Lent/Easter 2024:
Presbytery of Arkansas Lent Workshop (1/11/2024) that gives an overview of the resources found on this page: Click here
Themes:
- A Sanctified Art 2024 theme, Wandering Heart, Figuring Out Faith With Peter: Click here and Theme Infographic and Click here to watch a recorded planning & summary webinar
- Worship Design Studio Lent 2024 What R U Up 2 series, click here and scroll down to see all the Lent themed materials.
- Pause: Spending Lent with the Psalms,” by Elizabeth F. Caldwell provides a simple but profound approach of pausing with the psalms during Lent. In addition to the individual devotion and group study material found in the book, you can access free digital resources, which include a sermon series guide, children’s bulletins, discussion starter videos, and illustrated sheets for use during worship or study, at wjkbooks.com/pause. It is 35% off at PC(USA) Store, costing $11.05. Read an excerpt
- Luke: Jesus and the Outsiders, Outcasts, and Outlaws by Adam Hamilton, 2023 with worship and media resources: Click here
- Hard and Holy Work, A Lenten Journey through the Book of Exodus, 2024, by Tyler D. Mayfield & Mary Alice Birdwhistell – There is also a link to access free resources, including sermon series prompts and chapter introduction videos from the authors. Access free digital resources, which include a sermon series guide and discussion starter videos at wjkbooks.com/hardandholywork. It is 35% off at PC(USA) Store, costing $11.05. Read an excerpt
- Lent in Plain Sight: A Devotion Through 10 Objects by Jill Duffield, 2020, A book review with suggestions for using: Click here for a review with suggestions of how you might use this book.
Lent Worship Resources:
- Look out, PC(USA) preachers! Lent’s coming, a 1/3/2024 Synod of the Covenant webinar explores different approaches for leading worship during Lent, led by Chip Hardwick: Click here
- The Cross Tree: Involving children in Lenten worship, a Reformed Worship article, 2023: Click here
- Season of Beauty: A Lent and Easter Treasury of Readings, Poems, and Prayers by Editors at Paraclete Press, 2024
- Creating a new Lenten tradition: Extinguish candles during the holy season, 2/2022 PC(USA) article: Click here
- The Broken Pot: A Children’s Message Series Studying the Season of Lent: Click here
- Burying The Alleluia: Click here and here(UMC) and here(Get Lit)
- Ash Wednesday Liturgical service from Presbyterian Outlook, 2023: Click here
- Worshipping With Children website by certified PC(USA) educator Carolyn Brown: Click here
Holy Week Worship Resources:
- Ecopalms for Palm Sunday to promote environmental and social justice, Order Deadline is March 1, 2024 5pm CST: Click here
- Palm Sunday, year A, an Intergen resource: Click here
- How to make a palm leaf cross youtube tutorial: Click here
- Illustrated Ministry palm coloring and worship bulletins: Click here
- A set of contemplative tactile stations for Maunday Thursday/Good Friday, year A, from Intergen: Click here
- Holy Week Family Worship: Outline for Maundy Thursday & Good Friday from Building Faith: Click here
- Holy Week ideas from Building Faith: Click here
- God’s Big Easter Path: An Intergenerational Journey From Palm Sunday to Jesus’ Resurrection from Family Faith Formation (CRC): Click here
- Intergen free Lent and Easter resources: Click here
- Easter Service Planning – 10 Things To Consider, 2024 article from The Unstuck Group: Click here
Intergenerational/Family:
- Tread Lightly For Lent, PC(USA) Lenten calendar: Click here
- Lent/Easter Holy Moments from PRC: Click here
- 40 Days Together family activities from PRC, It includes Family Sketchy Lent Devotional Plans, Table Topic Conversation Cubes, Lunchbox Notes, Family Sabbath Break Plans. For more information contact elizabeth@prcli.org or Click to purchase 40 Days Together 2024 Family – $10, 40 Days Together 2024 Congregation under 100 – $25, 40 Days Together 2024 Congregation under 200 – $50, 40 Days Together 2024 Judicatory – $75
- Stations of the Cross resources: Illustrated Ministry, and on this PRC Lent Resource Page, scroll down and they will be on the right-hand side.
