Let God’s Word prepare you this Lent and Holy Week for Easter’s great Joy!
Lent 2024: a time for God to prepare us for Easter by His Word
What Is Lent? from Concordia Publishing House (CPH) on Vimeo.
You are invited to join us in person but if you cannot for any reason, you are welcome to join online too!
Give up for Lent… misunderstanding Lent!
- Video: “The Discipline of Fasting for Joyful Feasting” with Dr John Kleinig
- Article: “Logging off tech for the 40 days of Lent“
- Article: “Simple ways my family observes Lent with small children“
Every Day in the Word of God during Lent, starting Ash Wed, February 14th:
- Higher Things: Dare to be Lutheran daily reflections
- Readings and meditations for each day in Lent from the Lutheran Hour
- (English) “The Lamb” – Read and listen to the Bible every day in Lent (also family activities)
- (French) “Agneau de Dieu” – resources et méditations quotidiennes pour le carême
- (Spanish) “Tus pecados te son perdonados” – devociones de cuaresma
- (Chinese – Simplified and Traditional) – (many to choose from)
- The Word of the Lord Endures Forever (Podcast Bible Study)
- For God So Loved Lenten Activity Calendar 2024
Ash Wednesday: the Church’s entrance into Lent by Repentance and Faith in Christ’s atonement
- Wednesday, February 14, 7:30pm – Ash Wednesday Service of Corporate Confession and Absolution
Sundays in Lent
- 2pm The Divine Service for the whole family
Tuesdays during Lent (en français)
- 8pm, Office du soir (vêpres) de la passion – EN LIGNE UNIQUEMENT
Wednesdays during Lent (in English)
- 8pm Lenten Passion Vespers (online with our brothers and sisters in Christ at St Luke Lutheran Church, Ottawa, Ontario)
(with readings from the Passion of our Lord from all four Gospels)
*** ONLNE ONLY, DIFFERENT LINK THAN USUAL ***
Holy Week
- Palm Sunday, March 24, 2pm: Divine Service of Palms and Passion
- Maundy Thursday, March 28, 7pm: Divine Service for the institution of the Sacrament of the Altar
- Good Friday, March 29, 2pm: The Chief Divine Service of Good Firday
- Holy Saturday, March 30, 7:30pm: The Great Vigil of Easter – Scripture Readings, our Baptism, and God’s Light
Easter: The Resurrection of our Lord
- Easter Sunday, March 31, 2pm: The Divine Service of the Resurrection of our Lord
- for the 50 days of Easter (7 weeks + 1!): the joy of Jesus’ resurrection continues and He comes to His Church
Join us in person, or if you can’t for any reason, join us online!
All invited — all welcome!