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Seasonal Resources - Lent

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What are Mid-Week Lenten Services?

It has been customary in the LCA to conduct mid-week devotional services on the passion of our Lord throughout Lent, usually on Wednesdays.

In church tradition, Wednesdays, like Fridays, were kept as days of fasting, since it was on a Wednesday that Judas arranged to betray Jesus. It is a good custom to reserve these days during Lent for special study and meditation on the suffering and death of our Lord, so that the Sundays in Lent may focus on the lectionary readings, with their themes of repentance and discipleship, and the teaching of the catechism.

Note that it is not necessary for the pastor to lead these devotional services. If a suitable meditation has been prepared for reading, a lay reader may lead the service. This may be especially suitable in multi-point parishes, so that every congregation has a midweek service each week.

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Mid-Week Services - Year A

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Mid-Week Services - Year B

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Mid-Week Services - Year C

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Sermons and Reflections

Many pastors preach on a theme or series across the mid-week Lenten services, rather than on the specific readings for the day. Lay readers are encouraged to use the sermons for a complete series rather than mixing them up, for continuity's sake. It's advisable to read the sermon text before the sermon. In some series a sermon for Good Friday is provided as the final part of the series.

The Last Seven Words of Jesus on the Cross - written by the late Pastor Vernon Kleinig and edited for lay-reading.

Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Good Friday

John's Gospel - Sermon series from 2018 by the late Pastor Darrin Kohrt (with permission from Vanessa Kohrt), Pastor David Buck and Pastor Peter Traeger. Sermons will be added as they are edited for lay-reading.

Ash Wednesday, Week 2, Week 3, Week 5, Good Friday

SOS (Shadows of the Saviour) - Sermon series by Pastor Mark Tuffin focusing on people and events in the Old Testament which foreshadowed Christ.

Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5