Lent at First Church

This Lent, First Church will spend time studying words that have been mis-used and mis-understood and learning what else they might mean. 

Each week of Lent, we will explore redefining a different term:

• First Sunday of Lent: Sin
• Second Sunday of Lent: Grace
• Third Sunday of Lent: Community
• Fourth Sunday of Lent: Peace (be with you)
• Fifth Sunday of Lent: Little Faith

Here are some things you can explore this season:

• In the sanctuary, on the podium where Emily usually preaches, there’s a prayer book for you to write prayers you’d like named aloud in our service.
• On the altar in the sanctuary, there are candles for you to light if you feel so called. These are for the tender prayers of your heart that you’d like to be in the space but not named aloud. (Candles will also be on the table as you enter the sanctuary if you’d rather a hospitality member light one on your behalf.)
• Following worship each week during Lent (except for March 8), we are gathering for talkbacks in the sanctuary. After worship, you’re invited to get a snack downstairs and then meet in the sanctuary around 11:30 for discussion of the day’s scripture passage and sermon. Emily will be there to loosely facilitate, but really, it’s a chance to connect together as a church family, explore the topics more deeply, and get to know each other more fully as we do.

We also offer a bible study each Wednesday at 10 am where we explore the upcoming Sunday’s text together.

We’d love to have you join us on this Lenten journey, or any Sunday. See below for a full calendar of events and services for Lent, Holy Week, and Easter Sunday.