or a Church Night program on March 19 because of Holy Week.

Lent Festival

                                    Lent– what is it all about?          Come and find out Sunday, February 10
                                                                                 11am in the hall!

Lenten Activities for all ages!
                             Learn about the symbols, rituals and customs surrounding the
                         40 days from Ash Wednesday until Holy Week and Easter!

                       Pick up resources to use in your home to bring the
                        season of Lent with you when you walk out of church
 

WELCOME TO LENT: This Wednesday, February 6, is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Season of Lent.

Services at St. Paul’s will be at noon, 5:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Each service will include communion and the distribution of ashes.

A soup lunch will follow the noon service, and a brief video (“The Power of Forgiveness”) and discussion will take place after lunch.

The Season of Lent is the 40 day church season that mirrors Jesus’ 40 days in the desert prior to his public ministry. In the early church, Lent was an intense period of reflection, reconciliation and discernment for adults who were preparing to be baptized.

Lent has traditionally been characterized by prayer, fasting and alms-giving. Reconciliation and self-reflection are also hallmarks of the season. Christians are encouraged to spend more time in prayer, perhaps by attending a week day celebration of Eucharist, and to engage in the disciplines of fasting and generous good works as they are able.

Lent is a wonderful time to seek reconciliation with those whom we have harmed and those who have harmed us. Celebrating the sacraments of reconciliation (BCP pp. 447-452) is especially appropriate during Lent.  Bill and Margaret are available for reconciliation by appointment.

Sunday, March 16   Palm Sunday

     8:00am and 10:00am Service

Thursday, March 20 Maundy Thursday

     7:00pm Service

Friday, March 21 Good Friday

     Noon      Good Friday Service
     1:00pm    Good Friday Service
     7:00pm   Stations of the Cross

Saturday, March 22 Vigil of Easter

9:00am   Decorating of Church & Egg Hunt 
     7:00pm   Vigil Service

Sunday, March 23   Easter

     8:00am    Service
     10:30am  Service (note 1/2 hour later than usual)
     Noon  Free lunch for all
     – bring a dish to pass if you are able