The Seeking theme for Lent is particularly relevant to teenagers’ lives as they are navigating the change from childhood to adulthood. They are seeking friendship, meaning, romance, direction, belonging, purpose, autonomy, connection, and calm within the storm of rapid physical and social changes. This guide is written with youth ages 12-18 in mind, though many of the ideas and questions could be relevant for young adults as well.
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Maundy Thursday is a time to remember Jesus’ vision of beloved community, where we are each vulnerable enough to wash another’s feet and have our own feet washed, to feed and be fed, to love and be loved. Below is a simple Maundy Thursday service outline. You are free to adapt the following worship outline to fit your community.
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Here we’ve collected hymns and songs that work well with our Full to the Brim Lent theme and weekly sub-themes based on the Year C texts of the Revised Common Lectionary. We hope these lists help you as you’re planning meaningful worship services for the Lenten season.
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Here we’ve collected hymns and songs that work well with our new Again & Again Lent theme and weekly sub-themes based on the Year B texts of the Revised Common Lectionary. We have suggested many short and simple refrains (such as those from the Taizé community) which can help us embody the practice of repetition, repeating the same few lines again & again until they lodge in our souls like muscle memory. Some suggestions could also be used week after week to build patterns into your Lenten worship.
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