Lent & Easter
2025
The season of Lent leading up to Easter is a season of preparation, and readying ourselves for the celebration of the Resurrection. It is also a time to focus on growing as disciples and extending ourselves outward into our neighborhoods and engaging the community around us in a way that builds meaningful relationships. You are welcome to join us on our Lenten journey.
Prayer is an important part of Lent. We have prepared a prayer for you to use each week in Lent. Please join us in praying them together. Click the button
Conley's Lenten Devotional
A collection of artwork, testimonies, and reflections of God at work in the lives of our members.
Printed booklet available in the Church Narthex.
Online Version (available soon)
Ash Wednesday Service
March 5th at 6:30pm in the Sanctuary
All Are Welcome!
Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer, fasting, and repentance. It marks the beginning of Lent, a season of 40 days (excluding Sundays) leading up to Easter Sunday. The name “Ash Wednesday” is derived from the practice of placing ashes on the foreheads of believers in the shape of a cross. The ashes are typically obtained by burning the palms blessed on the previous year’s Palm Sunday.
Conley's "Invite a Friend to Church Sunday"
March 30th at 10am in the Sanctuary & Fellowship Hall
This is a great opportunity to bring a guest, perhaps a family member or friend to worship with us this Lenten Season. Refreshments will be available after in the Fellowship Hall.
Why "bring a friend"? Congregations often turn inward as we journey through the lifecycle of the congregation. We become satisfied with maintaining the comfort of those who are already here and lose sight of the mission that we are called to be stewards of, the mission to go and make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.
Palm Sunday Service
April 13th at 10:00am in the Sanctuary
All Are Welcome!
Palm Sunday occurs on the Sunday before Easter. This celebration celebrates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, mentioned in each of the four Gospels. Jesus entered the city knowing He would be tried and crucified and welcomed His fate to rise from the grave and save us from sin! Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, the remembrance of Jesus' last days.
Maundy Thursday Service
"Women of the New Testament"
April 17th at 6:30pm in the Sanctuary
Maundy Thursday is an alternate name for
Holy Thursday, the first of the three days of
solemn remembrance of the events leading up to and immediately following the crucifixion of Jesus. The English word "Maundy" comes from the Latin mandatum, which means "commandment." As recorded in John's gospel, on his last night before his betrayal and arrest, Jesus washed the feet of his disciples and then gave them a new commandment to love one another as he had loved them (John 13:34).
The United Women in Faith will include as part of the service a "Remembering the Women of the New Testament".
Tenebrae (Good Friday) Service
April 18th at 6:30pm in the Sanctuary
Conley's commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus with a Tenebrae service.
The story of the suffering and death of Jesus from John’s gospel is divided into 16 readings. After each segment of the story is read, a candle is extinguished. After the fifteenth reading, which confirms that Jesus had died on the cross, the last of the 15 lit candles is extinguished or taken away, and a loud sound (called strepitus in Latin) is made to convey the sense of total loss of God’s presence and the effect of the death of Jesus on the universe. The final story of the burial is read in near darkness. Worshipers leave in silence to ponder the impact of Christ's death and await the celebration of the coming Resurrection.
Easter Worship & Cantata Service
"Footprints in the Sand"
April 20th at 10:00am in the Sanctuary
All are welcome!
Conley's celebrates the resurrection of our Lord and Savior,
Jesus Christ through worship, music and fellowship!
