Like clockwork, every Wednesday morning at 8:15 a.m., Trinity students make their way down the school hallway and into the sanctuary. Several of the lower grades stop by other rooms to unite with their chapel buddies, who are older students who sit with and model for the younger students. On the church end of the building, parents who are able to join in enter and mingle in the commons before taking a seat in the sanctuary. Music streams, children and adults sing, classes and guests present the message. However during Lent, the chapel service take on a different style. While the Lent chapels are over now and the students are looking forward to joining together as one group, the separate chapel services give the students, especially in the upper grades, a chance to dive deeper into the material. 

Chapel is still held on Wednesday mornings, but for Lent, grades 5-8 had chapel in the Community Center. The students spent time working through the book, "Prayer" byJustin McRoberts and Scott Erickson. The book focuses, as the name states, on prayer and it sets 40 days of intentional action to practice prayer in a simple way. There are short, simple prayers, but also illustrations to encourage reflection and meditation. Students work through the book throughout Lent and during chapel on Wednesdays, the students discuss the images, their thoughts and how it relates to them. Facilitated by Principal Mark Brown, the sessions are interactive and engaging for students and teachers. 

While the open discussion happens in chapel, the individual classrooms are using the book in their Faith Formation classes so they get into the practice of prayer throughout the Lent season. 

"The focus of this practice is to give upper grade students a space to dig a little deeper and have some ligher level discussions about faith. It's also quiet time for them to journal, pray and meditate," said Brown. 

"Prayer"  is not a how-to manual for prayer, but instead a guided yet open-ended to help the reads notice God, themselves and others more deeply. It's designed around the themes of humility, self-awareness, compssion, lament, discovering distractions and developing a routine to spend more time in prayer after Lent. 

Children in kindergarten through fourth grade had age appropriate chapel messages throughout Lent as well. They participated in a more structured and familiar chapel service with a message and songs. 

Parents were invited to attend whichever service they preferred, giving them a chance to get involved with whatever message their children heard for the week. 

Lent Chapel 2026