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Dear friend,
You’re invited!
Wednesday begins our journey of lent, a season of contemplation and preparation for Easter. I hope you will join us for dinner at 5 PM, followed by our Ash Wednesday service at 6 PM, a time to remember our mortality and a reminder to make the most of each moment. You can also receive ashes outside by the sign at 9:30-10:30 AM. Wearing the sign of the cross in ashes on our foreheads reminds us and those we come in contact with that we are shaped by being a loving sacrifice for each other.
In this season of lent, scripture offers us many stories of Jesus encountering people who are seeking: Nicodemus comes to Jesus in the veil of night, Jesus approaches a Samaritan woman at a well, Jesus heals a man born without sight. In these stories, each person is seeking a new beginning, a different life, a deeper faith. What unfolds is an exchange filled with questions and exploration. Often, an unveiling occurs—assumptions are disrupted, a new perspective is revealed, mystery grows.
Like the characters in our Lenten scriptures, we are also seeking many things: clarity, connection, wonder, justice, balance. We are seeking our calling, the sacred, and how to live as a disciple. Throughout the turbulence of the past few years, many of us have been asking big questions about our lives and our faith. This series will help us unpack some of those big questions in ways that are honest and faithful. Throughout this season, I hope you will continually ask yourself: What am I seeking? What is God seeking?
This Lent, you’re invited to engage in the spiritual practice of seeking. I encourage you to stay curious, open, and nimble. I hope you will soften your assumptions and expand your perspectives. I pray that these questions will create a safe space to explore—to be drawn more deeply into the fullness of life, into the heart of God.
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