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University Temple Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Mary P. Boyd
Easter Season
March 17 is Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the season of Lent, the forty days of preparation for Easter. (Sundays during Lent are not part of the forty days, for each
Sunday is a little Easter!) The word Lent is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word lencten,
which means spring. Lent is related to the word lengthen, as spring marks the lengthening
of the days.
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From Our Pastor . . .
Scriptures for this Lent focus on God, who is giving and forgiving. God gives us life itself
and God forgives us, giving us new life, new beginning. Like the African violets in my
window, our lives flourish in the light of God’s love, and we too be come giving and forgiving,
reflecting the light of God’s love.
There are many ways to experience the lengthening of the light of Christ during Lent:
- UDEP Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper: Tuesday, February 16, 5:30 PM at University Congregational Church
- Ash Wednesday Service: Wednesday, February 17, 6:45 PM in the Chapel
- Lent Home Study Groups: Miraslov Volf’s Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of
Grace (date, time, and locations to be determined)
- Lent Film Festival: Sundays at 12:30 PM in the Fireplace Room
- UMW Book Study of Saving Paradise: How Christianity Traded Love of this World for Crucifixion and Empire
by Rebecca Parker and Rita Nakashima Brock: Beginning February 10, every 2nd and 4th Wednesday, 7:30—
9:00 PM in the Parlor
- Lenten Retreat: March 5 and 6 at Camp Casey
- Agape Breakfast: March 20 in the Fireplace Room
And then there is Holy Week and Easter!
May this Lent be a time of spiritual growth as we soak in the healing power of the light of God’s love.
Blessings,
- Mary
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