Social media graphics for Lent and Easter

Sunrise behind the cross at Belin Memorial United Luke 24:5 Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here but has risen. Austin Bond Photography. Graphic by Laurens Glass, UM News. Austin Bond Photography. Taken January 5, 2017. See more cross photos at www.facebook.com/AustinBondPhotography. Please email Austin at austinebond@yahoo.com to use photo, and send him a link or copy of the final project that features his credited photo.

Check back. We will continue to add graphics throughout Lent for the upcoming Sundays.

Easter

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Image by Tim Mossholder, courtesy of Unsplash; graphic by Laurens Glass, UM News

Palm Sunday

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"The Parable of the Prodigal Son, Received Home by His Father" -Luca Giordano (1634-1705), courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Graphic by Laurens Glass, UM News.

Fourth Sunday in Lent

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Psalm 63:7. Photo by NoName_13 / Pixabay; graphic by Laurens Glass.

Third Sunday in Lent

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Artist Ary Scheffer (1796-1858) / Wikimedia Commons; graphic by Laurens Glass, UM News

Second Sunday in Lent

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Briton Rivière (1840–1920)/ Wikimedia Commons. Luke 4:8. Graphic by Laurens Glass, UM News.

First Sunday in Lent

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Ash Wednesday, Psalm 51:10. Photo by Josh Applegate on Unsplash; graphic by Laurens Glass, UM News.

Ash Wednesday

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Psalm 51:10 - Photo by Annika Gordon / Unsplash; graphic by Laurens Glass, UM News.

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