This year we are inviting the whole community to set aside every Monday in Lent (starting Feb 22) for Prayer and Fasting. “Plant the good seeds of righteousness, and you will harvest a crop of love. Plow up the hard ground of your hearts, for now is the time to seek the Lord, that […]
Thursday, March 12th. An Invitation to share, and create. Hi friends, Next Thursday, March 12, we are hosting a WCV community sharing night called “Up from the Ground”. The hope is to have members of our community share pieces they have created over the past 2 years. This could come in the shape of song,
This year throughout the season of Lent (from Ash Wednesday until Good Friday) we will be exploring Philippians 2:1-11. This passage is such a beautiful and poetic description of one of the major themes of Lent: letting go. In our pursuit to follow Jesus (be disciples, work out our salvation, etc) we are to be
Ash Wednesday (March 6) marks the beginning of the Lenten season in the Western Christian calendar. These 40 days (excluding Sundays) culminate in the celebration of Jesus’ resurrection on Easter Sunday. Lent is about preparation, self examination and meditation on Jesus’ life and suffering. It’s about journeying with him to become like him. It’s about
Dear People of God: The first Christians observed with great devotion the days of our Lord’s passion and resurrection, and it became the custom of the Church to prepare for them by a season of penitence and fasting. This season of Lent provided a time in which converts to the faith were prepared for Holy
Today is Ash Wednesday. It marks the beginning of the Lenten season in the Western Christian calendar. These 40 days (excluding Sundays) culminate in the celebration of Jesus’ resurrection on Easter Sunday. Lent is about preparation, self examination and meditation on Jesus’ life and suffering. It’s about journeying with him to become like him. It’s
The world around us always seems to want more from us, but gives less in return. It may be your schedule demanding more from you. Perhaps there are debtors wanting to be paid. Maybe there is a situation in your life that requires a lot of extra energy and it’s simply draining you. Or it may be one
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent for Western Christians. Lent is the 40 days that lead up to Easter. During this time Christians have engaged in a number of practices designed to prepare themselves for Easter. Often it is a season marked by fasting. We will be fasting together in March (more
It’s what we all want isn’t it? To see life come to the dry bones? To see skin and flesh clothe hollow skeletons. To see the goodness and mercy of the Father enfleshed. To see the dream of a distant land flowing with milk and honey brought to our land. To see hope restored and
Many are familiar with the line in Psalm 23, “…goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life…” It’s a nice thought, but a one that does not nearly capture the tenacity of God’s goodness and mercy. These qualities don’t follow us around like a lost puppy looking for its home. Goodness
Isaiah 58 Fast April 13 – 20 In the bible, fasting and prayer usually go together. Fasting isn’t simply about the lack of food, or the lack of anything else for that matter, but rather an intensified focus, or shift in perspective from something temporal to God. It’s about bringing our attention to the Lord
The water we need to live – that we need to really live – does not come from earthen springs. It is not discovered in any well dug by human hands, not can it be drilled by any rig of human ingenuity. This water is not pumped, bottled, chlorinated or dammed up. It does not
On March 5, we entered the season of Lent. A season, 40 days leading up to Easter, that the church has historically observed as a time of preparation. A time to prepare hearts, bodies and lives for the life that’s made available through Jesus’ resurrection. Lent is only helpful if it points us towards resurrection.
