The Fourth Sunday in Lent – Year A
St. Christopher’s Episcopal ChurchFairborn, OhioMarch 15, 2026 The story of Samuel occupies a central place
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Sunday — 10:00 AM
Tuesday — 12:00 Noon
We meet together for church on:
Sundays at 10:00 a.m.
Our meeting address is:
1501 Broad Street, Fairborn, OH 45324
Weekly worship time.
Sunday — 10:00 AM
Tuesday — 12:00 Noon
We meet together for church on:
Sundays at 10:00 a.m.
Our meeting address is:
1501 Broad Street, Fairborn, OH 45324
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We share bread and wine at Holy Communion every Sunday at ten a.m.Then we have a Coffee Hour after to get to know one another and to enjoy good food.
FISH Helps Our Neighbors
Each week folk bring canned and boxed non-perishable food to donate to the FISH food pantry.Learn more about FISH here.
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Lent, Holy Week, and Easter
Lent comes from an older word meaning “to lengthen”. As we enter spring the days are lengthening. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and lasts for 40 days until Easter. Anyone counting, however, will note that Easter is actually 46 days from Ash Wednesday. That is because the six Sundays in Lent do not count. Sunday is always a day of celebration of the Resurrection and is therefore not a time of fasting.
Lent is a time for fasting, repentance, and self-denial as we walk the way of the cross with Jesus. We discipline ourselves in a culture of over consumption, we turn away from self-absorption, and we turn toward the welfare of other others.
Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday, the day that recalls Jesus entry into Jerusalem and swiftly moves through Maundy Thursday where Jesus had his last supper with his followers, arrest during the night, crucifixion on Good Friday, burial, and Resurrection.
- Palm Sunday — March 29
- 10:00 AM — Palm Liturgy
- Tuesday — March 31
- 12:00 Noon — Prayers for Wholeness and Holy Communion
- Maundy Thursday — April 2
- 7:00 PM — Celebration of the Lord’s Supper and Washing of Hands
- Good Friday — April 3
- 7:00 PM — Good Friday Liturgy / with music (Taizé)
- Holy Saturday — April 4
- 7:00 PM — The Great Vigil of Easter with Lighting of the Paschal Candle and Holy Communion
- Easter Day — April 5
- 10:00 AM — Holy Baptism and Holy Communion
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The False White Gospel
Adult Discussion Group: The False White Gospel by Jim Wallis meets Thursdays, May 2–June 20, 7–8:15 pm on Zoom.
Wallis calls for rejecting a false gospel tied to white Christian nationalism and returning to genuine biblical faith rooted in love, healing, and hope.
The group will explore six key biblical texts and ask whether we truly live out Jesus’ teachings in today’s civic life.
Jim Wallis is a Georgetown University professor, author, and longtime leader of the Sojourners community.
Participants should notify John Paddock of their intent to participate by contacting him at priest@stchrisfairborn.org . He will send a Zoom link. You will need to have the free Zoom app on your computer or other device. It can be found at https://zoom.us/download.
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