Pouring Out Grace: Liturgy

How can we find abundance in Lent?

At the invitation of Young Clergy Women International, we have written a Sunday liturgy to accompany their 2026 Lenten devotional guide, Grace Poured Out: A Lenten Reflection on Water, Wine, and Oil. (Available here.) Grace Poured Out celebrates YCWI’s 20th anniversary and features daily devotions written by clergy women from around the world.

Inspired by YCWI’s logo, a stylized pitcher, the devotional writers focused on three liquids that are often poured out in scripture: water, wine, and oil. Each recurs across the Hebrew Bible and New Testament, evoking pivotal stories like the baptism of Jesus, the wine shared at the Last Supper, and the oil of anointing flowing over Aaron’s beard. 

Beautiful though they are, these images of lavishness might seem at odds with Lent: why focus on symbols of abundance like water, wine, and oil during a season of repentance and fasting? This liturgy and YCWI’s devotional consider a variety of overflowing Lenten gifts and inspire new questions. How might these symbols ignite a desire for new life within us? Can water guide us to reflect on what we need? How can wine help us consider what comes between us and what we need? How does oil reveal the abundance that God offers, even in Lent? 

Allow the vivid images of water, wine, oil, and pouring to spark creativity during worship this Lenten season with this liturgy, Pouring Out Grace.

The text of the image reads, “Pouring Out Grace: A Lenten Liturgy for Grace Poured Out.” Against the light blue background is a bright splash of water in a ring shape.

What’s included in the liturgy?

While not a full Lenten series, we’ve included everything you need to connect your Sunday morning liturgy to the devotional texts in Grace Poured Out. We’ve also included an introductory essay with recommendations on incorporating water, wine, and oil into your Lenten worship and examples of direct connections between the devotional and liturgy.

Liturgical elements include:

  • Gathering Words
  • Intentions: weekly words framing the service ahead that may be spoken aloud, included in your bulletin, or used as an invitation to anointing with oil.
  • Prayer of Confession and Assurance of Forgiveness
  • Prayers of the Day
  • Prayers of the People (weekly)
  • Offering Prayer and Prayer of Dedication (all-season)
  • Eucharistic Prayer (all-season)
  • Prayer After Communion (all-season)
  • Blessing and Sending

Grace Poured Out: now live in the Market Stall!

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Series sample

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