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The Season of Lent

Season of Lent:  February 18 - April 5

At the Threshold: Conversations on the Way to the Cross

Lent is not only a season of repentance—it is a season of listening. A season of standing at the edge of something not yet fully known.

Throughout the weeks ahead, we will meet Jesus not primarily through sermons or miracles, but through conversations. Conversations that happen at thresholds—between night and day, belief and doubt, grief and hope, fear and trust. These are not quick exchanges. They unfold slowly. They ask honest questions. They leave people changed.

In the Gospel stories we will hear this Lent, Jesus does not rush people across the threshold. He meets them where they are—at a well, in the wilderness, in grief, in darkness—and invites them to stay in the moment long enough for truth to surface. These conversations are not about having the right answers. They are about becoming ready for transformation.

Lent invites us into that same space. To pause. To listen. To notice where we are standing between what has been and what might be. At the threshold of repentance, of healing, of new life.

As we journey toward the cross, may we be attentive to the questions Jesus asks us. May we be honest about our fears and our hopes. And may we discover that even at the threshold—especially at the threshold—God is already at work, drawing us toward resurrection.

— Rev. Karen Wright

  • February 18, Ash Wednesday:  6:30pm in the Sanctuary. 
  • February 22, 1st Sunday in Lent:  Worship at 9:30am
  • March 1, 2nd Sunday in Lent:  Worship at 9:30am
  • March 8, 3rd Sunday in Lent:  Worship at 9:30am
  • March 15, 4th Sunday in Lent:  Worship at 9:30am
  • March 22, 5th Sunday in Lent:  Worship at 9:30am

HOLY WEEK BEGINS

  • March 29, Palm / Passion Sunday:  Worship at 9:30am
  • April 2, Maundy Thursday:  Worship at 7:30pm. Sacrament of Communion. Praise Team.
  • April 3, Good Friday/Tenebrae Service:  Worship at 7:30pm.  Music by Chancel & Exaltation! Singers.
  • April 5, Easter Sunday Worship / One Great Hour of Sharing:  Worship services at 9am and 11am. Sermon by Rev. Karen Wright. Sacrament of Communion.  Music at 9am by the Praise Team.  Music at 11am by Chancel & Exaltation! Singers, Charter Ringers, & Chancel Brass. (NOTE:  The flowering of the cross begins 15 minutes prior to the start of each worship service.)

One Great Hour of Sharing Offering

February 18 - April 5, 2026

Around the world, millions of people lack access to sustainable food sources, clean water, sanitation, education, and opportunity. The work done in support of the causes supported by One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) — disaster, hunger, poverty, climate change, and immigration/migration and refugees — serves individuals and communities in need. This work provides people with safety, sustenance, and hope, and helps to improve the lives of people in these challenging situations.

2026 Lenten Resources

Click to download PDF of booklet. (Large file 12M)

GCPC Lenten Devotional Booklet

Lent invites us into more than repentance; it calls us into attentiveness. This season asks us to slow down, to linger with questions, and to listen for God at the edges of our lives—where clarity has not yet arrived and faith is still being formed.

This devotional booklet is a companion for your Lenten journey, offering reflections to help you pause, pray, and realign with God. In these weeks, we meet Jesus not only in grand moments or powerful acts, but in conversation: quiet, faithful reflections that emerge in in-between spaces. These are holy thresholds—between night and morning, certainty and doubt, sorrow and hope, fear and trust.

May these reflections encourage you to walk in faithfulness, trusting in God’s strength. As we embark on this Journey of Resistance, may we turn ever closer to God’s heart, attentive to the presence of Christ who walks with us on the way.

Contributors:  Harold Frye, Stephen Wing, Sarah Evans, Nelson Townsend, Eileen Thomson, Nancy Kalesz, Dave Pack, Karen Wright, Kevin Johnson, and Kim Krueger

  • 2026 GCPC Lenten Devotions Booklet

    PDF download. The devotion of the day is sent out by email by the church office each day of Lent. If you are not on the church's email list, email office@gcpc.org to be added to the list.

  • The Presbyterian Hunger Program strives to walk with people in moving towards sustainable choices that restore and protect all of God’s children and creation. As people of faith, we seek to “serve and preserve” God’s world. Our hope is that this Lenten calendar will be the beginning of actions intended to create more mindful behaviors throughout the year. (PDF download)

  • These Scripture readings are from the two-year daily lectionary of the Presbyterian Book of Common Worship (Westminster John Knox Press, 2018). The readings from the three-year Revised Common Lectionary for Sundays and Festivals are not included in this document.

  • The Office of Theology and Worship has developed a smartphone app for daily prayer. The Daily Prayer app provides simple, yet rich devotional resources for morning, midday, evening, and close of day. Available on Apple App Store, and Google Play.

  • The Tomb is Empty, but the Streets are Full: An Activist Lenten Devotionals that guides us through the 40 days of Lent and Holy Week with daily grounding. Each day contains a mantra, a liturgy, and a daily wondering.

Adult Christian Education for Lent

February 22 - March 29, 10:45am

Celtic Spirituality History and Practice: Lenten Adult Education Study led by Rev. Karen Wright

History is taken from How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill and Mythical Ireland by Anthony Murphy. Practices come from The Soul’s Slow Ripening by Christine Valters Paintner

  • February 22:  History Overview. Ancient Ireland, Pre-Christian, St. Patrick Monastic Communities
  • March 1:  Spiritual Practice of Thresholds - Thresholds are moments and places of change. We are invited to pause, notice and listen. 
  • March 8:  Spiritual Practice of Learning by Heart - Knowing something deep within us is a practice that gives us wisdom even in moments of struggle. It goes deeper than memorization and is engrained within us.
  • March 15:   Spiritual Practice of Solitude and Silence - Creating space to encounter God beyond the constant noise of the world. Practice attentive presence allows us to learn to rest in God.
  • March 2:   Spiritual Practice of Seasonal Cycles - How do we better live in rhythm with nature and with the season our spirits are in at a given time?
  • March 29:  Spiritual Practice of 3 Essential Things - This is a practice to help discern what are the three most important things in this season of your life?