Lent 2024

  • Lent 2024: The Last Week

Lent is a season of forty days, not counting Sundays, which begins on Ash Wednesday and ends with Holy Week (the week before Easter). Lent comes from the Anglo Saxon word lencten, meaning “lengthen” and refers to the lengthening days of spring. The forty days represents the time Jesus spent in the wilderness, enduring temptation and preparing to begin his ministry.

Lent is a time of repentance, fasting and preparation for the coming of Easter. It is a time of self-examination and reflection. Today, Christians focus on relationship with God, growing as disciples and extending ourselves, often choosing to give up something or to volunteer and give of ourselves for others.

This year we at Pulaski Heights will be focusing on the Last Week of Jesus as King, a different kind of king than people expected or even wanted. Each week in worship you will hear a different story of Jesus’ last week before his death as told by the Gospel of Mark. In order to fully understand the meaning of that last week, though, we really must better understand the life and ministry of Jesus. And so, we are inviting our congregation to read the Gospel of Mark together during the season of Lent. Enclosed in this booklet is a guide for reading and reflecting on this story of Jesus. Each day you can read a portion of the gospel, and over the course of Lent we will read the entirity of Mark’s gospel together. The translation printed here is New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE). You are invited to read it along with your own Bible and Translation, reflect on words or phrases or questions that stand out to you.

May this Lent bring about a deeper understanding of Jesus’ life for us and for the world and our calling to follow him as disciples.

Special Services & Events

ASH WEDNESDAY – February 14th

  • 7:00 AM – Imposition of Ashes in the Sanctuary (Drop-in)
  • 12:00 PM – Ash Wednesday Worship- Sanctuary – Rev. Daniel Curry preaching.
  • 6:00 PM – Ash Wednesday Worship- Sanctuary – Rev. Daniel Curry preaching (Childcare available inside Entrance 4 for this service) – Streaming on Facebook, YouTube, and phumc.com/live.

PALM SUNDAY – March 24th

Palm Sunday begins Holy Week, and remembers Jesus’ Entry into Jerusalem. Children are invited to a parade during the Sunday School hour and to participate in a processional during all worship services!

  • 9:00 AMPalm procession in Classic & Modern Worship – Sanctuary & Wesley Hall
  • 10:15AM – Palm Sunday children’s parade – Courtyard
  • 11:00AMPalm procession in Classic & Modern Worship – Sanctuary & Wesley Hall

MAUNDY THURSDAY – March 28th

We Remember Jesus’ Last Meal with His Disciples, the Institution of Holy Communion and the Instruction to Love. The Prayer stations are a time to come and go through stations, Including Communion, that connect us to this remembrance of Jesus.

  • 12:00-1:00 PM – Maundy Thursday Service – Wesley Hall – Come-and-Go Prayer Stations
  • 7:00 PM – Maundy Thursday Service – Wesley Hall – Rev. Ellen Rowland preaching – Streaming on Facebook, YouTube, and phumc.com/live.
    • Childcare will be available inside Entrance 4

GOOD FRIDAY – March 29th

Through a Traditional service of Tenebrae (Darkness) with scripture and music, we remember Jesus’ death and Its meaning for our lives

  • 12:00 PM – Good Friday Service – Sanctuary
  • 7:00 PM – Good Friday Service of Tenebrae (full choir singing) – Sanctuary – Streaming on Facebook, YouTube, and phumc.com/live.
    • Childcare will be available inside Entrance 4

EASTER EGG HUNT – March 30th

  • 10:30AM – War Memorial Pavilion – Questions, contact Pam Lentz at plentz@phumc.com or 501-664-3600.