A new and unusual service for Lent...!

At the beginning of Lent each family in the congregation is invited to lend a plant from home (silk or live), following a Jewish Shavuot custom. The following Sundays in Lent build on this focal point as an object is added each week. Two readers participate in a dialogue explaining the symbol for that day. A child brings the symbol forward and holds it during the dialogue. In this way several families are able to participate.

Visions of Lent Year 3 also includes:

- Sample bulletin insert prior to Lent

- Example of plant reminder that can be used in bulletin

- Sample Torah for bulletin inserts

- A suggested worship service for Palm/Passion Sunday

Betty Lynn Schwab of Saskatoon, Canada, is an ordained pastor serving Meewasin Valley United Church. This is her seventh book published by CSS. She is the mother of two boys and her hobbies are camping and computers.