“The Basics” download includes everything you need to get started with our Lent 2024 series, The Seed of Joy.
INTRODUCTION AND GUIDES, including:
-A series introduction featuring a field guide to different types of joy
-A planning guide to practical considerations for Lent
PREACHERS’ NOTES (Sample)
Preaching commentaries that explore connections between each week’s lectionary texts and The Seed of Joy theme:
Ash Wednesday: Setting the Stage for Joy
First Sunday in Lent: Persistent Joy
Second Sunday in Lent: Expectant Joy
Third Sunday in Lent: Liberating Joy
Fourth Sunday in Lent: Transformative Joy
Fifth Sunday in Lent: Vocational Joy
Palm and Passion Sunday: Joy Everywhere and Nowhere
Maundy Thursday/Good Friday: Imperfect, Incomplete, Enough
Easter: Glorious Joy
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE STARTERS: (Sample)
Kid-friendly connections to the week’s theme help to jump-start your brainstorm for a children’s sermon.
WORDS FOR WORSHIP: (Sample)
Fresh texts for Sunday worship in Lent include a Call to Worship, a rite of Confession and Forgiveness, Prayers of the Day for each week, an adaptable template for the Prayers of the People, a Prayer of Dedication, a Eucharistic Prayer, a Charge for each week, and a Blessing.
HYMN SUGGESTIONS for each week in Lent.
A SERIES BRANDING KIT that includes links to Canva templates.