Lent 2022
Our Lenten sermon series begins this Sunday, March 6, and will center on The Days of Holy Week. The Christian season of Lent includes 40 days (not including Sundays) before Easter Sunday. Like Advent, Lent is a season of preparation – getting ready for Easter. Easter, like Christmas, is a day and a season of the Christian year. (The Easter season lasts for 49 days while the Christmas season lasts for 12 days.)
We have put together several things to help you prepare for Easter:
The Days of Holy Week Sermon Series: Our March 6–April 17 worship services will be built around the Scriptures from the 7 days before the first Easter. Richard Bauman will start us off March 6, with Monday of Holy Week. Brother Mike will then pick up the series with Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and then Saturday of Holy Week March 13–April 3. On Palm Sunday, April 10, we will use the Scriptures describing the Sunday before Easter. And our Service of Darkness on April 15 will relive the Friday of Holy Week. We will conclude our series with the Easter passages from Luke.
Devotional Reading: There are several different guides for devotional reading during Lent, including The Upper Room, on the round table at the back of our Sanctuary and in our office area.
Lenten Lunches: Our first Lenten Lunch in three years will be held at First UMC – Fulshear on Wednesday, March 9, from noon to 1 pm. The remaining schedule will be announced at that time.
Palm Sunday: Sunday, April 10, is a big day for our church. In the morning we will remember Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem with our children of all ages processing through the aisles of our Sanctuary. Then in the afternoon we will host children from across our area at Sealy’s P&BW Park for our annual Eggstravaganza!
Good Friday: Our Good Friday Service of Darkness will begin at 7:30 pm on Friday, April 15, before sundown. We will gather with singing and prayer, and then we will read and sing our way with Jesus from the Garden of Gethsemane to the garden tomb. Along the way our young people will strip our chancel area of all decorations and we will dim our lights. We will leave in silence and darkness with our Lord buried in his tomb.
Easter Sunday: This joyous day begins with the 80th Annual Easter Sunrise Service at Stephen F. Austin Monument Park on FM1485 in San Felipe at 7 am. In case of inclement weather, the service will be held inside the San Felipe United Methodist Church. We will continue our worship with a Service of Holy Communion in our Sanctuary at 10 am.
We have put together several things to help you prepare for Easter:
The Days of Holy Week Sermon Series: Our March 6–April 17 worship services will be built around the Scriptures from the 7 days before the first Easter. Richard Bauman will start us off March 6, with Monday of Holy Week. Brother Mike will then pick up the series with Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and then Saturday of Holy Week March 13–April 3. On Palm Sunday, April 10, we will use the Scriptures describing the Sunday before Easter. And our Service of Darkness on April 15 will relive the Friday of Holy Week. We will conclude our series with the Easter passages from Luke.
Devotional Reading: There are several different guides for devotional reading during Lent, including The Upper Room, on the round table at the back of our Sanctuary and in our office area.
Lenten Lunches: Our first Lenten Lunch in three years will be held at First UMC – Fulshear on Wednesday, March 9, from noon to 1 pm. The remaining schedule will be announced at that time.
Palm Sunday: Sunday, April 10, is a big day for our church. In the morning we will remember Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem with our children of all ages processing through the aisles of our Sanctuary. Then in the afternoon we will host children from across our area at Sealy’s P&BW Park for our annual Eggstravaganza!
Good Friday: Our Good Friday Service of Darkness will begin at 7:30 pm on Friday, April 15, before sundown. We will gather with singing and prayer, and then we will read and sing our way with Jesus from the Garden of Gethsemane to the garden tomb. Along the way our young people will strip our chancel area of all decorations and we will dim our lights. We will leave in silence and darkness with our Lord buried in his tomb.
Easter Sunday: This joyous day begins with the 80th Annual Easter Sunrise Service at Stephen F. Austin Monument Park on FM1485 in San Felipe at 7 am. In case of inclement weather, the service will be held inside the San Felipe United Methodist Church. We will continue our worship with a Service of Holy Communion in our Sanctuary at 10 am.