2025 Owen Lenten Lecture Series
Featuring Jim Ozier
Tuesday, April 15 & Wednesday, April 16
12:00 PM | Lovers Lane UMC | Shipp Chapel
9200 Inwood Rd. Dallas, TX 75220
Look Inward — Focus Outward
Lent is the season for reflection—looking inward enables us to examine our hearts, souls, and motivations. Looking outward moves us to leverage the inward journey to action aimed at making a difference in the world. As Stanley Jones used to say, ‘If we have not that which is above us within us then we soon fall to that which is around us.
— LECTURE SERIES SCHEDULE —
Join us for our annual Owen Lenten Lecture Series for an inspiring message at noon in Shipp Chapel followed by a complimentary lunch in Watson Hall. (Grab & go lunch boxes will be available.)
Tuesday, April 15 | 12:00 PM
The Net Worth of a Church
Luke 5: 1-11
“Put out into deep water and let down the nets for a catch”
Wednesday, April 16 | 12:00 PM
The Making of a Miracle in The Church
II Kings 6: 1-7
“The man reached out his hand and took it”
Jim Ozier
I absolutely love coming alongside pastors and churches to help them get clear on their culture, improve their hospitality, and accelerate their growth… even if they are going through a pastoral transition!”
Founder of Church Difference Makers, and former pastor of Trietsch Memorial UMC for nearly 2 decades, Jim has trained more than 20,000 pastors and church leaders in over thirty Annual Conferences in the areas of:
- Assessing and Changing Church Culture
- Passing the Baton in Pastoral Transitions
- Pastoral Searches for larger churches
- Churches wanting to improve hospitality
Jim has presented at the Church of the Resurrection Leadership Institute, and keynoted the Indiana Annual Conference. He has contributed articles for a variety of national publications, such as “The Circuit Rider” and “Leading Ideas,” and keynoted at United Methodist Annual Conferences sessions and spoken at numerous venues.
Jim’s wife, Suzanne, is a retired Special Education teacher. They live in Irving, Texas.
The Owen Lectures will be in-person and live-streamed. Lectures will be followed each day by a complimentary Lunch.
To reserve lunch, email Martha Stowe at mstowe@llumc.org
Childcare is available with advanced reservations by April 11.
The Owen Lenten Lectures are endowed through the generosity of Babs and Arch Owen and were established in 1985. Arch Owen was the first president of the LLUMC Foundation and it was his great vision that recognized the need for an endowment to support, in perpetuity, Lovers Lane United Methodist Church, its Ministry, Outreach, and Evangelism.
Arthur Lee Owen passed away on February 21, 2010; Babs enthusiastically supported Lovers Lane and the Lecture Series until the end of her fruitful life on December 7, 2021, just shy of her 104th birthday. The Foundation Board of Directors holds immense gratitude for Babs and Arch Owen for their steadfast generosity and loyalty and hopes these lectures will enhance your time of renewal during this Easter Season.
OTHER HOLY WEEK HIGHLIGHTS
PALM SUNDAY, APRIL 13
10:30 AM | ONE Worship Service
- Celebrate the ministry of Rev. Stan Copeland
- Palm leaves procession with children
Noon | Easter Egg Hunt and Celebration
All are invited to fellowship together for refreshments.
THURSDAY, APRIL 17
MAUNDY THURSDAY SERVICE
7:00 PM | The Mystery | Asbury Hall
GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 18
GOOD FRIDAY WORSHIP
7:00 PM | Walnut Hill Campus
GOOD FRIDAY CONCERT
7:00 PM | LLUMC Sanctuary
AFRICAN FELLOWSHIP EASTER VIGIL
7:00 PM | Shipp Chapel
SATURDAY, APRIL 19
AFRICAN FELLOWSHIP EASTER VIGIL
7:00 PM | Shipp Chapel
EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 20
7:30 AM | Sunrise Service | Amphitheater
8, 9:30, & 11:00 AM | Traditional Worship | Sanctuary
9:30 AM | Deaf Fellowship | Online
9:30 AM | Thrive Worship | Shipp Chapel
11:00 AM | Crosswalk Modern Worship | Asbury Hall
11:00 AM | Walnut Hill Worship
11:00 AM | African Fellowship Worship | Shipp Chapel
All events are live and in-person and live-streamed at llumc.org/live.
Click here for the full list of Holy Week events.
