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Lent 2023 |
Worship (services in-person and livestreamed on Facebook)
Ash Wednesday Service, February 22 at 5:00 PM (“Ashes To Go” from 4:00-4:45 PM in our parking lot)
Stations of the Cross, every Friday from February 24 to March 31 at 11:30
Palm Sunday, April 2 at 8:00 and 10:00 am
Maundy Thursday Service, April 6 at 5:00
Good Friday Service, April 7 at 12:00 and 7:00
Good Friday Stations of the Cross, April 7 at 4:30 pm
Easter Sunday Service, April 9 at 8:00 and 10:00
Complaint-free Lent
This is another wonderful Lent option. The basic idea is to wear a purple bracelet that reminds us not to complain. Every time we do complain despite the reminder, we put aside a little money. At the end of Lent, we donate the collected money to a good cause. Those who have participated in past years will remember how helpful this practice can be. But I warn anyone who hasn’t participated before - don’t commit to putting aside much money for each complaint; it can really add up!! The purple bracelets will be available in the narthex beginning on Sunday, February 19 and continuing throughout Lent (while supplies last). Please join the “fun”!
Lent Prayer Partners
Participants pray for their partner every day during Lent, and then send an Easter Card to their partner offering God’s blessings on that person. This is a great way to support each other as a community of faith. If you would like to participate, sign up in the narthex, ideally by February 19. (If you would like to join in a bit later, just let Fr. Harvey know.) On Shrove Tuesday, we’ll put all the names in a hat and then draw names. Please join us!
Lent Madness
Based loosely on the NCAA basketball tournament, this online devotion pits saints against one another in a bracket as voters choose their favorites throughout the penitential season of Lent.
Here’s how to participate:
- On the weekdays of Lent, beginning on February 23, information is posted at www.lentmadness.org about two different saints.
- Each pairing remains open for 24 hours as participants read about and then vote to determine which saint moves on to the next round.
Good Friday Children's Event
On April 7, we’ll have our traditional combined Stations of the Cross/Easter Egg Hunt for our children from 10:00 to 12:00. We’re taking candy donations all Lent!
Outreach
Church without Walls, March 5 and April 2 at 12:00 at the Parish Cupboard Prison Bible Study, Monday March 6 at 7:00 at the Women’s Correctional Center in Chicopee Veterans Lunch, March 7 and April 4 at 11:30
Lent at Home
Lent Devotionals: Options are available in the narthex, including some for children & families Morning Prayer or Compline: We have forms for Morning Prayer and Compline in the narthex, as well as the schedule of assigned readings
On-Line Options
Morning Prayer, Mondays -- Fridays at 8:00 AM (Facebook)
Compline, Mondays -- Fridays at 8:00 PM on Zoom (click here; passcode compline)
Daily Devotional, with a focus on Creation Care:
Renewing God’s Creation:
Daily Meditations for Lent 2023
Carbon Fast for Lent: Participants in the Carbon Fast will receive a weekly email containing the fasting challenge and a prayer.
Online Retreat
Healing judgment: Led by the Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas Saturday, March 18; 9:30 a.m. – 12 Noon (free) This retreat will invite us to open to the healing judgment of a loving God who sees our preciousness and seeks our wholeness. Through silence, guided meditation, personal reflection, and small group sharing we aim to create a space in which we can grow in self-awareness, self-acceptance, and compassion for ourselves, each other, and our wounded, magnificent world. Please have a candle, Bible, paper/pen for journaling, art supplies (if you have some), and comfortable clothes for an optional walk outside.
Compline, Mondays -- Fridays at 8:00 PM on Zoom (click here; passcode compline)
Daily Devotional, with a focus on Creation Care:
Renewing God’s Creation:
Daily Meditations for Lent 2023
Carbon Fast for Lent: Participants in the Carbon Fast will receive a weekly email containing the fasting challenge and a prayer.
Online Retreat
Healing judgment: Led by the Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas Saturday, March 18; 9:30 a.m. – 12 Noon (free) This retreat will invite us to open to the healing judgment of a loving God who sees our preciousness and seeks our wholeness. Through silence, guided meditation, personal reflection, and small group sharing we aim to create a space in which we can grow in self-awareness, self-acceptance, and compassion for ourselves, each other, and our wounded, magnificent world. Please have a candle, Bible, paper/pen for journaling, art supplies (if you have some), and comfortable clothes for an optional walk outside.
Prayer and Formation
Men’s Bible Study, Mondays at 7:00
Conversations on Faith, Tuesday, March 7 and 21 at 4:15 on Zoom
Lent Series: Invitation to a Holy Lent, Wednesdays, 6:00-7:15 on Zoom
Diocesan Confirmation Series, Wednesdays, 6:00-7:30 on Zoom, beginning 3/1
Parish Bible Study, in-person and on Zoom, Fridays at 1:00 (except 4/7)
Contemplative Prayer, in-person and on Zoom, Fridays at 2:30 (except 4/7)
Adult Formation: An Invitation to a Holy Lent
Hampden Deanery Lenten Study, Wednesdays from 6:00-7:15 PM on Zoom
To join, please click the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82856913744?pwd=Q1hDOEszM3R2cGsvUGl1dWVMWXRlZz09
At the Ash Wednesday Service every year, we hear this: “I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word” (BCP, 265). In this series, leaders from area Churches will facilitate conversations about each of those practices. We hope the group will share wisdom based on our experience of each so that we can support each other in observing a truly holy Lent.
March 1 (Saint David’s Day!): Self- Examination and Repentance
The Rev. Mike Devine, St Peter’s, Springfield
March 8: Prayer
The Rev. Tom Callard, Christ Church Cathedral, Springfield
March 15: Fasting
The Rev. Harvey Hill, St. David’s, Agawam
March 22: Self Denial
The Rev. Terry Hurlbut, St. David’s, Agawam
March 29: Reading and Meditating on God’s Holy Word
The Rev. Harvey Hill, St. David’s, Agawam
Hampden Deanery Lenten Study, Wednesdays from 6:00-7:15 PM on Zoom
To join, please click the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82856913744?pwd=Q1hDOEszM3R2cGsvUGl1dWVMWXRlZz09
At the Ash Wednesday Service every year, we hear this: “I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word” (BCP, 265). In this series, leaders from area Churches will facilitate conversations about each of those practices. We hope the group will share wisdom based on our experience of each so that we can support each other in observing a truly holy Lent.
March 1 (Saint David’s Day!): Self- Examination and Repentance
The Rev. Mike Devine, St Peter’s, Springfield
March 8: Prayer
The Rev. Tom Callard, Christ Church Cathedral, Springfield
March 15: Fasting
The Rev. Harvey Hill, St. David’s, Agawam
March 22: Self Denial
The Rev. Terry Hurlbut, St. David’s, Agawam
March 29: Reading and Meditating on God’s Holy Word
The Rev. Harvey Hill, St. David’s, Agawam
I invite you, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance,
by prayer, fasting, and self-denial, and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word. BCP, 265
