Prepare Your Heart This Lent: Lenten Prayer Service & “Word for Lunch” at Open Arms Community Church

Lent is a sacred season in the life of the Church — a time to slow down, turn our hearts toward God, and allow Him to search, refine, and renew us. It is a season of repentance, prayer, fasting, and deeper dependence on the Lord.

This year, Open Arms Community Church is creating intentional space for our church family and our community to seek God together through two simple but powerful opportunities:

• Lenten Prayer Service – A gathered evening of worship and prayer
• Word for Lunch – Daily Scripture reading and prayer over the lunch hour

Both are designed to help us “eat His Word” and prepare our hearts as we journey toward Easter.

Lenten Prayer Service – Wednesday Night

Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Open Arms Community Church
Who It’s For: Everyone (church family & community)

The Lenten Prayer Service will be a focused time of seeking God through prayer and worship as we enter the season of Lent. Together, we will quiet our hearts, reflect, and ask the Lord to shape us during this sacred season.

If you are sensing a hunger for God, a desire to start Lent with intention, or simply need a place to come and pray, this night is for you.

No registration required. No childcare provided.

The Word for Lunch – Daily Scripture & Prayer

Starts: Thursday, February 19
Time: 12:15 PM (15 minutes)
Location: Open Arms Community Church
Schedule: Daily through the season of Lent, leading up to Easter Sunday
Who It’s For: Everyone

“The Word for Lunch” is a simple daily gathering for Scripture reading and prayer during the lunch hour. For about 15 minutes each day, we will come together to hear God’s Word and respond in prayer.

Many of us enter Lent with a posture of fasting and repentance. This daily rhythm invites us to replace what we give up with something far better — the Word of God.

We believe that as we “eat His Words” each day, our hearts and minds will be renewed, and we will be strengthened in our commitment to seek the Lord.

Come on your lunch break. Come as you are. Come even if you can only attend some days. There is grace for wherever you’re at.