Observing Lent in Lamoni Heartland USA Mission Center
Lent is a time of spiritual preparation and spiritual formation that prepares us for the events of Holy Week in which we remember the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ as recorded in the gospels.
Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent. On this day, millions hear the scripture “you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” (Genesis 3:19). Ashes made from the previous year’s Palm Sunday branches are signed in the form of a cross on the forehead. This year, you or someone you are with, will be invited to prepare and place the ashes on your forehead from your own home during our online mission center Ash Wednesday Service. Please join the Ash Wednesday Service here at 7PM February 17, 2021.
Lenten Readings. Each Monday during Lent, we will email a Lenten reading from the Lamoni Heartland Mission Center Diversity Team. It will also be posted online here.
2021 Daily Lenten Practices Calendar. To help you observe Lent this year, we have prepared a Lent and Holy Week Activity Calendar with daily practices (prayer, fasting, and generosity/service), scripture readings and links to mission center worships and other activities during Lent. Access the calendar here.
You are invited to use the Lenten Calendar to mark the days of Lent, read selected scripture, and engage in the three traditional practices of lent: prayer, fasting and generosity (sometimes mentioned as service or charity).
Lent Tithing Challenge Returns for 2021
As a part of this third practice, we are inviting you to once again join in the Lent Tithing Challenge by signing up here. Lamoni Heartland Mission Center challenges you to join in the Lent Tithing Challenge. It’s simple. Just give $1 a day or more during Lent (that’s $40 or more) to Community of Christ Worldwide Mission Tithes. You can donate through eTithing at cofchrist.org or mail your check to your Congregation Financial Officer and designate for “World Mission Tithes”.
Please let us know that you have accepted the challenge and that you have or plan to make the donation by signing up online (requires an email address). To sign up online from your computer or mobile phone browser, click here.