Each year, the church invites us into the 40-day season of Lent, a journey that leads us to the celebration of Christ’s resurrection on Easter Sunday. Lent begins with our Ash Wednesday service on February 18 at 6:30 PM. This season calls us into intentional discipleship through confession, repentance, sacrifice, and renewed focus on Jesus’ death on the cross. Traditionally, the church practices fasting, prayer, and almsgiving, walking these rhythms together as a community.

We invite you to journey through Lent together in the following ways:

Scripture Reading Our Lenten sermon series, The Passion of Christ, will guide us through Jesus’ journey to the cross. We invite you to join a corporate reading plan focused on Christ’s Passion. Click the "Learn More Here" link below to see the full reading plan.

Fasting We invite the church to participate in a corporate fast throughout Lent. You can fast from screens, being under-rested, food on Sunday mornings, constant background noise, spending money on ourselves, etc. We will "break the fast" together on Sunday mornings at the communion table, where we remember that Christ is the one who truly satisfies. Please choose the kind of fast that is appropriate for your physical and spiritual health. If you are considering fasting from food, learn more about how to do so safely HERE.

Almsgiving During Sunday offerings, we will also invite you to support our Tiger Breakfast Ministry. As we have given up something during our fast, we encourage you to give toward providing breakfast for a student.

Wednesday Soup Suppers & Real Presence Each Wednesday in Lent, join us for a light soup supper from 5:30–6:15 PM in the Lounge, followed by Real Presence, a service of prayer and communion, from 6:15–7:00 PM in the Sanctuary. Click here to sign up to bring soup.

Spiritual Companionship: Walking Together Toward the Cross Lent is not meant to be walked alone. Throughout these forty days, we are creating intentional spaces for spiritual support and care. Everyone is invited to find a partner or form a Triad for the season of Lent.
Click here if you'd like help being partnered with others. 
Click here to register your group.

We look forward to how God will meet us through these shared practices. May His grace and love transform us as we seek Him anew this Lent.

Our Ash Wednesday service is tonight at 6:30 pm. Through worship and the imposition of ashes, this is a service of remembering we are dust and to dust we shall return. This is the start of the Lenten season as we journey with Jesus to the cross.

Childcare is available in the nursery.

More than anything on the night before his death, Jesus wanted us to see and share his glory. Christ longed for us to live intimately in Him and to know his divine and eternal life. Even now, at this very moment, Jesus and his Father have made their home in our hearts. Our most ecstatic treasure, indeed, our very life, is now hidden with Christ in God. Knowing Jesus and beholding his beauty above all else -- THIS is the reason we get out of bed each morning. THIS is the reason that we keep loving each other.

But just in case we have forgotten the joy for which we were created and for which Christ endured the cross, the season of Lent is designed to jog our memory and renew our desires. Therefore, let us help one another to cast off every soul-crushing weight and hinderance, every regretful entanglement and every mind-dulling, life draining distraction so that we will be free to fix our eyes on Jesus.

If you are a member of Faith Covenant, please plan on attending the congregational meeting March 15 after worship. All are welcome to attend and childcare will be provided.

Our denomination's annual meetings are coming up, and we need to send delegates from our church to represent us at these meetings. If you're a member of our church, you're eligible to be our delegate! Both meetings will be opportunities to affirm Pastor Eliza as she moves forward with ordination. The ordination service will be on June 27 in AZ following the Annual Meeting.

Central Conference Celebration: April 30-May 2 at the Evangelical Covenant Church of Princeton in Princeton, IL.
Gather 2026 (ECC annual meeting): June 25-27 in Scottsdale, AZ (can be an in-person or a virtual delegate; celebrating 50 years of ordaining women!)

If you're interested in being a delegate, contact Peter Smith or Pastor Nate. The church will cover registration and lodging. If you would need more financial assistance to attend, please let Peter or Pastor Nate know. 

Please join us for a weekend of rejuvenation, rest, and meaningful fellowship with your brothers in Christ. This retreat is designed to create space to slow down, deepen our faith, and encourage one another through worship, devotionals, and teaching from several speakers.

The retreat will take place at Dickson Valley Camp and Retreat Center from Friday February 27th - Sunday March 1st

We are prayerfully seeking:

Let us know how we can be praying for you or how God has been answering prayers in your life by clicking on the link below!

World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization that brings sustainable solutions to the world’s greatest problems – disasters, extreme poverty, violence, oppression, and mass displacement. For over 80 years, they have partnered with churches and community leaders in the U.S. and abroad to bring hope, healing and transformation to the most vulnerable. 

• Please pray for the mental and emotional wellbeing of both staff and clients during a stressful time.
• Please pray for our newly hired Community Ambassadors, who will serve as cross-cultural bridges for their own communities, connecting clients with needed services. 
• Please pray for staff in the Immigration Legal Services department, who are dealing with large case loads and urgent needs. Pray for God to sustain them. 

Send a word of encouragement www.worldrelief.org/chicagoland

February 18
Ellie Luciano
February 19
Eliza Snyder
February 22
Heiby Hildalgo

This week we continue our sermon series, Revelation: The Last Book of the Bible for the Last Days. This week's scripture is Matthew 26:1-16

Sunday worship begins at 10:30 am. Join us in person or via live stream on Facebook or YouTube.

We have two assisted listening devices available at the sound booth every Sunday morning. Ask one of our sound booth volunteers if you would like to use one during worship!

Wednesday (02/18)
Tiger Breakfast (7:00am)
No ESL and Kids Club
Ash Wednesday (6:30pm)
Choir Rehearsal (7:15pm)

Sunday (02/22)
Morning Prayer (8:45 am)
Sunday School (9:15)
Worship (10:30 am)
Youth Group (6:00pm)

Wednesday (02/25)
Tiger Breakfast (7:00am)
Soup Supper and Real Presence (5:30pm)
ESL and Kids Club (6:00pm)
Choir Rehearsal (7:15pm)

Sunday (03/01)
Morning Prayer (8:45 am)
Sunday School (9:15am)
Worship (10:30 am)
Youth Group (6:00pm)

Household Help Wanted:
■ General Tidying + Organizing
■ Light Cleaning if you are agreeable (but not a deal breaker!)
■ Filing, putting ppwrk in order by date (month & year), Adding receipts. Maybe Excel data entry.
■ Switching out laundry
■ Unloading Dishwasher
■ Putting up + taking down seasonal decorations
■ Wrap or ship packages
■ Short errands to store for returns
Located in Plainfield, 35-40 mins south of FCC. Flexible Scheduling. Days & time can be set around classes, other jobs or obligations. Approx. 3-6 days per month. If transportation is needed, I can provide rides. Please call or text: Inge Papaeliou at 630.881.2328

Dupage County Senior Citizen Real Estate Tax Deferral: The DuPage County Treasurer's office has a program to help senior citizens who qualify with a real estate tax deferral or an assessment freeze to help with rising costs.  Please call the DuPage County Supervisor of Assessments at (630)407-5858 or access their website via this link. for program information and applications. Application deadline is February 27, 2026.

The Community Board is a space for us to... 

Ask to borrow items
Give stuff away that’s useful to someone else 
Announce an event 
Have something to contribute? Send it to the church office: office@faithecc.org