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Lent at Oak Lawn UMC<\/span><\/span><\/h2>

The Cup of our Life<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>
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Holy Week at Oak Lawn UMC<\/span><\/span><\/h2>

Sunday, 3\/29<\/h4>\n
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  • Palm Sunday | Procession of the Palms<\/li>\n
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    Join us on Palm Sunday<\/span><\/span>, Sunday, March 29, for worship at Oak Lawn United Methodist Church<\/span><\/span> as we begin Holy Week<\/span><\/span>with the procession of palms<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Together we will wave branches, sing hosanna<\/em>, and remember that, as Rev. Rachel often says, \u201cPalm Sunday was a protest!\u201d<\/strong> \u2014 a bold public witness to the kind of kin-dom Jesus came announcing: one shaped not by empire, but by peace, justice, humility, and holy courage.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Come ready to enter the story, lift your voice, and walk with us into the sacred tension of the week ahea<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Thursday, 4\/2<\/h4>\n
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    • Maundy Thursday | 7 p.m.<\/li>\n
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      Join us on Maundy Thursday<\/span><\/span>, April 2 at 7:00 p.m. at Oak Lawn United Methodist Church<\/span><\/span> for a prayerful evening of worship, Holy Communion, and Master, Is It I?<\/em> \u2014 a moving living tableau presented by members of Grace Avenue United Methodist Church<\/span><\/span> in which The Last Supper<\/span><\/span> comes to life through the voices of the disciples.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Participants are invited to arrive early or stay after worship to walk the Stations of the Cross, a contemplative prayer journey through Christ\u2019s passion in conversation with the realities of today\u2019s world<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Friday, 4\/3<\/h4>\n
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      • Good Friday | 7 p.m.<\/li>\n
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        Join us on Good Friday<\/span><\/span> at Oak Lawn United Methodist Church<\/span><\/span> for a solemn Service of Tenebrae, as scripture, prayer, and music lead us through the final hours of Christ\u2019s cruxifiction<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        Our English & Spanish choirs will help guide the evening as light gradually fades, candles are extinguished, and we hold space for the weight of the cross, grief, and holy silence. Together we remember the depth of love revealed in the darkest hour<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Saturday, 4\/4<\/h4>\n
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        • Easter Vigil on the Lawn | Union | 7 p.m.<\/li>\n
        • TBD – Come back for inforamtion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Sunday, 4\/5<\/h4>\n
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          • Easter Worship & Festival<\/li>\n
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            Join us for Easter<\/span><\/span> worship and festival at Oak Lawn United Methodist Church<\/span><\/span>. Worship begins Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m., where we will celebrate the resurrection, receive new members, and proclaim the hope that shapes who we are: we are Easter people.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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            As chosen family, this holiest day of our faith gathers us in joy, belonging, and new life, with our Easter Festival immediately following worship. Please be sure to register so we can prepare to welcome everyone well.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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            Lent at Oak Lawn UMC<\/span><\/span><\/h2>

            Lent is a forty-day season to slow down and prepare for Easter \u2014 not through guilt or self-punishment, but through attention. This year, we\u2019re entering Lent through a simple image: a cup.<\/h4>\n

            Inspired by The Cup of Our Life<\/em> by Joyce Rupp<\/span><\/span>, we\u2019ll reflect on how transformation happens in ordinary, everyday moments. A cup is simple. It gets filled and emptied. It gets chipped and washed. And still \u2014 it holds what we need.<\/h4>\n

            Some of us come to Lent feeling full.
            Some empty.
            Some cracked.
            Most of us \u2014 a mix of it all.<\/h4>\n

            This season, we\u2019ll pay attention to our cups.<\/h4>\n

            Our Focus: Practice<\/strong><\/h4>\n

            This Lent is about steady spiritual practice \u2014 small, daily invitations to pray, reflect, and pay attention in the \u201ccommon crevices\u201d of life. Nothing dramatic. Just faithful beginning again.<\/h4>\n

            Giving as Practice<\/strong><\/h4>\n

            Consider setting aside $1 per day during Lent \u2014 forty days, forty dollars \u2014 as a simple act of generosity. You can dedicate it to our Sacred Steps Giving Program, helping sustain the everyday, holy work of hospitality, justice, recovery, and chosen family.<\/h4>\n

            Lent isn\u2019t about becoming someone else. It\u2019s about tending the life you already carry. Let\u2019s walk these forty days together \u2014 gently and honestly.<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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            Lent Spiritual Practices<\/span><\/span><\/h2>