Resources for Lent

Lent provides an opportunity to learn what it means to follow Christ. Planning significant worship for the season of Lent and Easter can be challenging. With that in mind, we wanted to bring all of our resources together in one place so that you can easily find just what you need when you need it.

Here you will find Bible studies, liturgies, multilingual and worship resources, archived articles from Ideas!, plus many more Lenten resources.

The season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday (February 25, 2009) and ends Saturday, April 11, 2009.

Start Lent with the Solemn Assembly of Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday is a day of solemn assembly that is built right into the church year. With public mourning for our sin and the sin of all humanity before God, on this day we request that the Lord remember our creation and breathe new life into our burned-out, dusty lives once more.
You may choose to hold a solemn assembly on Ash Wednesday. Or, starting with Ash Wednesday, you may make Lent a time of preparation for a solemn assembly during Holy Week. Learn more.

Alive to God in Jesus Christ

by Joseph D. Small, Director, Theology Worship and Education

At baptism, persons declare that a human being named Jesus, who lived in a particular time and place, is God’s anointed one, the very presence of God among us. As the Christ, this Jesus is Lord of time and space, Savior of the world. But there is more. Christians declare “Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior.”

Make this Lenten season a time of renewed faith for your congregation. Alive to God in Jesus Christ includes forty devotional readings and a five-session study guide for groups of any size.

Praise for Alive to God from Moderator Bruce Reyes-Chow

What a rich gift we are given this Lenten season from Joe Small, director, Theology Worship and Education. Alive to God in Jesus Christ not only presents an accessible way to nurture our intellectual and spiritual understanding of Jesus Christ, but we are also challenged to explore ways that our faith is lived out in our lives and in the world. Dr. Small brings to life the depth and breadth of our Reformed understanding of Jesus Christ, while touching upon deep social and personal places where God’s healing and life-giving presence is yearned for. Whether Dr. Small’s Lenten devotional is used as a personal devotional or congregational study guide, I would recommend that it be part of any spiritual discipline in preparation for Resurrection Day. What a gift to the church!