Broadway United Methodist Church: Ash Wednesday/Lent/Easter 2011

Holy Week Schedule 2011

Palm/Passion Sunday April 17

Ministry Fair, 12:30pm

Monday-Friday April 18-22

Sanctuary open for prayer 6-7pm

Maundy Thursday April 21 (see pg. 6 of the April Newsletter)

Worship with Holy Communion, 7pm

Followed by Community Dinner

Followed by All-Night Vigil (see pg. 5 of the April Newsletter)

Good Friday April 22

Good Friday Worship, 7pm

Holy Saturday April 23

“Writing in the Shadows”: A writing workshop

10am-1pm (lunch provided); (see page 7 of the April Newsletter)

Hosted by the Mental Health & Spirituality Group

Easter Sunday April 24

Sunrise Service with Holy Covenant

Same location as last year (see page 7 of the April Newsletter)

Meet at 5:30am (Sunrise at 5:57am)

7:00am Meditative walk to North Pond

from Sunrise to the Pond, returning to Broadway

8:45am Worship

10:00am Easter Celebration Brunch

11:00am Worship

Click here to read our pastors' 2011 Easter Letter.

Ash Wednesday 2011

Seeking a new path: a time of renewal for the lgbt community

Faith communities partner in a bold and ecumenical approach to Lent

Dignity/Chicago and Wisdom & Word Works, two organizations grounded in the Catholic tradition, will partner to present a program for Lent focused on a fresh approach to preparing for Easter.

The series begins with an Ash Wednesday Service on March 9, 7:00 p.m., in the Sanctuary at 3338 N. Broadway in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood, home to Broadway United Methodist Church(BUMC) and Dignity/Chicago. BUMC will be an ecumenical partner for the Ash Wednesday service, with pastors Revs. Lois McCullen Parr and Vernice Thorn co-presiding with Roman Catholic Womanpriest Rev. Barbara Zeman of Wisdom & Word Works and member of Dignity/Chicago’s ministry team.

“We are really pleased to extend the radically inclusive model of Jesus by partnering with Dignity and Wisdom & Word Works,” says Rev. Parr. “Our Broadway identity and ministry includes our dual commitments to be an anti-racist congregation as well as offering reconciling hospitality with GLBTQ folks. Leadership of people of color in our congregational life is a critical means for us to speak to the intersections of oppression,” affirms Parr, who hopes that people who are searching for meaning will join the Lenten journey opportunities offered by these faith communities.

[For the full press release, please see “Dignity Press Release”]