Schedule of Services
- February 22 at 6:30PM – Ash Wednesday Divine Service
- Mar. 01, 08, 15, 22, and 29. Meal at 5:30PM and Midweek Vespers at 6:30
- April 01 at 5:30PM & April 02 at 9AM – Palm Sunday Divine Service
- April 6 at 7:00PM – Maundy Thursday Divine Service
- April 7 at 7:00PM – Good Friday Tenebrae Vespers
- April 8 at 7:45PM – The Vigil of Easter
- April 9 at 6:30AM – Easter Sunrise Service at the Dubuque Arboretum
- April 9 at 10AM – Easter Festival Service at church
About Lent: The season of Lent is a 40-day period beginning on Ash Wednesday (February 22nd) and concluding on Holy Saturday (April 09). The 40 days exclude Sundays, which are seen as celebrations of the Resurrection of Christ. Throughout the season, and even on the Sundays within it, the prevailing theme is repentance. In church, we omit some of the more joyous elements of the service like the hymn of praise (“Glory to God in the Highest” or “This is the Feast”) and we refrain from the joyous exclamation, “Alleluia,” (meaning “Praise the Lord”). The readings focus our attention on all that Jesus has accomplished for us, from defeating the tempter, to establishing a new covenant, to bringing us to repentance and forgiveness, and bringing us from death to life. It all culminates in Holy Week as we recount how Jesus worked our salvation in his death on the cross, and his Resurrection on Easter. The word “Lent” comes from an old English word for “Spring” and is seen as a time of spiritual growth for Christians. Traditional practices for the season include increased times of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.