ACTS 5:42 (Revised Standard Version)

"And every day in the temple and at home they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ."

 A SEASON OF LENT

          Lent is about mortality and transformation. We begin the season of Lent on Ash Wednesday with the sign of the cross smeared on our foreheads with ashes as the words are spoken over us, "Dust thou art, and to dust thou wilt return." We begin this season of Lent not only reminded of our death, but also marked for death.

          The Lenten journey, with its climax in Holy Week and Good Friday and Easter, is about participating in the death and resurrection of Jesus. Put somewhat abstractly, this means dying to an old identity—the identity conferred by culture, by tradition, by parents, perhaps—and being born into a new identity—an identity centered in the Spirit of God. It means dying to an old way of being, and being born into a new way of being, a way of being centered once again in God.       

          Dr. Marcus Borg, from "Taking Jesus Seriously"

At Caroline Valley Community, we will begin our LENTEN season with an ASH WEDNESDAY service.  This simple service of hymns and Bible readings will be on Wednesday, the 22nd of February, at 7pm.

We will be having a special GOOD FRIDAY service (TENNEBRAE style).  This service, held at 7pm, will emphasize the reality of the suffering and death of Jesus for all of us.  We ask every Christian to help us be more aware of the sacrifice that Jesus made for us. This year GOOD FRIDAY is April 6th.

Our EASTER celebration will begin with an outdoor Sunrise Service at 7:30am, followed by a pancake breakfast.  The EASTER service will be at 11am.  Come and share our joy and food and worship.