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Lenten Calendar Templates for 2015

February 12, 2015 by Sybil Macbeth 18 Comments Leave a Comment

I love using a calendar template for Lent because it gives me a one-day-at-a-time, concrete, manageable way to have a daily practice for the 40 (or 46) days before Easter. If you like more space than a piece of 8 1/2″ x11″ paper affords, go to a copy store or print shop and expand the template to 11″x17″.

Here are some ways to use the calendar:
1) Pray for someone each day. Write a name, doodle around it, pray with words or in silence as you draw.
2) Choose a word from the Daily Lectionary or other reading and write it in the space for the day. Pray the word. Meditate on it. Spend time with it as you draw. Let it tell you about itself. Let God reveal something new to you about the word.
3) Write a word you associate with Lent–sin, forgiveness, journey, palms, Jesus, salvation, crucifixion,…. Meditate on it. Spend time with it as you draw. Listen to what the what can tell you about itself. Let God reveal something new to you about the word.
4) Just doodle or draw in the space without words. Keep silence and listen for the “still small voice of God.”
5) Write one of the different names for God each day and pray/meditate on the name.
6) Write one of your character defects or “sins” in the space each day. Offer it up to God; ask for help and forgiveness. Very Lenten!

Here are the templates. Click on the WORD below the picture to download. When you see the template in Google Drive, click on the downward facing arrow to download. Thanks to Hilary Ann Golden for her Spiral template.

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……..Hexagons .jpg                Spiral .pdf                      Box .jpg                       Path .jpg
……..Hexagons. pdf                Spiral. jpg                      Box .doc

Here are some examples of finished calendars from previous years.
Lent Collage Sample 2015 resized

 

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Comments

  1. Doris says

    February 13, 2015 at 10:34 am

    Thank you!

    Reply
  2. Sr. Pia Portmann says

    February 15, 2015 at 9:43 am

    Lent in colors for prayer

    Reply
  3. Victoria says

    February 16, 2015 at 7:30 am

    Thank you for sharing these! We’ve started a couple of days early to prepare for Lent and it’s great for all five in our family to be using these together!

    Reply
    • Sybil Macbeth says

      February 16, 2015 at 12:22 pm

      A family activity! That’s great. Peace.

      Reply
  4. Beth Akins says

    February 17, 2015 at 9:57 am

    I love doing this and have done several. I appreciate the templates !

    Reply
  5. Beth Anne says

    February 17, 2015 at 2:03 pm

    I love these templates for Advent and Lent. I always enjoy doing them and reflecting on them throughout the season.

    Reply
    • Sybil Macbeth says

      February 18, 2015 at 4:12 pm

      Thanks. Pass it on. A blessed Lent to you.

      Reply
  6. Sarah says

    February 19, 2015 at 10:35 am

    THANK YOU! I just saw this on my facebook feed and I can’t wait to get started. I am sure this will make Lent 2015 a very special season for me!

    Reply
  7. Izzie Z says

    February 19, 2015 at 10:55 am

    Thank you for making these templates available! A friend shared them on Facebook and I did the same. I’m really excited to connect with God through this avenue during Lent and look forward to praying this way beyond this season!! I am looking forward to sharing this with my small group of senior high girls on Sunday night and seeing if it helps any of them connect with God in a fresh way!

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    • Sybil Macbeth says

      February 19, 2015 at 11:22 am

      Hope they enjoy it. Peace.

      Reply
  8. Elaine Scrivens says

    February 22, 2015 at 3:55 am

    Thank you! I’ve put a link on our church Facebook page and printed some for church. Great idea.

    Reply
  9. Mary Weimer says

    February 22, 2015 at 10:11 pm

    Thank you Sybil! I think I prefer the more amorphous shapes rather than the structures, but that’s just how my brain thinks. Your idea of praying in color is incredible! It would be great if you could find a way to emphasize that God isn’t just a male, but also female.

    Reply

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