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Holy Week:

•  A Preparatory Worship Service will be held on Wednesday, April 16 @ 7 pm. This service prepares us as we look to the ups and downs of Holy Week and Easter Sunday.
  
• Maundy Thursday Worship - April 17 at 7 pm with Holy Communion and Stations of the Cross, an experiential worship service.
• The Manheim Ministerium will host a Community Good Friday worship service on Friday, April 18 @ 2 pm in Hoffer Auditorium. All are welcome to attend.

Easter Sunday:

Easter Sunday, April 20 will feature two worship services:

• 8 a.m. Early Morning Easter Worship in the Memorial Garden followed by a light breakfast served until 9:20 a.m.
  
• 9:30 am Easter Worship Service with Holy Communion in the Sanctuary.
  

2nd Sunday of Easter:

• The Friendship Community Praise Team will lead worship @ St. Paul's on the Second Sunday of Easter, April 27 @ 9:30 am. 

Lent & Easter @ St. Paul's

St. Paul's UCC

Manheim, PA

Lent

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 5 with worship @ 7 pm. The word Lent comes from Middle English and German words for springtime. In light of the start of baseball season, some people call the pre-Easter season "spring training for Christians." This fresh perspective moves away from the flawed understanding that Lent must be somber, or that giving something up for Lent is punishment for sin or a way to earn God's favor.  But every so often — at least once a year! — we do well to examine where we need to get back in shape spiritually. May the spring training of Lent strengthen and heal us all.