• Wed., Feb. 10 – Ash Wednesday, 7pm
• Wed., Feb. 17 –Wed., March 16 – Holy Eucharist each Wed in Lent at 10am in conjunction with Ecumenical Bible Study
During this season, we will be using Rite II, Eucharistic Prayer A, for the Great Thanksgiving. This Eucharistic Prayer is ‘a shorter, modern adaptation of Prayer I of Rite One.’ (Commentary on the Book of Common Prayer) appropriate for Lent since it recalls the fall and the human condition. ‘When we had fallen into sin and become subject to evil and death, you in your mercy, sent Jesus Christ, your only and eternal son, to share our human nature, to live and die as one of us.’
• Wed., Feb. 17 –Wed., March 16 – The weekly Bible study starts at concludes with Noonday prayer
"O God, make speed to save us.O Lord, make haste to help us." The service of noonday prayers includes an opening versicle, a selection from the psalms, a lesson, and prayers (BCP, 103-107). It is based on the ‘little offices’ of terce, sext, and none in Christian monasticism. These ‘little offices’ were said at 9 a.m., 12 noon, and 3 p.m., which were known as the third, sixth, and ninth hours of the day. Private devotions at these hours associated with the events of the Passion have been observed by Christians since the second century. Although these hours of prayer were included in the Primers of Henry VIII and Elizabeth, these offices were not included in any Prayer Books before the twentieth century. The 1979 BCP is the first American Prayer Book to include this office.