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Year C: Lent
and Holy Week		First readingPsalmSecond readingGospelPreaching and Liturgy ResourcesAdditional Creative Ideas and Helpful Articles
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March 5, 2025Ash Wednesday
Color: Ash		Joel 2:1-2, 12-17
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Isaiah 58:1-12		Psalm 51:1-17
2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
Prayer of Confession Adopted from Ps. 51
A Dramatic Reading of 2 Corinthians 5:7-6:2
 Return to the Lord Your God (Dramatic reading of Joel 2)
Ashes? Yes!
Having the Identity of a Servant		Symbols of Lent
A Visual Focus on Repentance
Augustine's Paradoxical Reading of Psalm 51
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LENT
Color: Purple
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March 9, 2025First Sunday in LentDeuteronomy 26:1-11Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16Romans 10:8b-13Luke 4:1-13Genuine Sorrows: Includes Service of Confession for Year C
Having the Identity of a Servant
Aliens On the Way 		LENT
Children's Pages for the Christian Year
Children's Bulletin Ideas for Lent
Old and New Songs for Lent
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March 16, 2025Second Sunday in Lent
Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18
Psalm 27Philippians 3:17-4:1
Luke 13:31-35
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Luke 9:28-36, (37-43a)
Genuine Sorrows: Includes Service of Confession for Year C
Having the Identity of a Servant
Aliens on the Way
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March 23, 2025Third Sunday in LentIsaiah 55:1-9Psalm 63:1-81 Corinthians 10:1-13Luke 13:1-9Genuine Sorrows: Includes Service of Confession for Year C
Having the Identity of a Servant
Aliens on the Way		Picture Jesus -Scroll to bottom for pdf
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March 25, 2022
Annunciation of the Lord
Isaiah 7:10-14Psalm 45
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Psalm 40:5-10		Hebrews 10:4-10Luke 1:26-38What Child is This? (Annunciation sonnet)
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March 30, 2025Fourth Sunday in LentJoshua 5:9-12Psalm 322 Corinithians 5:16-21Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32Genuine Sorrows: Includes Service of Confession for Year C
Having the Identity of a Servant
Aliens on the Way		The Cross of Christ
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April 6, 2025Fifth Sunday in LentIsaiah 43:16-21Psalm 126Philippians 3:4b-14John 12:1-8Genuine Sorrows: Includes Service of Confession for Year C
Having the Identity of a Servant
Aliens on the Way
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April 13, 2025Sixth Sunday in Lent
Liturgy of the Palms
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29
Luke 19:28-40Songs for Lent... (Psalm 118)
Triumphal Entry Drama
The King of Creation in the Garden of Redemption (see Palm Sunday)
Having the Identity of a Servant
Genuine Sorrows: Includes Service of Confession for Year C
Aliens on the Way		The Way of the Cross
Picture Jesus -Scroll to bottom for pdf
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April 13, 2025Sixth Sunday in Lent
Liturgy of the Passion		Isaiah 50:4-9aPsalm 31:9-16Philippians 2:5-11Luke 22:14-23:56
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Luke 23:1-49		Service Planning for Lent
Picture Jesus (see Palm Sunday)
Having the Identity of a Servant
Genuine Sorrows: Includes Service of Confession for Year C
Aliens on the Way
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HOLY WEEK
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April 14, 2025Monday of Holy WeekIsaiah 42:1-9Psalm 36:5-11Hebrews 9:11-15John 12:1-11
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April 15, 2025Tuesday of Holy WeekIsaiah 49:1-7Psalm 71:1-141 Corinithians 1:18-31John 12:20-36Unless a Grain of Wheat FallsSymbols of Lent (see Sunday 5)
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April 16, 2025
Wednesday of Holy Week
Isaiah 50:4-9aPsalm 70Hebrews 12:1-3John 13:21-32
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April 17, 2025Maundy ThursdayExodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14
Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
John 13:1-17, 31b-35
A New Commandment (Reflection on John 13)
Walking the Stations of the Cross (see poetry throughout)
Liturgical Foot Washing
Having the Identity of a Servant
Picture Jesus -Scroll to bottom for pdf
Broken: A Tenebrae Service
Paschal Lamb

Additional useful worship elements maybe found by searching "Maundy Thursday" at ReformedWorship.org
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April 18, 2025Good FridayIsaiah 52:13-53:12Psalm 22Hebrews 10:16-25
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Hebrews 4:14-16, 5:7-9		John 18:1-19:42
A Time to Weep
Having the Identity of a Servant
I Am: The Sayings of Jesus (see Maundy Thursday/Good Friday)
Prayer and Meditation at the Cross
Last Words
Good Friday News
And There Was Darkness
The Way of the Cross		Service Planning for Lent
Praying the Psalms in Lent
Psalm 22: Cry of Anguish, Song of Praise
Good Friday News
Prayer and Meditation at the Cross (Pastoral Prayer)
Singing the Gospel During Lent
And There Was Darkness
A Time to Weep
A Dramatic Reading: John 18:28-19:16
The Passion of Our Lord
From Despair to Praise (Readers Theatre of Psalm 22)

Additional useful worship elements maybe found by searching "Good Friday" at ReformedWorship.org
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April 19, 2025Holy Saturday
Job 14:1-14
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Lamentations 3:1-9, 19-24
Psalm 31:1-4, 15-161 Peter 4:1-8Matthew 27:57-66
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John 19:38-42		The Passion of Our Lord
Paschal Sermon of St. John Chrysostom		The Three Days
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