This Lenten season, Tom and I invite you to go on A Journey to Hope as we travel with Jesus to the cross, discovering along the way that Hope can be found even as we encounter some of life’s most difficult circumstances.
We will address real life circumstances along the way (i.e., relationships, self-esteem, work, temptation, money problems, suffering and death); those on the journey will learn how faith in Christ is relevant to everyday life and how having a faith community can make all the difference.
Each week Tom and I will post on Facebook and on the church Website a question to ponder in preparation for worship (watch Facebook on Friday afternoon). Then Sunday evening or Monday we will post a message that summarizes the message. If you are not yet on Facebook perhaps this is a good opportunity to get started. Let us know if you need help getting started and then friend us.
We began the journey with Ash Wednesday. We are encouraging people to be intentional about this journey entering into a deeper commitment to Christ through this Lenten season. We invite you to consider how you might mark this time with intentional discipleship. You may want to participate in a fast from particular luxuries, material consumerism or various forms of entertainment, and take each opportunity to refrain as a reminder of Christ’s sacrifice and a call to prayer. You might want to add a spiritual discipline such as morning or evening Bible reading, regular participation in public worship, daily prayer for church/community/world, or actions of service and compassion. Please stop in the Sanford Davis Room to look at the resources available.
Christians over the years have learned that spiritual disciplines help them keep the spiritual channels open and help keep the heart turned toward God. These disciplines can heighten our desire, awareness, and love of God by stripping down the barriers that we put up within ourselves.
What makes something a spiritual discipline is that it takes a specific part of our way of life and turns it toward God. A spiritual discipline is, when practiced faithfully and regularly, a habit or regular pattern in our life that repeatedly brings us back to God and opens us up to what God is saying to us.
This Lent join us on a
Journey to Hope!!
In Christ,
Jana
