The season of the church year called Lent begins on Ash Wednesday which falls on February 17 this year. The 40 days (not including Sundays because every Lord’s Day is a celebration of Christ’s resurrection) of the Lenten season are a time for growth in faith through prayer, spiritual discipline, and self-examination in preparation for the commemoration of the dying and rising of Jesus Christ. Reconciliation with God and with one another through the grace of Jesus Christ is a key theme in the season of Lent.
You and your family are invited to actively engage your faith and share it with us during Lent. Take pictures of your Shrove Tuesday pancakes or your Lenten practices and send them to pastor@flemingtonpres.org, and we may feature them in our next e-newsletter!
For my own Lenten discipline, I will record a two-minute daily Lent devotion following the 40 words listed in the Family Lenten Guide. So, please check out the church Facebook page each day during Lent for a brief inspiration from the word of the day.
Below is more information provided by the Christian Education Committee to help you learn and grow in faith through Lenten activities.
For older youth and adults in the congregation, we will also be focusing on learning the background and significance of the Belhar Confession which came out of the church’s experience of struggle against the unjust system of apartheid in place in South Africa. Good news! We have free copies in the church office of 30 Days with the Belhar Confession: Reflections on Unity, Reconciliation and Justice. Stop by and pick up your copy to read during Lent. Read more at: https://www.britannica.com/topic/apartheid
Brother Eric Hearst will begin leading a book study on the Belhar Confession, and I will be teaching about it in some of my sermons during Lent. The text of the Belhar Confession can be found at: https://www.presbyterianmission.org/wp-content/uploads/Confession-of-Belhar-text-2016.pdf
And remember to take a picture of how your family engages in a Lenten practice and share it with us! Maybe you will choose to add prayer? Or fasting from something? Or giving to others? We hope you will choose to learn and grow with us in faith this Lent!
Blessings,
Rev. Amy