Lent and Holy Week Resources for 2025

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12-11-24

40 Days of Welcome and Gratitude

Each Lent, United Thank Offering (UTO) offers a variety of resources for congregations, families, children, and individuals. This year, UTO is proud to partner with Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM) to present: 40 Days of Welcome and Gratitude: a call to giving thanks for the ways we are welcomed in the world and the ways that people offer welcome to us and to our communities. Download free resources for congregations and families, sign up for the daily text message prompt, or order a free kit of printed materials for your congregation here by January 13 (ships February 10). UTO also offers kits for families, those can be ordered through February 18.

The Episcopal Church Resources for Lent

Visit https://www.episcopalchurch.org/lent-resources/ for Lent and Holy Week Explainer Videos that you can share here

The Ungrateful Refugee: A Lenten Book Group with UTO and EMM

Looking for a way to connect with others as a part of your Lenten Discipline this year? Look no further! UTO, in partnership with Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM) is offering a 5-session book club on The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You by Dina Nayeri. This is a perfect book to explore during Lent because it can encourage us to think more deeply about the experience of refugees. We’ll explore this book together and see what we can learn about gratitude as a way to receive the stories and experiences of others. While reading the text prior to the meeting will enhance your experience, it is not required. You’re also welcome to attend all 5 sessions or just the ones when you’re available or where a topic interests you. Register here

  • Tuesday, March 11 at Noon Eastern: Part One: Escape
  • Tuesday, March 18 at Noon Eastern : Part Two: Camp
  • Tuesday, March 25 at Noon Eastern: Part 3: Asylum
  • Tuesday, April 1 at Noon Eastern: Part 4: Assimilation
  • Tuesday, April 8 at Noon Eastern: Part 5: Cultural Repatriation

Good Friday Liturgies

The Diocese of Massachusetts’s clergy gathered with Professor Dan Joslyn-Siemiatoski of Boston College (and formerly on the faculties of Seminary of the Southwest and the Church Divinity School of the Pacific) to learn ways to avoid anti-Judaism in preaching and worship during Holy Week. With permission from the Bishop of Massachusetts, below are two documents that our churches may use for Good Friday. You’ll notice two particularly important changes: a) the Solemn Collects and b) the use of the word “Judeans” instead of “the Jews” in the passion narratives.

Living Well through Lent with The Living Compass

This Living Compass resource is a daily devotional that provides a foundation for seeking a deeper experience of Lent. It will be available in both print and electronic editions here.