These Church Lenten letter templates are a wonderful way to reach those who attend your church with the message of the season of Lent leading up to Easter (Resurrection Sunday).
Written by a Pastor with over 35 years of ministry experience, they will be a great addition to your follow up efforts to reach your community for Christ!
Scripture: “Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.” — Psalm 51:10 (ASV)
Dear Church Family,
As we approach Ash Wednesday, I would like to encourage you to consider the spiritual value of this solemn and meaningful day.
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season—a time historically set aside for reflection, repentance, and renewed devotion to Christ. While Scripture does not command the observance of this particular day, it certainly calls us to examine our hearts. David prayed, “Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.” That prayer remains as necessary today as when it was first written.
Each year, as Lent approaches, many Christians find themselves asking what they should “give up for Lent.” Though it is not mandatory for a Protestant believer to do so, it has become a tradition in many denominations to fast or abstain from something (food, vices, or other daily enjoyments).
“To grant to those who mourn in Zion— to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified.”—Isaiah 61: 3
A faint spirit, the oil of mourning, the ashes of grief—God promises to deliver us from these. What a blessing it is to serve a God who turns the sorrow of grief into a time of praise!
As you stroll through the local stores, you’ll see an abundance of bunnies, baskets, and candy for sale, and those may be the only signs of Easter you’ll find outside of church. Unlike its Christmas counterpart, Easter is mostly uncommercialized, which is pretty remarkable: the day that we celebrate the glory of Christ’s resurrection remains untainted by retailers.
However, just because we’re not receiving Easter ad upon Easter ad in our newspapers and inboxes doesn’t mean we should pigeonhole the holiday as a minor celebration. Easter is perhaps the most crucial holiday on the Christian calendar—even the word crucial has its roots in Christianity, stemming from the term for crucify.
Grace and peace to you as we embark on a journey of reflection, meditation, worship, and service over the course of the next several weeks.
The Lenten season differs in many ways from the Advent season: we don’t have a hanging of the greens, we don’t sing carols, and instead of anticipating the birth of the Christ child, we prepare ourselves for His death and resurrection.
