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Congregational Email February 26, 2021
Dear Congregants, Lent is a 40-day period, beginning with Ash Wednesday (February 17 this year), that helps Christians prepare for Easter Sunday. This is an ancient church practice, going back at least to the Council of Nicea in 325 C.E. The 40 days do not include the Sundays during Lent, which are sometimes known as …Read more
Congregational Email – February 19, 2021
Dear Congregants, We have now entered the season of Lent—or did we ever leave it from last year? Diana Butler Bass writes that this has been the longest Lent ever—it began last year and hasn’t ended! But this Lent we will be doing something different. Instead of giving up something for Lent, we will be …Read more
Take Ten – Daily Lenten Contemplative Prayer by Rev. Barb Jardine – February 16, 2021
PREPARATION DAY Hello Everyone! Today, I’m introducing TAKE TEN…which is an opportunity for us to engage in the practice of meditative prayer often called “contemplation”. Contemplation is a practice that’s been around for many thousands of years in various forms among the peoples of the earth and it was taught by Jesus, as well. In …Read more
Take Ten, Day 1 – by Rev. Barb Jardine Daily Lenten Contemplative Prayer
PREPARATION DAY Hello Everyone! Today, I’m introducing TAKE TEN…which is an opportunity for us to engage in the practice of meditative prayer often called “contemplation”. Contemplation is a practice that’s been around for many thousands of years in various forms among the peoples of the earth and it was taught by Jesus, as well. In …Read more
