So today is the 24th day of Lent and we're exactly four weeks in.Here's what's going on:
Tonight, Wednesday, March 25
6:00 PM - Community Meal
7:00 PM - Bible Study - We'll look at John 2 tonight, Jesus' first sign in Cana and actions in the Temple.
8:00 PM - Personal Finance Seminar & Discussion - Tonight we'll consider together what it means to save for retirement, how to invest, and other forward-thinking considerations.
Saturday, March 28
8:30 AM - Men's Fellowship Breakfast
9:30 AM - Belonging & Membership Discussion - This week we will consider what it means to be idenfied as a "church of the Nazarene."
Sunday, March 29
9:45 AM - Sunday School & Discipleship
11:00 AM - Morning Gathering of Worship - As we continue to consider the "story of God," we'll look at the humanity of Christ together, and note how when Christ headed to the cross, he showed us a new understanding of what it means for us to be human before God and the world.
6:14 PM - The Remembrance - We continue to gather for worship around the Communion Table each Sunday evening during Lent. While we begin at 6:14, come at 6:00 to sit in the sanctuary and prepare yourself for worship.
...after the Remembrance - Stick around for pizza (bring a few bucks to chip in). Bring some games, maybe we'll set up the ping-pong table. Let's hang out together for a bit.
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Finally, a quote from Frederick Buechner on the season of Lent:
"In many cultures there is an ancient custom of giving a tenth of each year's income to some holy use. For Christians, to observe the forty days of Lent is to do the same thing with roughly a tenth of each year's days. After being baptized by John in the River Jordan, Jesus went off alone into the wilderness where he spent forty days asking himself the question of what it meant to be Jesus. During Lent, Christians are supposed to ask one way or another what it means to be themselves...to answer questions like this is to begin to hear something not only of who you are but of both what you are becoming and what you are failing to become. It can be pretty depressing business all in all, but if sackcloth and ashes are at the start of it, something like Easter may be at the end."
