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Observing the Season of Lent
An intergenerational program Sunday, February 21, 2010
"Walking in the Wilderness"






Liddy and her assistants

Our worship and study this Lenten season centers on the spiritual practices of silence, hospitality, charity, health, play, and expression. There is a spiritual practice for each of the 6 weeks of Lent before Palm Sunday and Easter.

To help adults and children alike better understand and participate in these spiritual practices in their daily lives, our Minister of Education, Liddy, and her assistants Greg and Regina, led the participants in creating Lenten calendars.


Each family creatively individualized their personal calendars.

family 1 family 2

family 3

And some folks worked in pairs and alone.

sisters working together woman working on her own

See what they created for each of the six Sundays on their calendars and consider making your own version of this visual reminder to incorporate in your daily life the spiritual practices!

February 21: Silence

 silence silence

February 28: Hospitality

 hospitalityhospitality hospitality

March 7: Charity

charity charity charity 

March 14: Health

health health health

March 21: Play

play play play

March 21

expression expression expression

Creating a Lenten calendar was a greater challenge for those working alone and those with preschoolers. But they happily took home with them the necessary supplies to complete their work.




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2/27/10
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