WHAT IS LENT? In liturgical churches like ours who find the cycles and celebrations of the traditional church calendar—Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, etc.—a helpful spiritual tool, Lent is the season of 40+ days that lead from Ash Wednesday to Easter. During Lent, we focus on the call of Christ to examine our lives, our choices, to hold them up to the light of God’s Gospel of justice, peace, and compassion, to notice where the shape of our lives does not conform to God’s intended pattern, and then, empowered by grace, step out in faith to try, try again. Lent is a time for letting go of unhelpful and unhealthy habits of mind, body, and spirit, and setting out intention to live into better ones.
Sunday sermons during Lent will encourage us to consider letting go of one way of thinking, believing, and doing in the world and living into another:
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Adult faith formation Sundays @ 10am Christ calls us to be in the world, but not of the world, to live here and now--for us, in these United States--as citizens of God's kingdom or kin-dom. But how do we negotiate these divided loyalties, particularly in a time of conflicting values? This seven-part discussion series, built around thoughtful video by The Work of the People, a new progressive Christian media workshop, will take up these thorny questions in light of the demands of the Gospel on our lives as individuals and communities.
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World.Wise.Web During the season of Lent, we're setting aside our recent Wednesday night schedule to give us more time to be together in spiritual devotion and prayer. So each Wednesday, we'll gather for a brown bag supper @ 6pm and then share a thought-provoking message and worship from 6:30-7:30pm. Childcare is provided.
Our devotions will come in the form of videos recorded by some wise and inspiring speakers and shared over the internet. Youtube isn't just for cat videos anymore! It's amazing how the Spirit moves in unexpected places, even online. Our teachers will include:
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