Lent

Proclaiming the Dream of Beloved Community

Lent 2021

Church of the Redeemer has made a long-term commitment to the Becoming Beloved Community journey, a set of interrelated commitments around which Episcopalians may organize our many efforts to respond to racial injustice and grow a community of reconcilers, justice-makers, and healers. The labyrinth may be an even more useful image for engaging the vision. On the road toward reconciliation and healing, we move around corners and double back into quadrants we have visited before, each time discovering new revelation and challenge.

During Lent 2021, we will spend some time in the Proclaiming the Dream of Beloved Community quadrant, remembering our Baptismal Promise to proclaim by word and example the Good News of God in Christ. With our offerings this season, we hope to ponder these questions together:

• How can we publicly acknowledge things done and left undone?
• What does Beloved Community look like in this place?
• What behaviors and commitments will foster reconciliation, justice, and healing?

Continue the journey with us.

Lent 2021 Offerings

Ash Wednesday - Wednesday, February 17
Worship with us on Zoom at 7:00 am, 12:00 pm, and 7:00 pm. And with a Daily Devotion for Early Evening on our Online Worship podcast.

Compline - Fridays in Lent, February 19-March 26 at 8:00 pm
Join us this Lent for an intimate gathering at the close of the week.

Meditations of the Heart - Weekly Meditations in Lent
Weekly meditations from the works of Howard Thurman culminating in a Sunday Reflection Small Group on Zoom.

Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent - Podcast Episodes Available Weekly
Reflect anew with hosts Anny Stevens-Gleason and the Rev. Philip DeVaul, on the loving actions of God as recounted in the Great Vigil of Easter readings.

Wednesday Lenten Series - Proclaiming the Dream
Explore our Lenten theme, Proclaiming the Dream of Beloved Community, Wednesdays at 6:30 pm on Zoom.

An Invitation to Pilgrimage - Visiting Sacred Space in Lent
Scheduled visits inside the chapel and sanctuary for prayer and meditation begin in Lent.

"Wintering" Together - Sundays, February 21 and March 21 at 6:00 pm.
Join us for this monthly Zoom gathering to discuss the book, "Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times" by Katherine May.

Choral Evensong - Podcast Available on March 23
Church of the Redeemer Choir will offer Choral Evensong as part of our Online Worship podcast.

Lenten Bags

Available NOW , these 2021 Lenten Bags include: Imposition of Ashes A small round container containing palm ash for your participation in worship on Ash Wednesday. Pocket-sized Prayer Cross Made with love and prayers by ou...

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Proclaiming the Dream of Beloved Community

Wednesdays in Lent A Five-Week Lenten Series Facilitated by Daniel Hughes and Troy Bronsink from The Hive February 24 - March 24 6:30 - 8:00 pm via Zoom This Lent as we take a closer look at another quadrant of our Becoming Beloved...

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An Invitation to Pilgrimage

During this time of the pandemic while our church building has been closed, many of us have experienced a longing to re-enter the space, to simply sit in their favorite pew or to spend time in the columbarium near the niche of a loved one. During...

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"Wintering" Together

Sundays, February 21 and March 21 6:00 pm via Zoom Join us for two Sunday evenings of comfort, companionship and contemplation as we read and reflect on the book Wintering – The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Kath...

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