Lent is the period of 40 days, excluding Sundays, which begins on Ash Wednesday and concludes with Easter. Sundays are not included as days in Lent because they are celebrations of the Resurrection. Because of this, they are traditionally seen as “Feast” days. The Lenten season reflects the 40 years Israel wandered in the desert, and the 40 days Jesus spent in prayer and fasting in the desert prior to the start of his public ministry. Often people choose to give something up for Lent, as a simple way of saying “no” to something, just as we do when we resist temptation – an important theme of the season.
When choosing to remove something from our everyday lives, a form of fasting, we seek to be filled with Christ instead. As noted, Sundays are Feast days – celebrations of the Resurrection that are not included in Lent – so we don’t have to abstain on those days.
As a church family we engage with the Lenten season through our Ash Wednesday Service, reading one of the Gospels together, a Lenten Project, and finally, our Good Friday and Easter services. Information about all of these can be found below.
We invite you to join with us in any or all of these ways as follow Christ through this unique season.
Ash Wednesday Services
Wednesday, March 5 | 5:30 & 7:00 pm
We invite you to join us in person for an Ash Wednesday service. Learn about the promises of Ash Wednesday as we open the door to the seasons of Lent and Easter.
Good Friday & Easter Services
Friday, April 18: 8:30 am, 10:00 am, 11:45 am
Saturday, April 19: 6:30 pm
Sunday, April 20: 7:00 am, 9:00 am, 11:00 am
We invite you to join us onsite or online for Good Friday and Easter services as we celebrate the victory of the risen Jesus.
The Gospel of Matthew Readings
As a church family we have traditionally read through one of the Gospels together in a three year cycle starting with Matthew (Year A), Mark (Year B), and Luke (Year C). This is Year A in the church calendar which means we will be reading the Gospel of Matthew. We’ve made available a reading plan that includes some guidance for engagement that you can download and follow.
2025 Lenten Compassion Project
Our 2025 Lenten Compassion Project is a twofold endeavor to support the work of Moviendo Esperanzas (“Moving Hope”) in Latin America and the Alliance Canada’s “Compassion in the Arabian Peninsula.”
Moviendo Esperanzas ("Moving Hope")
Moviendo Esperanzas is an association dedicated to administering and managing donations to meet the needs of vulnerable groups in Latin America. Their wheelchair program provides love, empathy and mobility to people with disabilities who are unable to obtain a wheelchair. Moviendo imports 200 to 400 wheelchairs per year for vulnerable populations.
Compassion in the Arabian Peninsula
In the Arabian Peninsula region of the world, one of the worst humanitarian crises has unfolded because of a proxy war, leading to millions of internally displaced people and a significant influx of refugees into a North African nation. Through the Compassion in the Arabian Peninsula project, wholistic care is being provided to refugees while the local church is developed and strengthened.
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