Lent 2023

Our 2023 Lenten journey is underway. On this page, please find a Lenten devotional that you are welcome to follow throughout this Lenten season. Also here, you'll find our schedule for Holy Week. This page will be continue to be updated with additional information as it becomes available.

2023 Lenten Devotions

INWARD WORK FOR OUTWARD LIVING
BY TERI MCDOWELL OTT

Palm Sunday

Join us for Palm Sunday worship on April 2 at 10 a.m. in the sanctuary. The worship service will also be livestreamed on Facebook.

Palm Sunday Cantata

Hear the sounds of the Easter season as the FPCE choir performs, "The Beginnings" a Palm Sunday Cantata.

Palm Sunday worship begins at 10 a.m. on April 2 in the sanctuary.

FPCE Seder and Dinner

All are invited to join us for a Seder and dinner on Wednesday, April 5 in Westminster Hall. Doors open at 4:30 p.m., service and dinner at 5 p.m.

Requested Donation:
  • $20 Adults (>13 years old)
  • $10 Youth (6-13 years old)
  • Free Child (< 6 years old)
Paid reservations required (for accurate planning)

Menu: Items for Seder including Wine, Non-alcoholic also available:
  • Matzo Ball Soup
  • Salad
  • Traditional Brisket
  • Glazed Carrots
  • Green Beans Almandine
  • Herb Roasted Potatoes
  • Dessert

Please contact David Baer-Peckham through the church office for reservations and questions: office@firstpreschurch.com

Maundy Thursday

All are invited to join us for a Maundy Thursday light meal and worship service on Thursday, April 6. The light meal will begin at 6 p.m. in Westminster Hall. Worship will begin at 7 p.m. in the sanctuary. The worship service will also be livestreamed on Facebook.

Good Friday: Prayer Breakfast

After a 3-year suspension due to COVID, the annual Snohomish County Prayer Breakfast returns this year on Good Friday, April 7, at 7 a.m. at the Angel of the Winds Arena, just down the hill from FPCE!

This is a unique yearly event where hundreds of people from our community gather for a nice meal, to meet and greet one another, celebrate, and pray together for our community and our elected officials.

We have reserved 3 tables for FPCE congregants to attend, free of charge. Spaces are available on a first-come, first-served basis. You may sign up to reserve your seat at coffee hour in Westminster Hall.  

More information is available at https://www.snocoprayerbreakfast.com/.

We look forward to participating as a congregation in this blessed event for our community!

Easter Sunday Sunrise Service & Worship Service

All are invited to an Easter Sunday Sunrise Service at Lighthouse Park in Mukilteo on April 9 at 6:30 a.m.

Our Easter Sunday  worship service will begin at 10 a.m. in the sanctuary. The worship service will stream live on our  Facebook page.

Easter Sunday Deacons' Continental Breakfast

The FPCE Deacons invite all to an Easter Sunday continental breakfast on April 9 at 9 a.m. in Westminster Hall

Our Easter Sunday  worship service will begin at 10 a.m. in the sanctuary.

We hope you'll join us.