- Lent in Three Minutes, a video from Busted Halo: Click here
- The Rev. Traci Smith shares recommendations for simple family-oriented spiritual practices for Lent and beyond, 3/2022 article with links: Click here
- Butterflies Themed event activities: Multigenerational milkweed planting – Milkweed is the food that monarchs need to make their migration, and this is a great Holy Week connection. Just when something is buried, new life bursts forth. Be sure to take a little read hereto see best practices for milkweed planting and for even more information and seasonal creation care awareness, look at the good work here at Journey North. Hatch your own butterflies: Click here. Use with the Alleluia Coloring Page & Poster from Illustrated Ministry: Click here, create some of these butterfly crafts: Click here
- Holy Week Family Playlist from the Michigan Conference of the United Methodist Church: Click here
- Lent and Holy Week prayer prompts from Praying in Color: Click here
- 40-Day “Love Builds Up” Lenten Family Challenge from SALT: Click here
- Create a Resurrection Garden: Click here
- Make Holy Week Easter Flags: Click here
- Holy Week Crafts: Click here
- Holy Week in a Box: Click here
- A Holy Week Fair: Click here
- God’s Big Easter Story: A Holy Week Journey For Families using Dwell materials: Click here
- What a a one-page handout or a download of practical ideas for celebrating Easter can look like for the families at your church from the Presbyterian Church of Sweet Hollow: Click here
- A Lenten Journey – this site offers prayer practices , rituals, and activities for faith formation for each week of Lent: Click here
- 40 Acts Lent Resource from Stewardship: Click here
Storytelling on You tube:
- The Legend of The Three Trees: Click here
- Trillia Newbell reads The Garden, the Curtain, and the Cross: Click here
- Jesus Storybook Bible Resurrection: Click here
Curated Playlists:
- Sacred Ordinary Days playlist: Click here
- A Sanctified Art playlist: Click here or on Spotify: Click here
Communications:
- Six Ways to Help You Master Last Minute Easter Communications, a 3/2023 Church Juice article: Click here
- Free Easter verse images for social media : Click here
- Church Open Network Easter resources: Click here
- Church Motion Graphics for Lent/Easter: Click here
Devotions:
- 2024 Lent Devotion recommendations from the Outlook: Click here
- PC(USA) Worship & Devotion Resources for 2024: Click here
- Women Who Followed Jesus; Forty Devotions on the Journey to Easter by Dandi Daley Mackall, 2024, Paraclete, $
- ‘Twas the Season of Lent: Devotions and Stories for the Lenten and Easter Seasons, 2024 by Glenys Nellist, $: Click here
- Holy Week Devotions for families & singles from the UMC: Click here
- May It Be So: Forty Days with the Lord’s Prayer, 2019 by Justin McRoberts, $
- 2024 Lenten Devotions from the Outlook: Local Pilgrim, $38: Click here
- 2022-23 Free Lent Resource: Daily Reflection-Action Calendar to Cultivate Creation Justice from Creative Justice Ministries: Click here
- Journey To The Cross from d365, Devotions 365 days a year: Click here
- Return to Me Daily Lenten Devotions, $: Click here
- Lenten Devotional for 2022, Lord, When Did We See You? A Matthew 25 Lenten Experience, PC(USA): Click here
- Lent in Plain Sight: A Devotion Through 10 Objects by Jill Duffield, 2020, A book review with suggestions for using:
- Click here for a review with suggestions of how you might use this book.
- Good Enough: 40ish Devotionals For A Life of Imperfection, 2022, by Kate Bowler and Jessica Ritchie, $.
- *Walking With Jesus: Lenten Devotions by Paul Strobol, 2015, $.
- *Living Into Lent , 2020, by Donald McKim, $.
Resource pages:
- Sacred Ordinary Days Lent resource page, curated music, books, podcasts, and more: Click here
- Illustrated Ministry: Click here
- Lent and Easter Resource page from PRC: Click here
- Presbyterian Outlook Lenten Archives: Click here
- Resource Recommendations for Lent from the Outlook: Click here
- Messy Church Lent & Easter Resources: Click here
Studies:
- Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life by Tish Harrison Warren, 2019 $
- Wild Hope: Stories for Lent from the Vanishing, Paraclete 1/2020 $
- Lent Study Packs from The Thoughtful Christian for youth and adults: Click here $
- Finding Jesus In The Psalms: A Lenten Journey by Barb Roose, 2023 $
- Lent in Plain Sight: A Devotion Through 10 Objects by Jill Duffield, 2020, A book review with suggestions for using, $: Click here for a review with suggestions of how you might use this book.
- Studies on the Cokesbury site: Click here – Click here to register for a free January 23 & 25 Amplify webinar with authors of Remember and The Third Day.
Studies In The Resource Center:
- The Grace of Les Miserables by Matt Rawle 2021
- Entering the Passion of Jesus by Amy-Jill Levine 2018
- Witness at the Cross, Amy-Jill Levine, 2021
- Psalmist’s Cry: Scripts for Embracing Lament by Walter Brueggemann, 2011
- Give Up Something Bad for Lent by James W. Moore, 2012.
- 24 Hours That Changed the World by Adam Hamilton, 2010.
- The Walk by Adam Hamilton, 2019
- Forgiveness by Adam Hamilton, 2012
- Forgivenss: A Lenten Study by Marjorie J. Thompson, 2014
- Easter From The Backside by J. Ellsworth Kalas, 2008
- One Thousand Gifts, A Dare To Live Fully Right Where You Are by Ann Voskamp, 2011
- Soul Keeping: Caring For The Most Important Part of You, 2014 by John Ortberg