Why Observe Lent? – The Fount Account

We have entered into the season of Lent once again. Lent is a season of preparation, much as Advent is, but Lent is observed and participated as preparation for the grand Event of Easter. These 40 days (plus 6 Sundays—more on that in a moment) are meant to help us...

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Lenten Study: Altar’d

This year during Lent, we will be offering a 6-week study using a new book from Seedbed called Altar’d: The Transforming Power of Surrender, by Susan O. Kent. Altars have always represented change. They are the places where sacred space meets our surrender and leads into authentic spiritual transformation. From...

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Join Us This Evening (Feb. 14th)

The Fount will join with Free Life Community Church to share our traditional Ash Wednesday Service this evening, Februarty 14th, at 7:00 PM. It will be in-person only (no live stream). It is a service of confession and repentance and the imposition of ashes. It is a solemn way to...

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Beginning Lent Right

On Wednesday, February 14th (Ash Wednesday), we will be joining with other congregations on campus to observe the beginning of the season of Lent. Our Ash Wednesday Worship will include writing our sins on slips of paper and nailing them to the cross. Then, we will burn those slips of...

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Lenten Study: Jesus in the Wild

This year our Lenten Study will be called “Jesus in the Wild” based on the temptations of Jesus in the wilderness. It will be on Zoom, so you can join the study from the comfort of your own home! On Tuesday evenings at 7pm, beginning February 28th, we join together...

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Ash Wednesday: A Night with New Room

This year we are going to participate fully in the “A Night with New Room Ash Wednesday” livestream on Wednesday, February 22nd, starting at 4:00 PM. We’ll gather in the Sanctuary to watch and participate together in this 90 minute service, featuring Dan Wilt, J.D. Walt, Susan Kent, Lo Alaman...

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Lenten Study: Tuesday Evenings in Lent

Our Lenten Study for 2022 will be offered on Tuesday evenings at 6:00 PM. Featuring the study of the book A Jesus-Shaped Life by Steve Cordle, it will include a video presentation and discussion. The book is available from Seedbed Publishing, click here to be taken to the website to...

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A Night with New Room: Ash Wednesday!

Friends, We want to invite you to join us for A Night With New Room: Ash Wednesday on March 2nd at 4:30pm PT, and begin Lent with the New Room community. The evening will be a time of prayer, worship, and a word from Steve Cordle, the author of our...

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Ash Wednesday Service – 7pm

Join us on Ash Wednesday, March 2nd, at 7:00 PM for a solemn service marking the beginning of Lent! Ash Wednesday is a moving service of prayer, repentance, song and imposition of ashes. The call of Lent is to examine one’s live and confess sins as we move toward repentance...

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New Lenten Study and Sermon Series

What if we could… Break free from self-destructive sins? See and value people like Jesus does? Reflect Jesus’ love, joy, and peace to others? We are constantly being influenced by outside forces–our families, the media, and even our cell phones. Yet God promises to shape us into the image of...

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