The Ecumenical Lenten Series returns to the South Coast. Residents are invited to area churches each Wednesday for soup at 6:30 p.m., a worship service at 6:45 p.m. and study at 7 p.m. The series is free.

The topics of discussion and schedule is as follows:

Pride: Feb. 17, St. John Neumann’s Church, East Freetown

Greed: Feb. 24, Congregational Church, South Dartmouth

Lust: March, 2, Wesley United Methodist Church, Wareham

Anger: March, 9, Calvary Pentecostal Church, East Freetown

Gluttony: First Congregational Church, New Bedford

Envy and sloth: East Freetown Congregational Church