Sunday Worship - One Service @ 11 AM in the Sanctuary

Lent & Easter

Lent is the six weeks that proceeds Holy Week and Easter. Beginning on Ash Wednesday, which calls us to remember our mortality and belovedness before God, we enter into a season that invites us to return to God, to seek forgiveness and freedom, and open our eyes once again to the power of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. 

Our sermon series for Lent is entitled, "Before the Cross." The cross is central to our faith, however when we reduce the good news of Jesus to a transaction that happened on the cross, as opposed to a culminating expression of what was already true then we miss the good news that is being proclaimed throughout the gospel. Jesus didn’t have to die on the cross, but he chose it, allowed it, and submitted to it. Why? This series will explore the lead up to the cross and how it’s is a culmination of Jesus’ ministry. It will seek to understand what things like forgiveness, salvation, bearing sins, gospel, and new life meant before the cross.

We will also be offering Lenten study starting on February 24. More information about that study and all our worship services can be found below. 

WORSHIP SERVICES

Ash Wednesday  February 18 | Morning Imposition of Ashes, 6- 8AM | Evening Service, 7 PM

  • Sacrifice before the cross  |  Psalm 51:1-17

Sunday Worship  February 22 - March 29, 11 AM 

  • 2/22: Forgiveness before the cross | Psalm 32
  • 3/1: Salvation before the cross | Luke 7:44-50
  • 3/8: Bearing sin before the cross | Matthew 8:14-17
  • 3/15: The Good News before the cross | Matthew 9:35-10:8
  • 3/22: Resurrection before the cross | John 11:1-45
  • 3/29: A King before the cross | Matthew 27:33-50 (Palm Sunday)

Maundy Thursday  April 2, 7 PM | Sanctuary 

Good Friday  April 3, 7 PM | Sanctuary

Easter Sunday | April 5

Sunrise Service | 7 AM

Sanctuary Service | 9 & 11 AM

Events

Pancake Supper

Join us for pancakes on Fat Tuesday! Donations are excepted and benefit the mission work of our United Methodist Women and Men. Gluten free and lactose free options will be available.

Ash Wednesday

Join us on Ash Wednesday as we start this season of Lent. We will be offering morning imposition of ashes from 6-7 am in our courtyard. We will have an evening service with imposition of ashes as 7 PM.

Lent Study

Our Tuesday night Lenten study will explore the meaning and power of the cross. Click the image for more info and registration.

Easter Sunday

We'd love to spend Easter with you! Join us for a morning full of worship, joy, and celebration. We'll have a 7 AM Sunrise service located outside and two Sanctuary services at 9 and 11 AM.

lent study

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Tuesdays, 6:00-8:00 PM

At The Cross: Exploring Its Meaning and Power

Facilitators: Mark Kimbrough, Helena Middleton, Randy Smith

Meeting Dates: February 24-March 24

All are invited to participate in this church-wide study! Whether you’re new to Bible study or a longtime participant, this study will be a meaningful way to engage with scripture and prepare your heart for Easter.

This Lent explore the meaning and power of the cross with us. We will explore the scriptures, theories, and metaphors that are trying to understand what the cross means. Each week we'll look a different way the church has historically understood the meaning of the cross and the richness of scripture which paints many ways it can be understood. While no one theory of the cross is fully complete, they all provide us with aspects that deepen the significance of the cross and it's power in our life and world. 

*note: inherently conversation of the cross includes violence. We believe the cross can be understood in ways that shows God supreme love and nonviolence through Jesus, however we are mindful that it can be sensitive for some. 

Each week, we’ll gather for a light supper, explore the meaning of the cross, and then discuss what it means for us today. Facilitators will help lead the conversations as we reflect together on the powerful message of Christ’s final days. Dinner will be served starting at 6:00 PM. The study will begin at 6:30 PM.

**All materials will be supplied at no cost.

Childcare and Children's Lent Study

Facilitator: Becca Newcomb

Meeting Dates: February 24-March 24

We have nursery childcare for children age 3 and below. For children age 4 and above, they will have their own Lent themed study led by Pastor Becca. It will focus on the stories of Jesus before the cross used within our Lenten sermon series.