Lent 2026
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2026 lent/Easter services & Activities
Take a look at what's happening during Lent below. Lent is a penitential liturgical season within the church calendar that begins on Ash Wednesday, February 18th and concludes with the sacred Triduum of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. This is always the 40 days leading up to Easter. It is a time of "self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God's holy Word” (BCP, p. 265).
February 18, 2026
Get your "ASH" to Church
Please note the locations carefully so you show up at the right place and time.
Ashes to Go 8am-10am
St. Paul's - Jeffersonville
(Corner of Walnut & Market Streets)
Ash Wednesday Service at 12pm
St. Paul's - Jeffersonville
Ashes to Go 4pm-6pm
St. Paul's - New Albany
(11th Street between Main and Market)
Ash Wednesday Service at 7pm
St. Paul's - New Albany
If you can't make our Ash Wednesday service, just come by one of our churches for a short prayer and get your ashes. Our priest will be outside, drive through or stay awhile.
Sunday Services in Lent
St. Paul's - New Albany
8am - Contemplative service with Holy Eucharist spoken using the traditional Rite I language from the Book of Common Prayer. (No music)
10am - Penitential service with Holy Eucharist that includes music, singing, and the St. Paul's choir. This service uses Rite II language from the Book of Common Prayer.
Come and journey with us in the wilderness of LENT where we discover and embrace various ways that God calls us in everyday life so we can all more intentionally live life with purpose for the common good.
Stations of the Cross Wednesdays at 5:30pm
February 25th - April 1st
Join us in the church for Stations of the Cross, followed by a Lenten Soup Supper.
Each week will be a different liturgy, alternating locations between St. Paul's in New Albany and St. Paul's in Jeffersonville so we experience the journey from different perspectives. Come to one or come to all!
Notice locations below:
Traditional Way of the Cross
February 25 - St. Paul's New Albany
Way of the Cross Gateway to Resurrection
March 4 - St. Paul's Jeffersonville
"A Gay Passion of the Christ"
March 11 - St. Paul's New Albany
Chanted "Not My Will but Yours Be Done"
March 18 - St. Paul's Jeffersonville
A Children's Stations of the Cross
March 25 - St. Paul's New Albany
TBD -
April 1 - St. Paul's Jeffersonville
We hope that you will join us for these prayers and reflections and stay for a Lenten Soup Supper afterwards.
ALL ARE INVITED AND WELCOME
Palm Sunday
March 29, 2025
8am - Contemplative service with Holy Eucharist in spoken word only using the traditional Rite I language from the Book of Common Prayer.
(There is no music at this service)
10am - Service with Holy Eucharist that includes music, singing, and the St. Paul's choir. This service used Rite II language from the Book of Common Prayer. There will also be a blessing of the palms and procession.
***This service begins in the Carriage House.***
Holy Week
March 30th-April 5th
Maundy Thursday - April 2
*St. Paul's NEW ALBANY - 7pm
Good Friday - April 3
*Culbertson Baptist Church - 7pm
4007 Grant Line Rd.
New Albany, IN
Holy Saturday - April 4
*St. Paul's NEW ALBANY - 10am
Prayer Service then we prepare the church for Easter
The Great Vigil of Easter - April 4
*St. Paul's NEW ALBANY - 10:30pm
Easter Sunday - April 5
*St. Paul's NEW ALBANY
Contemplative Eucharist 8am
Festive Eucharist 10am
Easter Brunch in the Carriage House following