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Lent Explained Carousel Social Media

Name: Lent Explained Carousel Social Media
SKU: PCM396842
Price: 5.99 USD
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$5.99

Eight watercolor slides that answer the questions every congregation asks: why Lent is forty days, why Sundays don’t count, and what it means to give something up or take something on.

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Description

Every year someone asks why Lent lasts forty days when Ash Wednesday to Easter is longer than that. This carousel answers it in eight slides, then moves from the calendar to the practice: what it means to give something up, what it means to take something on, and why both can be holy.

What the slides cover

Why forty: Jesus’ forty days in the wilderness after his baptism, with echoes of Moses, Elijah, and Israel’s forty years
The math: Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday is 46 days, minus the six Sundays
Why Sundays don’t count: every Sunday is a little Easter, in Lent but not of it
Giving up: fasting as making room, not earning God’s love
Taking on: prayer, generosity, rest, care for creation, and showing up for neighbors, with Isaiah 58:6
Both and: give up what keeps you from love, take on what draws you toward it
A closing slide for Ash Wednesday, February 10, 2027

The tone is invitation rather than obligation. There is no guilt in these slides, and nothing a newcomer would need church vocabulary to follow.

What you get

Eight finished 1080 x 1350 PNG slides set over a watercolor cross in soft gold and Lenten violet
Clear space in the bottom corners for your church logo
Post them as they are, or import them into Canva to add your own touches
A ninth slide with no text, for your own message, service times, or a custom closing
Feed (1080 x 1350) and Story (1080 x 1920) sizes included

How to use it

Post the full set the week before Ash Wednesday so people know what is coming, or share one slide a day through the first week of Lent. The closing slide names February 10, 2027; for later years, use the textless slide to make your own.

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