Join Us! Lent, Holy Week & Easter
Lenten Season 2026
February 18 (Ash Wednesday) – April 5, 2026
The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 18, a time for reflection, prayer, and preparation as we journey toward Easter.
A Lenten devotional, “Turning Toward Life,” is available on the information table in the hallway. Please take a copy to help guide your spiritual journey throughout Lent. You can also purchase this online.
Ash Wednesday
Join us for a meaningful Ash Wednesday service on February 18 at 7:00 pm, inspired by the Taizé liturgical style, characterized by simplicity, prayerfulness, and focusing on Taizé's songs, Scripture, silence, and candlelit reflection.
In a season when everything feels rushed and noisy, this service provides space to breathe, reconnect with what truly matters, and open our hearts to God's mercy and renewing grace.
All are welcome as we start Lent together with humility, hope, and quiet trust that God meets us in the stillness.
Holy Week
The space between Palm Sunday and Easter is worth lingering in, now more than ever. As divisions deepen in our world, Holy Week challenges the boundaries that separate humanity: powerful and powerless, enemy and friend, innocent and guilty.
March 29 – Palm Sunday
10:00 a.m. - More information coming soon.
April 2 – Maundy Thursday
7:30 p.m. - This is a service of confession, lament, and repentance. As violence remains the favored tool of many nations, we remember the injustice of punitive “justice” that unfolded two thousand years ago. This service invites us to reflect and respond to the pain and grief of our lives and our world through Communion, meditative Taizé songs, imaginative monologues, and prayer.
April 3 – Good Friday
7:30 p.m. - "A Service of Tenebrae" or "Darkness” - This service will be based on a twelfth-century late night service and is an extended meditation on the passion of Christ (Book of Worship). On this somber night, there will be the musical offerings of the Chancel Choir.
April 5 – Easter Sunday
8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. - Pancake Breakfast
10:00 a.m. - Worship: Celebrate the joy of Christ’s resurrection with us! Our Easter worship will feature a triumphant trumpet duo and powerful anthems from the Chancel Choir, lifting our hearts in praise on this glorious day.
11:00 a.m. - Easter Egg Hunt (All Ages!)
Easter Pancake Breakfast
Everyone is invited to share in our Easter Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, April 5 at 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. The breakfast will be provided by the Chancel Choir, Praise Band, United Methodist Women, Men’s Group, Youth Group, and Sunday School Children.
The menu will consist of pancakes, sausages, pastries, fruit salad, juices, and coffee.
Everyone is invited to share a meal and fellowship on the glorious Easter morning followed by worship at 10:00 a.m.
Easter Egg Hunt
All ages are invited for an Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday, April 5 after the 10:00 a.m. worship. Rain or shine - it will be held on the front lawn of the church beginning at the outside door by the Preschool Room. Bring your Easter baskets or Easter bags will be available for the collected eggs.
Candy Donations Needed!
Individually wrapped pieces of candy or trinkets small enough to fit into plastic Easter eggs are needed for this event. If you would like to donate, please leave your bags of candy in the church office by Wednesday, March 25 so the youth have time to fill the eggs! No hard candy or lollipops please. Thank you for your generosity to make Easter morning extra special for all.
We use cookies to improve your experience and to help us understand how you use our site. Please refer to our cookie notice and privacy statement for more information regarding cookies and other third-party tracking that may be enabled.
Connect With Us
Phone 630-972-1011
Email office@friendshipbolingbrook.org
Address 305 E. Boughton Road, Bolingbrook, IL 60440
Office Hours
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
9 a.m. to Noon Wednesday
© 2025
