Grace Episcopal Church is reviving its Lenten Lunch series, a Hopkinsville tradition for some four decades that had to be suspended for a few years because of COVID-19. The last time the church hosted its lunch series for the entire Lenten season was in 2019.
Community members are invited to attend the weekly service and meal beginning at noon every Friday, Feb. 24 through March 31.
Each week, a different minister will give a message in the church sanctuary. A meal prepared by members of Grace will follow in All Saints Hall. A $10 donation is suggested for the meal. Grace Episcopal is on Sixth Street between South Virginia and Liberty streets.
The schedule for the speakers is as follows:
- Feb. 24: The Rev. Steve Spicer, Grace Episcopal Church
- March 3: The Rev. Rich Cooper, retired, Presbyterian Church USA
- March 10: The Rev. M.O. Fort, Virginia Street Baptist Church
- March 17: The Rev. Lisa Balboa, Freeman Chapel CME
- March 24: The Rev. Richard Dixon, Restoration House Family Worship Center
- March 31, The Rev. Wade Miller, First Christian Church
Christians observe Lent to commemorate the 40 days that the Bible says Jesus spent fasting in the desert. It begins on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22, and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday, April 6.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
