February 14 – Ash Wednesday

• Joel 2: 1-2, 12-17 (turn back with all your heart)
• 2 Corinthians 5: 20b – 6:10 (accept God’s offered reconciliation)
• Matthew 6: 1-6, 16-21 (you devote energy to what you truly value)
• Psalm 51: 1-17 (create in me a clean heart)

February 18 – 1^st Sunday of Lent

• Genesis 9: 8-17 (God’s unilateral covenant with Noah)
• 1 Peter 3:18-22 (Christ seeks the salvation of all people)
• Mark 1: 9-15 (a new age arrived in the person of Jesus)
• Psalm 25: 1-10 (God guides and delivers)

February 25 – 2^nd Sunday of Lent

• Genesis 17: 1-7, 15-16 (God calls Abraham)
• Romans 4: 13-25 (Abraham trusts God’s promise)
• Mark 8: 31-38 (you want to follow him? Then take up your cross)
• Psalm 22: 23-31 (ALL will worship Him)

March 4 – 3^rd Sunday of Lent

• Exodus 20: 1-17 (the Mosaic/Moses Covenant)
• 1 Corinthians 1: 18-25 (we are called to show God’s love)
• John 2: 13-22 (Jesus drove out entrenched evil)
• Psalm 19 (the Law of the Lord is perfect)

March 11 – 4^th Sunday of Lent

• Numbers 21: 4-9 (the role of judgment in redemption)
• Ephesians 2: 1-10 (God is love … and we are NOT self-made)
• John 3: 14-21 (we can’t conceal our deeds)
• Psalm 107: 1-3, 17-22 (In God is the healing and the salvation)

March 18 – 5^th Sunday of Lent

• Jeremiah 31: 31-34 (God WILL forgive)
• Hebrews 5: 5-10 (Jesus was human and DID feel as we do)
• John 12: 20-33 (want to serve Jesus? Be where He is)
• Psalm 51: 1-12 (prayer for cleansing and pardon)

March 25 – Palm Sunday

• Liturgy of the Palms: Mark 11: 1-11 (Hosanna is called out)
• Liturgy of the Passion: Isaiah 50: 4-9a (trust in God’s help)
• Philippians 2: 5-11 (God voluntarily assumed obedience to death)
• Mark 14:1 – 15:47 (the Passion story according to Mark)