FULLY-SCRIPTED LENT SERIES 2023
With the season of Lent coming very soon, we want to support you with a "to-do list" cut in half! Download IMMEDIATELY the full scripts adaptable for your context that create a worshipful flow and spiritually deep leadership for pastors and lay readers, sermon fodder, music suggestions for every hymn, song, and anthem slot, ideas for easily creating a powerful message visually through altar/table visuals and media-rich content, as well as small group and individual devotional materials. Purchasing this series on the all-important topic of love will offer an "M-M-Good" (meaningful and memorable) season for your church.
— Joel 2: 12-13
The Christian scriptures offer many images of where love, grace, forgiveness, righteousness, and healing can REALLY be found. And it is not in the “usual” places. Isn’t it as true of us today as it was of the scriptural authors? Don’t we often look for wholeness and happiness in places that offer only temporary “good feelings” and satisfaction? Lent is a wonderfully reflective time to reassess where we are searching for meaning and purpose. We’ll move through stories of Jesus to find out who offers the “real deal.”
Why This Series?
"All we need is love!" Well, there may be some other things we need, but certainly we humans can feel when love is in short supply. And we know when the rhetoric of our world dishes out quite the opposite, as it is in this moment. There is a “hole” we feel when we aren’t experiencing enough love. We start to try to fill the hole with… what? So much distracts us from the depth of substantive love that really lasts, that really satisfies. Relationships, money, technology, and possessions are all necessary parts of life. However, we often become so over-focused and over-reliant (obsessed, and not in a good way) on them that, after a while, we are left feeling empty, and the hole remains.
Like Scrabble letters that just aren’t coming together to spell out anything of worth, we sometimes cobble together things we think will make sense out of our lives, only to be disappointed. Each week of the series features a kind of love that Jesus exemplifies. Through this Lenten series, we will explore the places where love and life-giving connection can really be found.
Watch the series trailer (we provide this without our branding for church use)!
What's Included in the Series?
Watch the get-ready webinar below to see ALL the resources that are included and find out how to get ready for a wonderful spiritual journey for your congregation.
Our fully-scripted series are designed to give you everything you need to provide your congregation with sensory-rich worship for a whole season. This Lent series includes:
9 full worship scripts including Ash Wednesday, all six weeks of Lent, a Holy Week service, and Easter Sunday
Sermon fodder to inspire your preaching, small group study ideas to engage your congregation at home and throughout the week, and a ready-to-go devotional journal for the series
Visual and Media Arts ideas for bringing the series to life in your worship space and online, series logo, video trailer, and photos for worship guide covers for each week
Music resources, including original theme song arrangement by Mark Miller, anthem suggestions, and versatile congregational song suggestions for classic or contemporary settings
Access to an online community of pastors and worship teams who will be using these resources alongside you and brainstorming adaptations, sharing ideas, and more!
What's Included in the Series?
Our fully-scripted series are designed to give you everything you need to provide your congregation with sensory-rich worship for a whole season. This Lent series includes:
9 full worship scripts including Ash Wednesday, all six weeks of Lent, a Holy Week service, and Easter Sunday
Sermon fodder to inspire your preaching, small group study ideas to engage your congregation at home and throughout the week, and a ready-to-go devotional journal for the series
Visual and Media Arts ideas for bringing the series to life in your worship space and online, series logo, video trailer, and photos for worship guide covers for each week
Music resources, including original theme song arrangement by Mark Miller, anthem suggestions, and versatile congregational song suggestions for classic or contemporary settings
Access to an online community of pastors and worship teams who will be using these resources alongside you and brainstorming adaptations, sharing ideas, and more!
Watch a preview of the series in the video trailer below!
About Dr. Marcia McFee, Creator of the Series
Dr. Marcia McFee is a professor, worship designer, author, preacher, and ritual artist. Drawing on a first career in professional dance and musical theater and equipped with a Master's in Theology and a PhD in Liturgical Studies and Ethics, she understands the role of any worship artist in the church as that of creating extraordinary portals through which communities journey with the Spirit.
Dr. Marcia McFee has been known for creating deeply meaningful and memorable worship for over 25 years. In her Worship Design Studio online coaching website, subscribers have access to years of worship series with ideas for every Sunday, designed specifically for mainline Protestant churches with a variety of worship styles!
Praise for WDS Lent Series
"People were in awe...they hadn't had such a meaningful Ash Wednesday service in this church for years. This was my first in this church. My worship chair said it was the best and most meaningful ash Wednesday service he had ever attended. For me, the [weekly prayer thread] was so restful and energizing at the same time. I don't feel exhausted, I feel rested and ready to go again. Thank you Marcia and WDS."
- C.K., De Berry, TX
"We are getting tons of great comments from our congregation - they are loving this series! Our youth director told me it's the best Lent series she's ever seen at any church. I just love everything you put together - what a wonderful resource WDS is! Thank you!"
- T.D., The Colony, TX
"I just want to share that we are [in the midst of one of your Lent series] and I am beyond thankful. I really didn’t want to have to do church yesterday, and yet, having the outline for week four already in place made it possible, and the scripture was absolutely perfect. Grace upon grace. Bless you Marcia and your whole team for everything you do for us."
- L.G., Davenport, IA
Click the button below to check out. If you would like to become an all-access yearly subscriber, there will be a chance to upgrade, giving you access to all our resources, all year long (including next Advent)!
***After purchasing, you will immediately get an e-mail receipt and "thank you for purchasing" e-mail with a VERY important link that you MUST click to get access to the materials on the WDS website. If you do not see that e-mail, PLEASE CHECK YOUR JUNK OR SPAM FOLDERS (and if you don't see it there, contact us at [email protected]).***
Lookin' for something else? Peruse our complete list of ready-made, fully-scripted Lent series at worshipdesignstudio.com/lent. Get access to ALL our fully-scripted series by becoming a full-year Worship Design Studio Subscriber!
Click the button below to check out. If you would like to become an all-access yearly subscriber, there will be a chance to upgrade, giving you access to all our resources, all year long (including next Advent)!
***After purchasing, you will immediately get an e-mail receipt and "thank you for purchasing" e-mail with a VERY important link that you MUST click to get access to the materials. If you do not see that e-mail, PLEASE CHECK YOUR JUNK OR SPAM FOLDERS (and if you don't see it there, contact us at [email protected]).***
Lookin' for something else? Peruse our complete list of ready-made, fully-scripted Lent series at worshipdesignstudio.com/lent. Get access to ALL our fully-scripted series by becoming a full-year Worship Design Studio Subscriber!
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