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  • Visit
    • Online Service
    • Season of Lent
    • Easter Service
    • Sacred Grounds
    • Directions
  • About
    • What to Expect
    • What We Value
    • Open & Affirming
    • Denomination
    • History
    • Governance
    • Staff
    • Ecumenical & Interfaith Partners
  • Connect
    • Connect Weekly
    • Our Newsletter
    • Getting Involved
    • Choirs
    • Children's Ministry
    • Youth Ministries
    • Confirmation
    • Women's Group
    • Men's Group
    • Tuesday Fellowship
    • Spring Musicals
  • Events
    • Calendar of Events
    • Vacation Bible School
    • Book Weddings & Events >
      • Weddings >
        • Tours & Booking
        • Rental Information
        • Wedding Venue
        • Wedding Packages
        • Wedding Floor Plans
        • Frequently Asked Questions
        • Wedding Gallery
      • Harmony Hall & Courtyard >
        • Rentals
        • Event Gallery
      • Contact Us
  • Serve
    • Outreach Ministries
    • ​Ecumenical & Interfaith Partners
    • Congregational Foundation
    • Hotel de Zink
    • Shop Fair Trade
  • Watch/Listen
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    • Ways to Give
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Season of Lent

Emily Dickinson and the Poetry of Lent: We call these weeks “Lent” because of the “lengthening” days, the growing light that, in time, will coax the buds to swell, the ferns to unfurl, and the flowers to open up in bloom. And so if Lent is about lengthening light, it’s also about broadening our hearts and opening our eyes – and poetry can help. Emily Dickinson was an avid gardener and student of the botanical world, a perfect docent for this season of awakening. Words of scripture and the poetry of Emily Dickinson will provide opportunities for reflection in worship during the Lenten season. Download the Lenten devotional to supplement your own Lenten prayers at home.

​Join us for the season of Lent!
Important dates during this season include:
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  • Ash Wednesday - worship 7:30 P.M. February 17

  • Lent Vespers - every Tuesday 7:30 P.M. February 23-March 30

  • Easter Sunday - 10:00 A.M. April 4

Our Tuesday Evening Lenten services are at 7:30 p.m. starting on February 23 and continuing through March 30. These half hour services of reflection will gather in the Memorial Garden and feature piano music from Joe Guthrie, readings and prayers from our ministers, plainsong, and candle lighting. You may join us in person (outdoors only) or on Zoom.
Emily Dickinson Lenten devotional


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1985 Louis Road Palo Alto, CA 94303
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We gather as a church, welcoming people of all abilities, backgrounds, ethnicities, and those who are LGBTQ+, to become more aware of the love of God in our lives and to make real that love in the world through worshiping, serving humanity, and seeking to follow in the ways of Jesus.  

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