Lent
Welcome to Lent, a liturgical season of reflection, repentance, and preparation that marks the time between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday! The roots of Lent stretch all the way back to the third and fourth centuries A.D. when the early church first began to treat the 40 days (plus Sundays) before Easter as a solemn period in which new converts to the Christian faith dedicated themselves to learning the ways of Jesus, culminating in their being baptized and "meeting Jesus" on Easter morning itself. Since then, followers of Christ new and old have used Lent as an opportunity for increased spiritual focus, often giving up typical goods and pleasures as acts of added obedience. Join us this spring at Liberti Collingswood as we engage in these ancient Lenten rhythms anew!
Services and Events
- Available Now - Lent Devotionals
- We have Lent devotionals for adults and children available now for pick-up at Holy Trinity. Suggested donation amounts are $5 for the adult devotional and $5 for each children’s devotional. The adult devotional returns from last year: it's written by Rev. Dr. Esau McCaulley and offers a description of the season of Lent, as well as a personal testimony of how liturgical seasons like Lent have helped cultivate his relationship with Jesus despite growing up in a non-liturgical, Baptist church. The children’s devotionals, Who is Jesus?, combines illustrations and deep thoughts in an easily digestible format to guide family devotions and encourage rich conversations about who Jesus is, why he came to earth, and how we can get to know him now (through 40 word pictures!).
- March 5 – Ash Wednesday service
- At the start of Lent, we hold an Ash Wednesday service. Ashes commemorate both the dust from which Adam and Eve were created in the Genesis story, the transience of our own lives (“ashes to ashes. . .”), and also the cross of Jesus. Please join us at Holy Trinity that evening at 6:00pm for a 45 minute, kid friendly time of reflection, repentance, and contemplation.
- March 9 – First Sunday in Lent
- March 16– Second Sunday in Lent
- March 22 - Foster the Family Cooking Party
- One of the things that Foster the Family, a local ministry partner of ours, does to serve foster families in our region is to provide them with care packages that include a home cooked meal within 24 hours of their receiving a new foster child placement. As part of our Lenten menu at Liberti Collingswood, we're throwing a cooking party to prepare food for those care packages! Please join us at Holy Trinity on Saturday, 3/22, (2pm-4pm) to roll up your sleeves and help in the kitchen. Stay tuned both to register for the event and also to donate funds towards the purchase of foodstuffs that we'll be turning into tastiness that morning. Register here!
- March 23 – Third Sunday in Lent
- March 30 - Fourth Sunday in Lent
- April 5th - Urban Promise MLK Day Work-Day (make-up date)
- Back on the calendar after previously cancelled due to inclement weather! We are working with Urban Promise of South Camden to do a work day on their main campus (3700 Rudderow St., Pennsauken, NJ) in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Kids are welcome, and dress warmly as there may be some outside work! Please try to arrive between 8 and 8:30 am (with light breakfast to be served then), and because parking is a bit limited, carpooling is recommended. Starting around 8:30am, there will be a short welcoming program, after which groups will be sent off to their projects. Projects should wrap up around 12:30pm. Sign-ups will be available soon!
- April 6th – Fifth Sunday in Lent
- April 13th – Palm Sunday
- April 18th - Good Friday Service
- Lent at Liberti Collingswood culminates in Holy Week during the days leading up to and including Easter Sunday. Join us in worship of Jesus as we commemorate his crucifixion on Good Friday, 4/18 at 6:30pm at Holy Trinity and online. This time together will be a solemn reflection upon the final hours of Jesus' life before the cross through scripture readings and songs. We'll not offer childcare for Good Friday, but kids are welcome at this shorter-than-usual service.
- April 20 – Easter Sunday Service & Coffee Hour
- On Easter morning turns Liberti Collingswood up to 11! Our worship service on this special day will run for our usual length of time but will feature added goodies like baptisms, affirmations of In-Covenant vows, and fancy music. And speaking of goodies, we'll host a before-worship coffee hour in which you can sip Revolution cold brew while noshing tasty pastries. Coffee hour will kick off at 10am, and for those who won't be present at the building, click here that morning to access a virtual version of the same. Jesus is risen.
And there's more!
- Home Meeting Collection Drive
- New Bread & Circus Lent-centric posts!
- And Another Thing with Jim podcast (episodes drop every Wednesday!)