Bags were filled with one or two word phrases that shared our praise and thankfulness. They were placed on the dinner table with holiday decorations.

This .ZIP file was put together and prepared in calendar format so that you may use one day at a time for your devotions or as a set of suggestions for personal or family activities. The suggested "Things to Do" can be tried on any day that best fits into your schedule. Please note that the readings for each Sunday are those on which the devotions for the following week are based. Use the '2004Lentencalendarbh.html' to start looking through dates/files.

Lenten Activities that can be done and enjoyed by all ages with a soup and sandwich supper leading in to the Mid-Week Lenten Service

Take time to read, think, pray and meditate along with your neighbors and friends from The Church this Lenten season. I am sure you will be blessed by their faith journeys. Each of us has experienced a life-giving faith in Jesus Christ in a little different way. People and experiences shape our life and our faith. This devotional aid is an excellent way for all of us to add to our spiritual growth during Lent.

Lent asks us to discipline our lives by praying and meditating on God's Word. We can do this by using a daily meditation guide for Lent, or by using the daily lectionary for the current year found on pages 187-188 in the front of the Lutheran Book of Worship.

We made up key change cards for the six weeks of Lent. On one side of each card we used the four keys of the Child in Our Hands: Caring conversations, family devotions, family service and family rituals and traditions. The back side gave a brief description of some legend and/or tradition relating to the Lenten/Easter season.

A Lenten devotional booklet, written by members and distributed to all family units and various community agencies. Involved a wide range of ages and over forty writers

A Poem by Pastor Carmen Peterson

Use plastic Easter eggs with numbers written on the ends that refer to bible verses.

This colorful card is laminated so "sticky" jelly bean fingers won't bother it!