Join us on a journey through Lent
 
Every year, our church contributes toward a Lenten Devotional booklet, starting on Ash Wednesday and going through Holy Week. This FREE booklet includes daily devotionals for you to read through, and you can pick up a copy at the church (or church office) at any time through Lent. The devotional booklet includes 46 devotionals, and is also be available online in several formats, through the links below.
 
You can also signup to receive the daily devotionals through email, sent every morning from Ash Wednesday (March 2) through Holy Week (ending April 16th). You can signup to receive these emails through the link below!
Want to view or print our full 2020 Lent devotional booklet online?
See it HERE
Want to download our full 2020 Lent devotional booklet?
Download HERE
Want to check out the Easter Weekend Service info?
MORE INFO COMING SOON
Read The Daily Devotionals Below:
Dear Friends,
 

If you are reading these Lenten devotionals, I assume that you are looking for something meaningful in these weeks leading up to Easter. Maybe you are trying out some new spiritual habits for the first time. Perhaps this is the rhythm that guides you during Lent each year. Maybe someone put this in your hands and suggested that you read it. For all of us, my hope is the same—that we would encounter Jesus in the readings, reflections, and prayers, and that through those encounters, we would be shaped by Christ. May we be like Jeremiah, who heard from the Lord and spoke to Israel, “like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand.”   

 

These devotionals are an offering from many in our church community. Their different perspectives and styles help us hear the gospel in different ways, and they enrich our faith journey. It is good to follow Jesus in the company of others! I hope that you will join us in worship on Sundays as we give attention to the transformational stories of Jesus, culminating in the triumph of Easter.

 

May the Lord bless you!

 

Grace and peace,
 

Pastor Molly Simpson
molly.simpson@fumc-killeen.org

 

Lent is the 40 days that precede Easter (excluding the Sundays). In the Christian Scriptures, the number 40 relates to the period spent in the ark by Noah, the period spent by Israel seeking the Promised Land after the Exodus, and the amount of time Jesus was in the wilderness after His baptism and prior to the beginning of his ministry. For us, the season of Lent is an invitation to 40 days of renewal (“lent” is a form of the Old English lencten, meaning “spring-time”) and 40 days to prepare ourselves to take in the Good News of Easter through deeper disciplines of prayer, fasting, and sacrifice.
 
 
Lent begins on what is called “Ash Wednesday.” Part of the tradition of Ash Wednesday is to receive a mark of ashes on your forehead. Receiving the ashes reminds us that God’s love is triumphant over sin and death, and that God remains “in communion” with us, that in Christ, our mortality is overcome.
 
 
Another important tradition in Lent is to sacrifice or give up something for the 40 days. For example, some people will give up television, others will give up eating meat, some will give up beer or coffee, others may give up gossiping. This year, as you commit to a sacrifice, I encourage you to also commit to one another in ministry. Add something to your next forty days to help build the Kingdom of God where you are now.