The season of Lent is a 40 day period of reflection and preparation that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at Easter. This solemn observance commemorates the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert and enduring temptation by Satan, according to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, before beginning his public ministry.

Wesley UMC invites you to join us for our various services and activities that lead up to the joyous Easter celebration.

Lenten Prayer Wednesdays (9 am – 3 pm)
During the season of Lent, you are invited to come to our sanctuary for personal prayer and meditation on Wednesdays March 12th, 19th, 26th, and April 2nd, 9th, and 16th. Deepen your relationship with God this Lent through intentional sacred conversation. Parking available for anyone that would like to pray. Designated church parking spaces and bagged meters will be provided.

Alms Bag – Don’t miss your chance to pick one up!
Almsgiving is a Christian practice of giving money or material items to persons living in poverty. Wesley UMC is practicing almsgiving this Lent. You can pick up a bag at church (or contact the church office, and we will mail you one; or you can use any type of container that you like) and fill it as you see fit. Perhaps you’ll decide to put a set amount of money in; maybe you’ll put your pocket change in the bag every day. You might decide to skip a coffee or a meal out once or twice a week, and put the money you would have spent there in your alms bag. However you decide to use it, fill your alms bag and return it to the church by Easter Sunday, April 20th. All money collected will be used to help pay our conference apportionments, which help to bring people out of poverty by funding feeding programs, schools, farming improvements, anti-malaria nets, safe wells, and hospitals around the world.