Tell Me Something Good!

Our 2026 Lent & Easter Calendar is here, and it’s filled with meaningful ways to journey through the season together. This year’s theme, Tell Me Something Good, invites us to notice hope, grace and good news—even in challenging times.

Download a PDF of the 2026 Lent & Easter Calendar!

The calendar includes all our Lenten and Easter worship services, plus some new offerings we’re excited to share. First Light Brunch Worship is a brand-new, casual Sunday morning service featuring coffee, breakfast and worship—a gentle way to begin the day. We’re also offering Lenten Perspectives, a new Adult Education series on Sundays after regular worship, with a different topic each week.

On Mondays at noon, Pastor Jenny will lead a Lenten book study on Diana Butler Bass’ Grounded: Finding God in the World. And, of course, the beloved Labyrinth Prayer Walk returns as a quiet, reflective practice during the season. Download a PDF of the calendar. Join us as we walk through Lent and Easter together—listening for Something Good!

Lenten Book Study

Mondays Feb. 23-March 30: The Good News is: all are invited

Join Pastor Jenny each Monday at noon for a special Lenten Book Study featuring Diana Butler Bass’ Grounded: Finding God in the World, followed by Poetry: One Line at a Time, 1-1:30 pm, Common Grounds.

Adult Education: Lenten Perspectives

Feb. 22: The Good News is…so good it catches us by surprise

Adult Ed Perspectives, Surprise & Joy with Ann Scates-Huxtable, Chapel, 11:15 am – noon

March 1: The Good News is…great Love for God and Neighbor

Adult Ed Perspectives, Breath, Body, and Blessing with Dan Loven-Crum, Chapel, 11:15 am – noon

March 8: The Good News is…together the impossible is possible

Adult Ed Perspectives, Enough For All – Making Abundance Visible with Metta West, Chapel, 11:15 am – noon

March 15: The Good News is…protection and care for the vulnerable

Adult Ed Perspectives, Sound-Based Contemplative Practice with Adam Witte, Chapel, 11:15 am – noon

March 15: The Good News is…rooted in justice, mercy, faithfulness

Mandala Practice and Poetry with Vicki Roy, Chapel, 11:15 am – noon

Lenten Worship at Countryside

Through Lent: Labyrinth Prayer Walk

Check Calendar for time details
Marys’ Hall

Feb. 18: Ash Wednesday, The Good News is: all are invited

Luke 14:15–24
Drive-thru Impostition of Ashes, Noon-1 pm
Ash Wednesday Service, 6 pm

Feb. 22: 1st Sunday of Lent, The good news is: So good it catches us by surprise

John 2:1-11; Mattew 13:31-32
First Light Brunch & Worship, 8:30 am
Worship, 10 am

March 1: 2nd Sunday of Lent, The good news is: great love for God and neighbor

Luke 7:36-50; Matthew 25:35-40
First Light Brunch & Worship, 8:30 am
Worship, 10 am

March 8: 3rd Sunday of Lent, The good news is: together, the impossible is possible

Mark 6:32-44; Ephesians 3:20-21
First Light Brunch & Worship, 8:30 am
Worship, 10 am

March 15: 4th Sunday of Lent, The good news is: protection and care for the vulnerable

Matthew 19:13-15; Deuteronomy 24:17-22
First Light Brunch & Worship, 8:30 am
Worship & Communion, 10 am

March 22: 5th Sunday of Lent, The good news is: rooted in justice, mercy and faithfulness

John 8:2-11; Matthew 23:23
First Light Brunch & Worship, 8:30 am
Worship, 10 am

Holy Week & Easter Worship at Countryside

6th Sunday of Lent: Palm Sunday, March 29, The good news is…inspiring us to act

Mark 11:1-11
First Light Brunch & Worship, 8:30 am
Palm Processional, 9:55 am
Worship & Communion, 10 am

Good Friday: April 3, The good news is…revealed through nonviolence

Luke 22:47-53; Luke 23:33-38, 44-46
From Table to Cross, a Maundy Thursday & Good Friday Tenebrae Service, 7 pm.

April 5: Easter Sunday, The good news is…alive in the world

John 13:1-35
Sunrise Service, 7 am
Worship Service, 9
Easter Brunch, 10 am
Easter Egg Hunt, 10:30 am
Worship Service, 11 am

Lenten Devotional: Tell Me Something Good

Devotionals are available in the narthex and the church office for a suggested donation of $5.

Our friends at A Sanctified Art have provided a special e-reader version of this year’s Lenten devotional, which you can access on your computer and mobile devices. To access a free, online flip version or receive a free PDF version, email the office at office@ countrysideucc.org.

This Lent, we invite you to slow down and spend time with a weekly devotional shaped around our seasonal theme, Tell Me Something Good. Beginning on Ash Wednesday and continuing through Easter Sunday, the devotional follows the scriptures we’ll hear in worship and offers space for reflection, prayer, and holy curiosity.

Each week includes thoughtful commentary, poetry, visual art, hymns, written reflections, and gentle prompts designed to help you notice where good news is breaking into your life and the world around you. You can move through the devotional at your own pace—on your own, with a partner, or alongside the wider Countryside community.

Devotionals are available in the narthex and the church office for a suggested donation of $5.

This Lent, may these reflections help ground you in the expansive goodness of God—and inspire you to live as good news people, wherever you are.