Lent 2021 breaks with tradition with some speakers participating via recorded messages from a physical distance. Attendees for in-person services will sign up in advance, wear masks, and sit spaced apart from others. A new addition for 2021--a line-up of local musicians specializing in everything from the hammer dulcimer to the harp--will play preludes to a mostly empty house. And Waffle Shop will serve customers through pre-orders and take-out food.

Life has changed for everyone dramatically since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down restaurants, businesses, and schools across the country in March. However, when uncertainty was still plaguing everyone, parishioners at…