Lent & Holy Week
Lent is a sacred journey—a season of reflection, resistance, and radical love. As we move through the wilderness, we hold onto the promise that love is our home, and God’s fierce love is leading us back to ourselves and each other.
Walk with us through this season with worship, deep conversation, and justice-rooted gatherings that nourish our souls and fuel our fight for a better world.
Wherever you are on the journey, you are not alone.
Love is calling us home.
Check out all Middle has to offer this Lenten season.
Easter begins in
Love rises anew on Easter morning, fresh as the morning star.
Join us in person or online to celebrate!
Our 9:30 am worship celebration will be in-person only; our 11:45 am worship celebration will be hybrid.
Holy Week
Holy Week is a sacred time to remember and to reflect on a truth we aim to live. It is the path of love defying empire, of justice standing against oppression, of hope refusing to die.
From the wilderness of grief and struggle to the promise of resurrection, this week calls us deeper into the story of a God who walks with us, weeps with us, and rises with us. Join us for these worship opportunities to reflect.
Palm Sunday | March 29th
We’ve been on a long road—through fire, through loss, through the wilderness. But this Palm Sunday, is our first back home.
Jesus Christ Superstar returns to Middle! Come hear the Broadway score and watch the story play out in front of you in a worship experience like none other.
Come sing along, cry, pray in song, wave palm branches, and cry out “Hosanna!”
Maundy Thursday | April 2nd
On the night before he was taken, Jesus gathered his friends for a meal—a moment of love, of memory, of connection before the storm.
This Maundy Thursday, we gather differently but in the same spirit. Join us online for a Maundy Thursday communion.
Good Friday | April 3rd
On this Good Friday, we gather to bear witness to suffering—the suffering of Jesus, the suffering of our world, and the ways empire still tries to crush truth. Through music, storytelling, and deep reflection, we hold space for grief–both then and now–and find fresh meaning in his final words.
Join us in person and online for the Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ.
Holy Saturday | April 4th
“Silence tells me secretly everything.” –Flesh Failures (Hair)
Holy Saturday is the liminal space—the moment after the worst has happened, but before we know how the story will end. It is the waiting. The stillness. The unknown. The grief.
Join us online for a quiet, sacred vigil, a time of prayer and reflection as we sit in the darkness of the tomb. Light a candle, take a deep breath, and wait with us.
Past Events
Ash Wednesday
- Bring your own ashes and join Rev. Natalie online for Pray to Rise at 8:00 AM on Zoom.
- Join Middle members at 3:00 pm for the Ash Wednesday Call to Repentance action happening at Federal Plaza.
- Kick off a 6-week Lenten Bible study with Rev. Jacqui at 6pm by joining her for Ash Wednesday Unplugged– Over a Way That With Tears Has Been Watered: A Lenten Journey Through Scripture and Spirituals.
Resources
Wisdom for the Wilderness: A Forty-Day Spiritual Journey
Many people give something up during Lent, but this year, we invite you to pick up a practice with us.
Read our 40-day devotional, Wisdom for the Wilderness, and join the conversation on Circle (our community platform) as we prepare for Holy Week.