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Finished Lenten Calendar 2016

March 28, 2016 by Sybil Macbeth 3 Comments Leave a Comment

I used the mediation and scripture passages from the daily guide called Forward Day by Day published by Forward Movement. Each day there is an Old Testament/Hebrew Scripture reading, one to four Psalms, an Epistle, and a Gospel. On most days I read all of the suggested passages and chose a word or phrase that jumped out at me. I messed up the numbering and used a couple of words twice. On Good Friday and Holy Saturday, I did not use words at all.

I would love to see any finished templates that you have. Send me a message via the Contact page and I’ll tell you how to send it to me. It needs to be a scan or photo as a jpg. Also let me know if it is okay to post your template.

LENT 2016 (1)

 

 

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Lenten Calendar Templates 2016

January 25, 2016 by Sybil Macbeth 17 Comments Leave a Comment

Using a calendar template is one of my favorite ways to keep a daily discipline during Lent. It doesn’t involve making false promises to myself about sitting down for thirty minutes a day and praying/studying/meditating and then feeling guilty when I fail. On the calendar template I choose a word or name for each day, write the word in a space, and draw or doodle around it. As I draw I let the name or word fill my heart and mind. If words come to me I pray them. If not, I am quiet. I think of each mark or stroke of color as a wordless prayer. This process can take three minutes or thirty. Each day is different. I love the accumulation of words or peoples’ names in a visual tapestry.

Below are four templates to choose from in jpg or pdf form. There are 46 spaces which include the weekends. Some calendars are dated; others allow you to choose your own placement. Since the spaces are small I take the template to a copier and enlarge it (129%-132%) to an 11″x17″ piece of card stock.

Here are some ways to use the calendar:
1) Use a daily book of Lenten meditations. Read the mediation for the day and select a word that jumps out at you.
2) Follow a daily lectionary and choose a word from one of the Scripture readings.
3) Pray for a person each day.
4) Use nouns or adjectives that describe the nature and character of Jesus: savior, redeemer, healer, radical, obedient, forgiving,….
5) Read the same Psalm each day and choose a daily word. Psalm 51 is a penitential Psalm with lots of juicy (sometimes depressing) words in it.
6) Use the Confession from the liturgy and choose a word from it. Here is the Confession from The Book of Common Prayer:
Most merciful God,
we confess that we have sinned against you
in thought, word, and deed,
by what we have done,
and by what we have left undone.
We have not loved you with our whole heart;
we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.
We are truly sorry and we humbly repent.
For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,
have mercy on us and forgive us;
that we may delight in your will,
and walk in your ways,
to the glory of your Name. Amen.
7) Just draw. If words come to you in your silence, write them in the space.

Click on .jpg or.pdf below the template you want.* Download the template first, then print. (If you print without downloading, you will get a version with the website info written on the top and bottom of the page.)

Lenten Templates Collage 1 Resized

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*Thanks to Cindy O. (Mostly Markers) for her box calendar template and to Hilary Ann Golden for the spiral template.

Here are some examples of last year’s completed templates:

Lent 2015 Collage Resized

Thanks to Gwyn Varozza, Linda S. and J., Martin Boardman, and Linda S. and J. for sharing their 2015 calendars.

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Lenten Calendars 1

April 14, 2015 by Sybil Macbeth 1 Comment Leave a Comment

I have had the privilege of seeing some of the calendars people filled in for their Lenten discipline. For the next few weeks during Easter I will post some of the calendars with a sentence or two about the pray-er/doodler’s intent.

Thanks again to Hilary Ann Golden for sharing her blank spiral template for us to use. It was a wonderful way to take the journey through Lent.

The two calendars below were a daily response by Connie Denninger and Pat Maier to the Lenten devotional called 40 Things to Give Up for Lent and Beyond by Lutheran pastor Rev. Phil Ressler.

40 Things to Give Up for Lent Resized

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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.

Lent 2015Collageresized

……..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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