UPCOMING EVENTS
Lent & Holy Week Schedule of Events and Worship Times
Our journey to the Empty Tomb
The season of Lent is an invitation to look within, connect deeper, and challenge ourselves to grow in faith. We historically have associated Lent with the spiritual practices of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving. This Lent we join our ancestors in faith by seeking to reorient our community of faith around these.
We invite you to join us for Wednesday Soup Suppers and Worship, where we will hear a Bethlehem disciple reflect on one of these practices. Just as Jesus learns more about himself during his forty days in the wilderness, may we learn about ourselves as individuals and as community. Join us as we journey with Jesus through the wilderness, into the tomb, and to the resurrection.
Pastor Krista, Pastor Paisley, and Deacon Heather
Schedule of Events & Worship Times
February 21/ Shrove Tuesday 5:30-7:30 Pancake Supper in Fellowship Hall
February 22 / Ash Wednesday 7:30-8:30am Ashes to Go, Worship 12:30pm and 7pm*
March 1 / Soup Supper 5:45pm followed by Midweek Worship Service 7pm: Fasting
March 8 / Soup Supper 5:45pm followed by Midweek Worship Service 7pm: Prayer
March 15 / Soup Supper 5:45pm followed by Midweek Worship Service 7pm: Repentance
March 19 / Musical Worship 9:30am* Sunday School & BLC Preschool singing
March 22 / Soup Supper 5:45pm followed by Midweek Worship Service 7pm: Almsgiving
March 29 / Soup Supper 5:45pm followed by Midweek Worship Service 7pm: Works of Love
April 2 / Palm Sunday Worship 9:30am* Sunday School & Preschool singing followed by Easter Egg Hunt & Fellowship
April 6 / Maundy Thursday Worship 12:30pm Traditional Service & 7pm* Foot washing and First Communion
April 7 / Good Friday Worship 12:30pm Child-focused and Interactive Service & 7pm* Traditional service of Tenebrae
April 9 / Easter Sunday 6:15am Sunrise Worship at Union Cemetery, Worship 8:30am* and 10:45am
*These services will be livestreamed at www.bit.ly/BLCyoutube
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Lent & Holy Week
Lent & Holy Week Schedule of Events and Worship Times Our journey to the Empty Tomb The season of Lent is an invitation to look within, connect deeper, and challenge ourselves to grow in faith. We historically have associated Lent with the spiritual...
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