During Lent, many of us are reminded to examine our lifestyles and ask, "What can we do for others?" Part of faith formation at any age is compassion and offering a serving heart to our neighbors and supporting those less fortunate than ourselves.

Lent is a good time to commit to giving money

to a project that helps those in need.

One way to involve the whole family is to collect coins during the season of Lent and then following Easter, donate the money.

 

Like last year, Clinton UMC will be participating in Coins for Lent, part of the Discipleship Ministries of the United Methodist Church. The collections provided to the church at the end of Lent will be directed to the Heifer Project and added to the children’s collection in June.

 

How to collect: decide what coins you want to collect. You may want to contribute a quarter for every item on the giving calendar. You may want to simply collect loose change and give whatever coins you have for each item.

 

Make a container to collect the money. Use a plastic tub, jar, or a coin bank that you aren’t currently using in your home. Decorate it and place it where the entire family can see it (and contribute to it).

 

Follow the Daily Calendar.

 

Items on the daily guide will remind us of all we have and how little others may have. Each Sunday, pray for the project and the people who will benefit from your gifts. Our giving begins on Ash Wednesday and concludes with Holy Saturday. During Lent, Sundays are for worship and praise to God and are reflected with a weekly day of prayer.

 

The Sunday after Easter, bring your coins to church to have them blessed.

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Please download and Print the calendar below.

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