Lent Happenings!!!

What is Lent?

The Lenten Season begins on Ash Wednesday and lasts for forty days. Sundays are not included as part of the forty days since Sundays are considered to be small Easters in celebration of the Resurrection. These forty days of Lent parallel the forty days of fasting and temptation of Christ and therefore we are called to use Lent as a time of preparation. Many people give up something for Lent as a reminder of the season. Others take on new spiritual disciplines such as prayers of repentance, spiritual journaling and extra service to others. First Church invites you to join us for your time of preparation during Lent and your celebration of Easter.

Holy Week is Almost Here

for Kids 2nd-5th grades

Wednesday, March 28

5:00 p.m.—6:30 p.m.

Walk A Prayer Path

The Prayer Labyrinth will be set up at different times during Lent and Holy Week.

Palm Sunday 7:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Gym

Maundy Thursday 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Asbury Room

Good Friday 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Asbury Room

5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Asbury Room

The Labyrinth is for all ages. You can walk at your pace and make the walk last as long as you want. Come experience an interactive journey as you pray!

Holy Week

Passion/Palm Sunday, April 1

The name of this day indicates that the key focus of the liturgy is intended to be not on the "triumphal entry" into Jerusalem, but on the suffering of Christ during his trial and leading up to his execution. The processional with palms serves as the "Entry Rite" for the larger focus.

Palm Processional at the beginning of the 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. Services

Maundy Thursday, April 5
Maundy Thursday was the night that Jesus and the disciples gathered together in the Upper Room for their last meal together. Jesus washed the disciples' feet and instituted what we now observe as the sacrament of Holy Communion.
7:00 p.m. Sanctuary

Good Friday, April 6
The Tenebrae is an ancient Christian Good Friday service that makes use of gradually diminishing light through the extinguishing of candles to symbolize the events of that week from the triumphant Palm Sunday entry through Jesus' burial.
7:00 p.m. Sanctuary

Easter Sunday

April 8th

Sunrise Service

6:30 a.m.

Plaza ( rain in Faith Chapel)

Traditional Worship Services

8:30 a.m. / 11:00 a.m. Sanctuary
Choirs and Brass

Special Needs Service

8:30 a.m. Faith Chapel

Rev. Janet Stilwell

Contemporary Worship

9:45 a.m. Sanctuary
FUMC Praise Team

Easter Egg Hunt

(for children and their parents)

9:45 am Children’s Gathering Area

Spanish Language Service

11:00 a.m. Faith Chapel
Praise Band

Sunday School Classes
9:45 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.