Lent & Holy Week at OPCC
Lent is a time to draw near to God through spiritual disciplines – worship, Bible study, acts of service, sacrifice and prayer. We have lots of options for you here at OPCC during Lent and Holy Week, and we hope you will take advantage of these during this season! Join us in drawing closer to God as we recite this refrain Again & Again, through Lent, together.
Lent-at-Home Kits
While we are seeing signs of hope, knowing that several members of our congregation have received their first of two vaccines to combat the spread of COVID-19, we also know that Lent will still include some form of worship and study from home. To facilitate your Lenten experience, we will again be putting together Lent-at-Home kits to enhance your experience of this sacred season. The Lent-at-Home kit will have some fun things for Fat Tuesday the day before Ash Wednesday, along with materials and liturgy for Ash Wednesday, and the rest of Lent, to carry us through to Holy Week and Easter.
While we are seeing signs of hope, knowing that several members of our congregation have received their first of two vaccines to combat the spread of COVID-19, we also know that Lent will still include some form of worship and study from home. To facilitate your Lenten experience, we will again be putting together Lent-at-Home kits to enhance your experience of this sacred season. The Lent-at-Home kit will have some fun things for Fat Tuesday the day before Ash Wednesday, along with materials and liturgy for Ash Wednesday, and the rest of Lent, to carry us through to Holy Week and Easter.
Lenten 2021 Worship
To bring our theme together, and to give it life, each week of Sunday worship (10:30am) and on a few extra worship services through Lent, will focus on this lenten refrain of "Again & Again." Again & Again, God works with us, through us, and despite us, to bring life to the whole world. Again & Again we are invited to join in this holy work. Won’t you join us?
No matter the manner in which we worship, we again are approaching a sacred season in the life of the church. We hope this page will help you experience the quiet moments and prayerful reflection of Lent no matter how we worship.
You can join us each week for virtual worship by visiting our Worship this Week page, or our OPCC Facebook page. Worship goes live at 10:30am each week, and we would love to have you join us from wherever you find yourself these days.
Won't you join us for some of these wonderful opportunities listed below? Lent simply won’t be the same without you!
To bring our theme together, and to give it life, each week of Sunday worship (10:30am) and on a few extra worship services through Lent, will focus on this lenten refrain of "Again & Again." Again & Again, God works with us, through us, and despite us, to bring life to the whole world. Again & Again we are invited to join in this holy work. Won’t you join us?
- February 17 (Ash Wednesday): Matthew 6:1-21 & Isaiah 58:1-12
- February 21: Mark 1:9-15 & Genesis 9:8-17
- February 28: Mark 8:31-38 & Palm 22:23-31
- March 7: John 2:13-22 & 1 Corinthians 1:17-25
- March 14: John 3:14-21 & Ephesians 2:1-10
- March 21: John 12:20-33 & Jeremiah 31:31-34
- March 28 (Palm Sunday): John 12:1-19
- April 1 (Maundy Thursday): John 13:1-17, 31b-35
- April 2 (Good Friday): John 19:1-30
- April 4 (Easter Sunday): Mark 16:1-8
No matter the manner in which we worship, we again are approaching a sacred season in the life of the church. We hope this page will help you experience the quiet moments and prayerful reflection of Lent no matter how we worship.
You can join us each week for virtual worship by visiting our Worship this Week page, or our OPCC Facebook page. Worship goes live at 10:30am each week, and we would love to have you join us from wherever you find yourself these days.
Won't you join us for some of these wonderful opportunities listed below? Lent simply won’t be the same without you!
Prayer During Lent
OPCC has THREE interactive prayer practices for all of us to lean into as we hear ourselves singing this Lenten refrain on our way toward the cross.
OPCC has THREE interactive prayer practices for all of us to lean into as we hear ourselves singing this Lenten refrain on our way toward the cross.
- The physical, daily, devotional is available in your Lent-at-Home kit OR on our entry-way counter, and provides scripture, poetry prayers, visual art, reflections, and meditative prompts for this season of preparation. Take one for yourself and your family, we have plenty and can print more!
- The daily devotional cards come in a pack of 46. Draw any card at random and spend a few minutes in daily prayer with prompts and scriptures suggestions. Each Lent-at-Home kit will come with one set, and you can request more if you would like!
- A TEXT MESSAGE devotion from this same resource will come each day in Lent at 10:00am (9:00am on Sundays) to your phone by way of our messaging system. Our text message devotions use the same daily devotions, but since they are random you will receive something different from what you draw from the physical cards. Each provide a short scripture for you to read, followed by a prayer. To start receiving these devotional prompts text @OPCCDOC (yes, use the @symbol before the letters) to 22300 to join. You can also email your name and cell phone number to Eileen in the front office to be added to the list. Standard message and data rates may apply, and you can reply STOP at any time to discontinue.
- This Lent, we invite you to come to God in prayer again & again, weaving your prayers in with those of our larger community. Woven together, our prayers will form the shape of an ampersand, an ancient symbol that, used here, represents God’s holy “and.” Write your prayers on the strips provided, come to church, and weave them into the prayer wall anytime throughout the season. Watch our website and our Facebook page for more information about this prayer practice.
Ash Wednesday
Join on February 17th as we begin the season of Lent with these options for Ash Wednesday:
Join on February 17th as we begin the season of Lent with these options for Ash Wednesday:
- From 9:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. make your way to our sanctuary for Ash Wednesday prayers stations. These individual prayer stations will be spread throughout our sanctuary so that you can observe this sacred day in a safe and meaningful way. Masks are required any time you are in the building at OPCC, even if you’ve been vaccinated. Please make regular use of the hand sanitizer available, and observe social distancing.
- At 6:30p.m. we will offer an Ash Wednesday worship service on our Facebook Page and our Worship this Week Page on our website. Join us for scripture, prayer, song, communion and the observation of ashes as we worship together-yet-apart as a community.
- In your Lent-at-Home kit (see below) you will find an Interactive At-Home liturgy that is a third option to observe the beginning of the Lenten season from home.
Holy Week
The prayers, praise, and reflections all along our Lenten journey come to an end as we make our way toward Holy Week. Please take note of the many continued and new opportunities we have during Holy Week 2021. We hope you will make every effort to be a part of our family of faith during this special time in the church year, no matter how we observe these holy days.
The prayers, praise, and reflections all along our Lenten journey come to an end as we make our way toward Holy Week. Please take note of the many continued and new opportunities we have during Holy Week 2021. We hope you will make every effort to be a part of our family of faith during this special time in the church year, no matter how we observe these holy days.
