Lent and Easter Church Resources

Lent is bigger than giving up chocolate. It’s about letting go of what weighs us down and being open to what lifts us up. The benefits last longer than 40 days – it’s a way of life, and we do it together.

This year’s Lent and Easter resources are designed to help you lead services that are rooted in Scripture and alive with hope. Each week focuses on a simple shift: letting go of fear, control, scarcity, or appearances, and embracing spirit, abundance, dignity, and joy.

Alongside worship outlines, you’ll find weekly spiritual practices that help people pause, breathe, and rediscover what matters most – through simple habits that nurture faith beyond Sunday.

What’s included?

• Worship Pack: Flexible outlines, prayers, liturgy, hymn and song suggestions, and creative activities for all ages (see below to download).
• Small Group Resource Pack: Discussion guides to deepen engagement during the week (see below to download).
• Weekly Bible Study Videos: Short, accessible reflections to share online or in groups.
• Launch Video: Video to encourage people to sign up to the Lent reset emails (see below).
• Lent and Holy Week Reflections: Weekly reflections during Lent and daily insights during Holy Week from the President and Vice President of the Methodist Conference (sign up below).
• Posters: Visual reminders to inspire and invite (see below to download).
• Weekly Printable PDFs: Easy-to-use content for worship spaces and homes (coming 6 February).
• Lent Digital Assets Pack: Digital illustrations, elements and backgrounds for your Lent posters and social media posts (see below to download).

Why use these resources?

• Equip your church to experience Lent as a journey of transformation, not just tradition.
• Offer practical tools for ministers, preachers, and stewards to lead with confidence.
• Help people switch from a negative mind-set to a good news mind-set – because life is fuller when we start believing the good stuff.

Weekly themes

• 22 February, Lent 1: Let go of idols, make room for God
• 1 March, Lent 2: Let go of the form, embrace the spirit
• 8 March, Lent 3: Let go of scarcity, embrace abundance
• 15 March, Lent 4: Let go of appearances, and embrace what’s inside
• 22 March, Lent 5: Let go of despair, embrace ‘respair’
• 29 March, Palm Sunday: Let go of violence, embrace gentleness
• 3 April, Good Friday: Let go of certainty, embrace mystery
• 5 April, Easter Sunday: Let go of fear, embrace joy

The QR codes on these posters link to a hidden webpage where people exploring faith can sign up for an email series that runs alongside the one on this page.

The series on this page is primarily for those who already have a faith and want to go deeper throughout Lent.

Weekly emails

Sign up below to receive a short email each week during Lent, as well as daily emails throughout Holy Week. This emails are mainly designed for those with a faith, who wish to explore it in a deeper way throughout Lent.

A separate email series is being run in parallel, for those exploring faith.

Lent Launch Video 2026