Lent 2008: Walking With Jesus Through Holy Week
The events of Holy Week in the life of Jesus are central to our faith as Christian men and women. Yet since so many of these events occurred during the week and not on Sundays it is easy in our Worship Services and in our own thinking to go from Palm Sunday to Easter Day without really thinking about all that happened to Jesus and to his followers during that week. This year we want to change all of this by giving everyone an opportunity throughout the whole of Lent to trace these significant events. This means that our focus on some events may seem out of sequence with our normal celebrations as well as with those of other churches. Each week our Worship Service will begin our thinking about a particular event. This will then be continued in our reflections at our Lenten Luncheon on Tuesday. Each week there also will be available prayer and reflection cards to enable everyone to personally think about the particular event of the week each day. The whole purpose is that "We Might Walk with Jesus Through Holy Week in order to See How He Would Have Us to Walk Today as His Followers."
First Week in Lent (Sunday, February 10):
Jesus Enters Jerusalem based on Mark 11:1-11; Zechariah 9:9-10
Tuesday, Feb 12 PDF
Second Week in Lent (Sunday, February 17):
Jesus Cleanses the Temple and Curses the Fig Tree based on Mark 11:12-25; and Jeremiah 7:1-15
Tuesday, Feb 19 PDF
Third Week in Lent (Sunday, February 24):
Jesus’ Words and Actions Cause Conflict based on Mark 14:1-11; Mark 12:35-44
Tuesday, Feb 26 PDF
Fourth Week in Lent (Sunday, March 2)
Jesus Celebrates the Last Supper and Prays in the Garden of Gethsemane based on Mark 14:12-25 and Mark 14:26, 32-42.
Wednesday, March 5 PDF
Fifth Week in Lent (Sunday, March 9)
Jesus is Arrested and Tried and Peter Denies Jesus based on Mark 14:43-65, Mark 14:27-31 and Mark 14:66-72
Tuesday, March 11 PDF
Sixth Week in Lent: (Sunday, March 16)
Jesus is Tried before Pilate and Crucified based on Mark 15:1-41.
Tuesday, March 18 PDF
Our Lenten Luncheons which will be held from 12 noon until 12:50 p.m. on each Tuesday of Lent, beginning Tuesday, February 12. A soup, sandwich and dessert luncheon will be provided each week. Huw Christopher will lead our Lenten reflections which will be a continuation of the theme of the previous Sunday.
Each Tuesday during Lent 2007
we held our Lenten Luncheons from 12 noon until 12:50 p.m.
with soup, sandwiches and dessert being provided by our ladies' circles.
Each week our reflections focused on some of the history and meaning
of the symbol of the cross which had been portrayed on the
front of bulletin for the previous Sunday. These crosses were:
Tuesday, February 27: The Latin Cross
Tuesday, March 6: The Greek Cross
Tuesday, March 13: The Jerusalem Cross
Tuesday, March 20: The Anchor Cross
Tuesday, March 27: The Celtic Cross
Tuesday, April 3: The Cross in the Seal of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
| Date | Title | Text | PDF | DOC |
|---|
|
4/3/2007
|
“The Presbyterian Cross”
|
TXT
|
PDF
|
DOC
|
|
3/27/2007
|
“The Celtic Cross”
|
TXT
|
PDF
|
DOC
|
|
3/20/2007
|
“The Anchor Cross”
|
TXT
|
PDF
|
DOC
|
|
3/13/2007
|
“The Jerusalem Cross”
|
TXT
|
PDF
|
DOC
|
|
3/6/2007
|
“The Greek Cross”
|
TXT
|
PDF
|
DOC
|
|
2/27/2007
|
“The Latin Cross”
|
TXT
|
PDF
|
DOC
|