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LENT

Early Spring | Beginning Ash Wednesday

Historically Lent has been a season of penitence and fasting. Churches have used this season as a time of reflection and in some cases, preparation for baptism. The season lasts for forty days, excluding Sundays. The amount of time set aside for Lent was first recorded at the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. The season is modeled after Jesus’ time spent fasting in the desert for forty days as we as the forty years the Israelites spent wandering in the desert. Lent concludes with Holy Week: Palm Sunday/Sunday of the Passion, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday.

Liturgucal Color: Purple except for Good Friday and Holy Saturdy where black is often used.

Artwork by Tim Bauer

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Stations of the Cross: Tim Bauer

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Lent Resources

 
LITURGY
It Is My Joy (Hebrews 12:2)
It Is My Joy (Hebrews 12:2)

I betray him with a kiss and some blood-soaked coin
but this is the Good day that He would appoint
I place him in cuffs and lead him away…

Dust to Dust
Dust to Dust

Disrupting the garden,
He stirred up the ground,
breathing life into the dust:
God’s image became us…

How Long, O Lord? | A Lament
How Long, O Lord? | A Lament

How Long, O Lord, Will We Be Exiled from Your House?
How long, O Lord, will we be exiled from your house?
How long will we dwell in a dry land where there is no water?

Stations of the Cross by Tim Bauer
Stations of the Cross by Tim Bauer

For centuries, Christians have used the stations of the cross to meditate on Christ’s journey to His crucifixion. This Good Friday, we invite you to meditate on the stations of the cross using the artwork of Tim Bauer.

Responsive Confession
Responsive Confession

This responsive prayer focuses on our need for forgiveness as well as an assurance of the hope that we have in Christ. While it pairs nicely with several Lenten hymns, it could be used throughout the year.

Prayer for Peace
Prayer for Peace
Nothing But The Blood
Nothing But The Blood

"Nothing But The Blood" was written by Baptist preacher, Robert Lowry (1826-1899). Stylistically, the hymn uses an adapted call and response posing first a question and then providing an answer. The main theme of the song continually points singers and listeners alike to the forgiving work of Christ on the cross.

Chief of Sinners
Chief of Sinners

In this lenten hymn we've maintained the original melody, re-harmonizing the chords to form an anticipatory yet meditative setting...

Glory Be To Jesus
Glory Be To Jesus

In this lenten hymn we have used much of the original melody, changing it only slightly during one of the verses to connect two verses together and adding an original chorus and bridge...

My Song Is Love Unknown
My Song Is Love Unknown

My Song Is Love Unknown is a Lenten hymn written by Samuel Crossman and John Ireland. For this particular arrangement we've added a chorus which reads: "oh, Your grace has made a way.