Lent 2025

Finding Awe

I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house;
I will bow down toward your holy temple in awe of you.
– Psalm 5:7

Awe is a profound emotional response that can significantly impact our wellbeing and perception of the world. Awe often arises from experiences that transcend our usual understanding, such as viewing vast landscapes, listening to powerful music, encountering extraordinary acts of kindness, or feeling heightened devotion and a Divine Presence.

During this season of Lent we are invited to be intentional about cultivating a life of spiritual depth.

Sermon Series: Finding Awe
During our lectionary based worship series this year, we will find awe In:
  • In the emptiness of wilderness and temptation - Luke 4:1-13
  • In Jesus’ lament over Jerusalem - Luke 13:31-35
  • In the call to Repent! - Luke 13:1-9
  • In a Father’s Love for his son - Luke 15:1-3; 11b-32
  • In an extravagant pouring out of devotion - John 12:1-8
  • In a triumphal Entry! - Luke 19:28-40
  • In the an Empty Tomb! - John 20:1-18

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE:

Maundy Thursday Services

At CCUM | 12 pm | Sanctuary
At Fourth Avenue UMC | Dinner 5 pm | Service 6 pm

Good Friday Services

12 and 7 pm | Sanctuary

Easter Services

6:45 am | Sunrise Service | Zachary Taylor Cemetery
9 and 11:15 am | Sanctuary
No Sunday School

On Easter morning, please consider parking at Dunn Elementary and taking the shuttle to allow space in our parking lot for visitors.

LENT Events

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Additional Lent Offerings:

Reflecting on Scripture semi-weekly Lenten podcast 

April 1: New Updated Stations of the Cross

Lenten Podcasts


LENT DEVOTIONAL GUIDE


The Hardest Part

Many of our Sunday Schools Classes are embarking upon a single journey throughout the Season of Lent. The Hardest Part, by Kate Bowler offers the opportunity to find ourselves on the same page of scripture and as recipients of the same blessings. 

Life is this strange, tender mix, isn’t it? Joy and sorrow, love and loss, heartbreak and hope, all tangled together. This year, we invite you to embrace Lent as it is—raw, honest, and tender. This is the season that asks us to stop pretending we’re holding it all together. It’s a time to pause, sit with what’s fragile and unfinished, and let God meet us in the hardest parts of our lives.

Get the Devotional Guide

Lent Photo Scavenger Hunt


CCUM's Children and Youth Ministries invite you on a Photo Scavenger Hunt as we are Finding Awe this Lenten season! Join the photo-a-day challenge by sharing a daily photo that you think matches the word of the day - you can find the words here. Remember to tag CCUM on our social media accounts. Tag us on Facebook: @ChristChurchLouisville or on Instagram: @ChristChurchKY.

Photo Scavenger Hunt