LENT & HOLY WEEK AT FAITH
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Sunday, March 9 is the first Sunday of Lent. Lent is a 40 day period of intentional prayer and self-reflection that commemorates the 40 days Jesus spent in the wilderness. It prepares us for Holy Week, when we revisit the final days of Jesus' life.
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Our Lent sermon series is The Hardest Part: Hurt We Carry, Hope We Find. Life is this strange, tender mix of joy and sorrow, love and loss, heartbreak and hope, all tangled together. This year, we invite you to embrace Lent as it is—raw, honest, and tender. This is the season that asks us to stop pretending we’re holding it all together. It’s a time to pause, sit with what’s fragile and unfinished, and let God meet us in the hardest parts of our lives.
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Join us every Sunday at 10:30am in person or online through Facebook or our Website.
Childcare available for children 4 and under - contact children@tryfaith.org for more info.
We have multiple opportunities for you to recognize Ash Wednesday this year.
Drive through the Connection Circle from 7-9am to receive ashes from Pastor Stefani on your way to work or as you get ready for the day.
Then, we will gather in the worship space at 6:30pm for a reflective service with the imposition of ashes.
Lent is a great time to think about how you can add something into your daily routine to pause and reflect. In this daily devotional, we’ll look at the hardest parts of being human—heartbreak, emptiness, shame, and longing—and acknowledge the weight of it. You’ll find Scripture, a reflection, a response prompt, and a blessing to remind you that grace has a way of sneaking in, even when life feels impossible (kind of like finding your phone after you’ve torn the house apart for the fifth time).
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Download the Daily Devotional by clicking here or scanning the QR above.
We will collect donations in the weeks leading up to our Egg Hunt so that we can get ready to stuff the eggs! We will need candy and small toys - you can drop those off at the missions table beginning March 9 through April 6. Or you can bring pre-stuffed eggs! Just please remember, no nuts or chocolate. We want to avoid allergies and melted chocolate.
After our Palm Sunday Egg Hunt, plan to stay and enjoy a lunch with your Faith family! Sign up sheets will be available in the Connection Center beginning this Sunday. Check back for an online form soon! For more information, contact Heather Ausec by emailing heatherausec@gmail.com or calling 940-206-9539.
On Wednesdays from 7-8pm beginning March 12, Pastor Stefani will lead a study that accompanies our Lent sermon series, The Hardest Part. In this 6-week Lenten bible study, we'll do the hard part together. We'll sit with the ache and the fragile parts of life that we’d rather avoid, and trust that hope is somewhere nearby, waiting for us to notice. Because when we stay with the hard part, something else happens: the good part begins to unfold, slowly but surely.
Begin your Holy Week at Faith UMC! We are looking forward to a joyful Palm Sunday worship on Sunday, April 13 at 10:30am. Our kiddos are invited to start the morning in CREW and then process in durning the service, waving palm branches to signify the beginning of Christ's journey. If you come in person, stick around with your kiddos after the service for an egg hunt - don’t forget your baskets!
Join us in person or online at tryfaith.org/online.
Maundy Thursday commemorates the last supper Jesus had with his disciples. We will do this as a community at our immersive service on April 17 at 6:30pm.
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Join us in person or online at tryfaith.org/online.
On Good Friday, we remember the life, mission, and sacrifice of Jesus. We will gather on April 18 at 6:30pm for a Good Friday service. Childcare will be available.
Join us in person or online at tryfaith.org/online.
Celebrate Easter at Faith UMC on Sunday, April 20!
We will have an outdoor sunrise service at 7:30am in the Circle Drive on the south side of our building. Then we will gather in the worship space at our regular Sunday time of 10:30am for a service complete with special music!
Join us in person or online at tryfaith.org/online