Join Us As We Journey Through Lent
The season of Lent is the 40-day period representing the time that Jesus spent in the desert, fasting and praying for his ministry. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and ends the night before Easter Sunday. In this season we’re reminded that, again and again, suffering and brokenness find us. We doubt again, we lament again, we mess up again.
Again and again, the story of Jesus on the cross repeats—every time lives are taken unjustly, every time the powerful choose corruption and violence, every time individuals forget how to love. With exacerbation, we exclaim, “Again?! How long, God?” And yet, in the midst of the chaos of our lives, God offers a sacred refrain: “I choose you, I love you, I will lead you to repair.” Again and again, God breaks the cycle and offers us a new way forward.
In this season, we need rituals—both old and new—to remember and be transformed.
THIS YEAR we want to provide an opportunity for you to take a journey with us as we march towards the cross. We are reminded during this season that Jesus willfully offered himself as a sacrifice for our sake, and we as Christians have the opportunity to replicate Jesus Christ’s sacrifice and withdrawal into the desert for 40 days.
For 7 WEEKS we have provided a specific text for you to read and reflect on—a psalm for you to meditate on, a prayer that you can recite, and a suggestion of something that you can consider giving up during that week. This year we will have a special Good Friday production that will tell the story of Christ being crucified and will CELEBRATE HIS RESURRECTION on Resurrection Sunday. We pray that God will speak clearly to you and reveal things that you’ve longed to see during this lenten season.