Lent 2025

A Different Kind of Fast: Feeding our True Hungers in Lent

Based on Christine Valters Paintner’s book of the same title, we’ll be exploring ways we can slow down and be more mindful this Lent. What do you hunger for? So often we think we need to give something up during Lent that doesn’t really affect our full wellbeing. What if we fed our true hungers and stepped back from consuming all the messages that the world feeds us? We might find true peace and love in God.  

Below is the topic for worship each Wednesday during Lent:

• March 12: Fasting from Multi-tasking, Embracing Full Presence
• March 19: Fasting from Scarcity Anxiety, Embracing Abundance
• March 26: Fasting from Speed and Rushing, Embracing Pause
• April 2: Fasting from Holding it all Together, Embracing Vulnerability
• April 9: Fasting from Planning and Deadlines, Embracing Unfolding

Online Worship

Southwood’s online Holy Week worship service will be available on Thursday, April 17 at 7AM. Invite family and friends to worship with you online or in-person.

Mid-Week Lenten Meals

Starting March 12 and going through April 9, a meal will be served each Wednesday starting at 5PM. Meals are open to the whole Southwood community. Donations beyond the cost of your meal will benefit Southwood Missions, which provide food for Saratoga Elementary Backpacks and Mobile Distributions, health care services at Clinic with a Heart, and meals at The Gathering Place and Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach.

Lenten Meal Donation

Prayer Room & Good Friday Prayer Vigil

• The Prayer Room is open on Wednesday during Lent between 8AM and 6:30PM. Candles, music, scriptures, and prayer guides will be available during this time.
• Prepare your hearts for Easter by joining in a prayer vigil on Good Friday, April 18. The vigil will be held in the Prayer Room, or you can choose to participate remotely. Don’t know what to pray for? We will provide prayer tips, guidance and scripture.

In-PersonRemote

Easter Flowers

You are invited to help decorate the sanctuary for Easter, with a donation of $20 or any amount (common donations are $20, $35 or $50) that you would like to contribute in memory or in honor of a loved one. Money donated will be used to purchase Easter flowers and other seasonal decorations to beautify our church. A list will be shared in our Easter bulletin.

Purchase by Sunday, April 13. Flowers will be available for pick-up after the Easter worship service on Sunday, April 20.

Easter Lily Donation

Lent & Holy Week Offering

If you would like to contribute to Missions, you can give as part of our Easter Offering

DELVE Lenten Volunteers

During Lent, DELVE students can volunteer to help with our Lenten meals and services. Meals begin at 5PM and are open to the whole Southwood Community. Visit the button below for more information on volunteer opportunities or to register. 

Volunteer Here

Lenten Small Groups

Find community, support and faith growth by starting or joining a group! It’s easy!

• Step 1: Start a new group, join a group at Group Finder, or come to our open onsite group led by Pastor Day Hefner on Thursday evenings at 6:30PM, March 6 through April 10. Her study will be based on the book, A Different Kind of Fast by Christine Valters Paintner. Please purchase your own book.
• Step 2: If your group is meeting independently, you can choose the book study which includes some good reflection questions or one of three Amplify Media videos with discussion questions written by Pastor Day. Contact  to receive/review the resources.

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