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Lenten Resources

Brothers and Sisters of the Diocese,

Epiphanytide is soon ending, and though we continue to reflect on the revelation of Jesus Christ as the savior of the nations a bit longer, we also prepare to enter a holy season of Lent.

Below you will find a variety of Lenten resources from across the diocese as well as the Anglican Church of North America. Some are for corporate worship, some are for private devotion, and some include basics on Lent for those who are new to our tradition. My hope and prayer is that they bless you as we prepare to enter into the Lenten season together. Thank you to those who sent in resources to share!

With my love and prayers,

Oak Forest Church - Intro to Lent

Oak Forest Church has a great introduction on the Christian Year including a section on Lent on their website.

Visit Oak Forest's website here

Women's Ministry of the Diocese

Join the DWGC Ladies this Lenten season for Fasting & Feasting.

Read this invitation article on Feasting & Fasting from Anthea Kotlan.
Kickoff Zoom event with Ashley Tumlin Wallace on Monday, February 12th at 7 pm CT. Register for the Zoom here.
Visit the Women's Ministry events website here for additional resources available for each day of the week.
Closing Zoom event, Virtual Stations of the Cross with Bp. David Bryan on Monday, March 25th at 7 pm CT. Register for the Zoom here.

Click here to learn more

Lent: A Rookie Anglican Guide

Are you new to Anglicanism or Lent? Anglican Compass has a wonderful "Rookie" guide to the church seasons.

Discover more about Lent here

DWGC Lenten Worship Playlist

We have made a Lenten Playlist for you to worship with during Lent. The playlist includes both traditional Lenten songs and hymnody, as well as modern Lenten songs and music.

We hope this is a blessing to you on your Lenten journey!

Find the playlist here

LENTEN DEVOTIONALS

This Great Lent: The 40-Day Journey into Freedom

A Lenten Devotional from All Saints Church

Each day in this devotional consists of reading, praying, and doing. The time of 40 days is a journey to the cross and further into Easter. This “journey” is for all of us to take a new pilgrimage into greater and greater freedom as God takes us from “strength to strength.” Lent is the anticipation of Freedom, the look ahead to Easter.

This Great Lent

Journey to Jerusalem

A Lenten Devotional from Grace Anglican Church

Eleven Grace writers want to join you as you make your Lenten journey to Easter morning. Each day they have a gift for you: a reading from a portion of the ACNA Sunday Eucharistic Lectionary, their reflection on its significance, and a prayer to encourage you along the way.

Journey to Jerusalem

Cross & Crown

A Lenten Devotional from Oak Forest Church

Each day in this devotional consists of Scripture readings, prayers, and questions for reflection. If you only have 10 minutes to spare, not a problem! If you want to ponder the readings for hours, go for it! Our ultimate aim is to reflect meaningfully upon the death and resurrection of Christ, and our union with Him, while pursuing holiness.

Cross & Crown

LENTEN READINGS

Here are some books you might enjoy reading during Lent:

From Across the ACNA:

The Good of Giving Up - Aaron Damiani

Lent with the Desert Fathers - Thomas McKenzie

Lent: The Season of Repentance and Renewal - Esau McCaulley

Prayer in the Night - Tish Warren

From Across the Anglican World:

Lent with John Donne

Lent Series on the 39 Articles

2-Minute Video on Lent

Watch this 2-minute video from The Very Rev. Chris Findley, rector of St. Patrick's Anglican Church in Murfreesboro, TN. This video gives a quick description of what Lent is and how it is traditionally practiced.

Lent - Matthew 25 Initiative

At the Matthew 25 Initiative, our desire is to see the unseen and the marginalized treasured. And this Lententide, we will be telling the stories of the least of these through 40 days of Anglican-informed, inspiring, beautiful, and theologically robust engagement pieces — in the vein of the church's traditional disciplines of Lent: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. This year we are digging deep into Isaiah 58, and learning what God means when he says that He desires "true fasting." We aim to highlight Anglican practitioner work that implements best practices alongside skilled justice and mercy literacy.

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. - 1 John 3:16-18

Click here to Love the World with ARDF this Lent

Next Generation Leadership Initiative

The mission of the Next Generation Leadership Initiative is to discover, develop, and deploy leaders and ministry resources for the Anglican Church in North America.

Check out their Lenten resources here

Family Resources for Lent

Ashley Tumlin Wallace is a mom of four teenagers married to an Anglican priest. Together they planted a church in the panhandle of Florida where Ashley's been the director of the children’s ministry for the last eleven years. Her ideas and resources help families prepare and practice Lent within the home and church. Ashley recently published The Liturgical Home: Lent. This is the newest edition in the Liturgical Home book series and includes devotions, study guides, recipes, and more!

Read Ashley's Blog

Open and Unafraid: Prayer Cards

Check out the Open and Unafraid: A Set of Psalm Prayer Cards created by Rev. W. David O. Taylor and his wife Phaedra. These Psalms Prayer Cards are designed to help individuals, families, small groups and communities pray in light of the Book of Psalms. The Taylors hope they are a helpful aid to prayer during the season of Lent and beyond.

Psalm Prayer Cards