2026 Lenten Season

Lent is the season in the Christian calendar that runs from Ash Wednesday through Palm Sunday.
Traditionally, it’s a 40-day fast (Sundays are feast days and not included) meant to bring both the places in our lives in need of healing and transformation and the mercy and love of Christ into intentional focus in our lives. In the early church, Lent was considered a preparation time for those who desired to be baptized where each person practiced self-examination and the study of Scripture individually and in community. The Lenten journey prepares our hearts to honor the depth of Jesus’ love for the whole world offered through his life and ministry until the day of his death on a cross and to celebrate the hope that his resurrection offers to us and the world every day.

Ash Wednesday Service and Imposition of Ashes:

On Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18^th, our sanctuary will be open from 11am – 2pm to receive the Imposition of Ashes and engage a self-directed journey through the prayer stations. From 12pm-1pm, there will be a directed contemplative service journeying through prayer stations that will include Holy Communion and Imposition of Ashes.

Holy Week:

Palm Sunday:         March 29^th Service at 10:00am

Maundy Thursday: April 2^nd Simple Service beginning at 6:00pm

Good Friday:           April 3^rd A mid-morning Pilgrimage (destination to be determined) followed by a
reflection at the church

Easter Sunday:       April 5^th Service at 10:00am

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We are a welcoming, inclusive, multiracial,
multilingual, and
accessible to all spiritual community.

Our Community’s Inclusiveness Covenant

We are a Christian community of faith, committed to welcoming and affirming all people as children of God.  We believe that God calls us to celebrate each person’s uniqueness.  In our life together we respect the integrity of each person’s identity, life and culture.  We publicly and enthusiastically welcome and affirm people of every age, race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, physical and mental ability, economic status, and family structure into the full membership, leadership, ministry and sacramental life of our congregation.  We covenant to reach out and support each other in our celebrations, sorrows, spiritual growth and personal ministries, calling forth the gifts of God in each of us.  We pray that, guided by the Holy Spirit, we may grow in knowledge, vigilance and sensitivity to become ever more fully the inclusive community of faith that God is calling us to be.

Our Mission is to grow disciples of Jesus by building an inclusive community of faith committed to making a difference in the world.

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ANNOUNCEMENT: We offer Hybrid Sunday Worship. You may join us in-person or via Zoom. If you would like a Zoom link, please email office@pslucc.org or call the church office at (716) 885-9443 by noon on the Saturday before.  [Learn more about our services.]