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Join us: Season of Lent

This is our first opportunity as a church plant to celebrate the entirety of Lent together! Here is a brief description of Lent, our sermon series, and opportunities to participate.

What is Lent?

The Church has given us this season as a time of special devotion to journey with Jesus on the road to His passion and resurrection. It is a season that recounts the grace of God given in the Gospel and shows us our need to renew ourselves continually in repentance and faith. It is a season of self-examination and repentance by fasting, prayer, alms-giving, and by reading and meditating on the Scriptures (you will hear this invitation in more detail on Ash Wednesday).

Sermon Series

Our sermon series is called "Slow Discipleship in an Instant Society". One thing I love about Lent is that it helps us to slow down and to reprioritize our life in our walk with Jesus. We get to sit with intention and look at how our lives could be more open to God's grace. It doesn't happen in an instant. It is a slow process, a pilgrimage with Jesus, that is not always glamorous, though it is always good.

Resources

  • I love many of the resources that the Little Way Chapel publishes and one of their blog entries is on three traditions for Shrove Tuesday. Consider having a friend or neighbor over tomorrow night for some pancakes!

  • In preparation for our series I am rereading Eugene Peterson, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction

  • If you want something to read from the Tradition of the church, I would recommend Romanos the Melodist, Hymns of Repentance.

  • You can follow daily prayer rhythms with your book of Common Prayer, or use this website, or listen to morning prayer as a podcast.

  • If you would like to schedule a time for one of our priests to hear your confession during Lent, please contact us and we would be glad to schedule this.

Calendar

Ash Wednesday

Wednesday, 2 March
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: Corpus Christi Anglican Church

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March Seminar:  Becoming Safe People in Conflict

Saturday, 5 March
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Corpus Christi Anglican Church

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Resurrection Gardens

Saturday, 19 March
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location:  Details in link below

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Stations of the Cross

Friday, 08 April
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM (Open for self-guided prayer)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Liturgy)
Location:  Corpus Christi Anglican Church

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Maundy Thursday

Thursday, 14 April
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Location: Joint service at Christ the King Anglican Church

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Good Friday (Tenebrae)

Friday, 15 April
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Location: Joint service at Christ the King Anglican Church

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The Great Vigil of Easter

Saturday, 16 April
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Corpus Christi Anglican Church

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Easter Sunday

Sunday, 17 April

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Location: Corpus Christi Anglican Church

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