Lenten Season Offerings & Events

Join us this Lenten season for service, missions, studies, and can’t-miss events.


Sermon Series
With the beginning of Lent comes the beginning of our new sermon series, “Painting with Ashes”. Join us every Sunday of Lent to move upward in Spirit-filled worship.


Lenten Cantata
On Sunday, March 26, we will hold our Cantata, “God So Loved” during both 9 and 11 AM Traditional Service in the Sanctuary. You can watch the 11 AM service online.


Community Egg Hunt
This year’s Community Egg Hunt will take place on Saturday, April 8 at 10:00 AM at Garfield Park. To volunteer to help, please click here.


Egg My Yard
Egg My Yard is April 8 with a Youth (grades 7-12) Easter Party afterwards at 6:00 - 8:00 PM. To have your yard “egged” for a donation, please fill out this form.

Holy Week

Palm Sunday
We celebrate Palm Sunday on April 2 during all our services. Our 9 AM Modern & 11 AM Traditional services will also be livestreamed.


Maundy Thursday
Our Maundy Thursday service will be Thursday, April 6 at 7:30 PM here at MUMC.


Good Friday
Join us on April 7 at 7:30 PM for our Good Friday service.


Easter Sunday
Our Easter services will be at 9 and 11 AM on February 9 for both Modern and Traditional Worship. Our 9 AM Modern & 11 AM Traditional services are livestreamed as well, and can be viewed on our Facebook or YouTube channel.
*If you would like to order Easter Flowers please click here or visit the Narthex/Information Hub for a physical form.

Additional Offerings

Prayer Bookmarks
During the Sundays in Lent, there will be Prayer bookmarks available in-person and online. The online versions contain live links that you can click, so be sure to check them out! View our bookmarks up to the current date below:
February 19/26
March 5
March 12
March 19
March 26




Lenten Missions
During this season of Lent we highlight our Food Ministry which seeks to provide meals and food to those in our community. We are always taking donations of various and specific items for our Pantry. A list can be found here as well as information on how to get involved in this month’s More Than a Meal on March 25. Please reach out to the church office or check out our Information Hub for more.


Lenten Studies
Lent is a great time to begin a new study or focus in your Journey group. If you don’t have a Journey Group, you can click here to see if there is one you can join or if you’d like to start your own!


Devotionals
Upper Room and Daily Bread devotionals are available for March/April in the church office, Narthex, and in Fellowship Hall. $1 donations are appreciated.


Youth
Youth (grades 7-12) are welcome to join us in the Youth room from 10:10 to 10:50 AM every Sunday morning at MUMC. There will also be a Youth Easter party, details to come.


Families
There are fun activities for Families to do together this Lenten season by using Faithful Families for Lent, Easter, & Resurrection by Traci Smith (we also used this book last year). If you do not have a copy, please contact Tammy Palermo (tpalermo@mentorumc.org). While doing this activity, it would be fun if you shared photos and/or your experience with Tammy either through email or social media. As a community of faith, it is important that we remain connected. The schedule is below:


February 19-21
Page 2 “Lenten Paper Chain”


February 22 (Ash Wednesday)
Page 16 “The Symbolism of Ashes: Memento Mori”


February 26-March 4 (Lent Week One)
Page 29 “Body Prayers”


March 5-11 (Lent Week Two)
Page 40 “Compliment Others”


March 12-18 (Lent Week Three)
Page 50 “Writing Letters for Justice”


March 19-25 (Lent Week Four)
Page 62 “Fish”


March 26-April 1 (Lent Week Five)
Family Choice ~ Choose one of the activities


HOLY WEEK
April 2 (Palm Sunday) ~ Pages 74-75
April 7 (Maundy-Thursday) ~ Page 80
April 8 (Good Friday) ~ Pages 81-82
April 9 (Easter Sunday) ~ Page 84