Each year, St. Peter’s conducts a Lenten series throughout the season on Thursday evenings in the parish hall. We gather for a light supper of soup and salad at 5 pm, followed by a program that concludes by 7pm. We are looking for people to sign up to bring soups, salads, breads, or desserts each week. You can find the sign up sheets on the wall in the Parish Hall. Sign up for as many or as few weeks as you would like to! This Lent, we will be using a program developed by the Lutheran church entitled: Lessons from Dietrich Bonhoeffer in a House Divided and a World on Fire. Bonhoeffer lived through the rise of Christian nationalism in Germany. His writings on discipleship and Christian ethics have become the cornerstone of contemporary Christian theology. He has much to say about living the authentic Christian faith during difficult days. We hope you can join us!
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Tonight, we begin a new Lenten journey, and I do not think it could come at a better time. Our faith, our resilience, our hopes, our fears, and our lives are in a state of turmoil. For many of us, we are unsure of where to turn. It is our hope as members of St. Peter’s that our next six weeks may provide some possibilities for rebuilding and strengthening our faith as well as providing us time to reflect upon our lives and our belief in God the Restorer, Christ our Salvation, and the Holy Spirit our Inspirer. Our Lenten Journey this year takes us into the world of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, martyr, revolutionary, writer, theologian, apologist, and in many of our eyes the creator of visions on who we really can be in our affiliation with God. Our series is entitled Lessons from Dietrich Bonhoeffer in a House Divided and a World on Fire. Need I say more? Each of us as presenters will be providing you with an overview of Dietrich’s life, thoughts on what it means to be a neighbor to those in need, living in a world in which not only live with our own suffering, but “takes on the suffering of God in the world., or simply, “doing justice.” We will discuss the relevance of Bonhoeffer’s message to our times in the here
and now, his stance against Christian Nationalism, and how he might help us, and finally, we will close our sessions with an overview of Bonhoeffers’ book “Life Together, which if you have not read it, we highly recommend it
to you. So, to begin, tonight I will present you with an overview of Dietrich’s life, activities and his final days. We will do this through a video, and end with some questions for your own discernment and reflection. On your tables are copies of our series dates and presenters; 10 Key Points of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Life; and a copy of 10 Key Points for consideration for your thoughts and reflections on your life.
Let us pray,
Lord, Creator of all that has been, is, and will be We are grateful for this opportunity to gather as we begin our Advent reflections, journeys, prayers, and supplications, to gather together to explore and attempt to better understand the life and teachings of one of
your great martyrs of the church, Dietrich Bonhoeffer. We are thankful for the food we have received and for those who made it.
We are also thankful for Jeff Whipple who is celebrating his ___birthday today, may he continue to live a long and wonder-filled life and continue also to be such a blessing to us at St. Peter’s. Help us, Divine Healer to learn how to live with justice, mercy, compassion
and kindness for all of our fellow humans, animals, and your created earth. Let us stand up for what is right and what we know to be true in our world as Christians, and may we never forget the sacrifice you have made for us through the death, and the resurrection of your Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ.
Amen.
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Lessons from Dietrich Bonhoeffer in A House Divided and a World on Fire.
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Lenten Quiet mornings
Lenten Quiet Saturday Mornings continue through April 12, 10 am to noon. Rev Rebecca Brenner and Mother Carlyle Gill will resource your work in this time set apart around hope, will, purpose / dedication, discipline, fidelity, love / care and wisdom. Please join us as you are able.
Please note that April 5th we will meet at the Moorings, in the Quiet Room in the main building. April 12, we return to the sacristy/ Absalom Jones Chapel at St Peter’s.
Some participants in the Quiet Lenten gatherings have expressed an interest in continuing informal scheduled (TBD) gatherings for the purpose of being one another’s spiritual companions. If this is something which might interest you, please let Rebecca Brenner know.
Lenten Reading List
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We are coming upon the contemplative season of Lent, beginning with Ash Wednesday and ending on Easter. This is an excellent time of the year to do some introspection, reflection and spend some time in prayer exploring Christ in your life. Here is a list of some resources you may want to read as you prepare and live through this sacred time. "A Way Other Than Our Own", Walter Brueggemann "Lent: The Season of Repentance and Renewal", Esau McCaulley "Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter", C.S. Lewis, Madeleine L’Engle, et al. "Where the Eye Alights, Phrases for the Forty Days of Lent", Marilyn McEntyre "Grounded: Finding God in the World", Diana Butler Bass "Show Me the Way, Readings for Lent", Henri J. M. Nouwen "Meeting God in Mark, Reflections for the Season of Lent" Rowan Williams "Living Lent: Meditations for These Forty Days", by Barbara Cawthorn Crafton "Wondrous Encounters: Scriptures for Lent" by Richard Rohr "A Diary of Private Prayer," by John Baillie These materials are available through Amazon. You may also search for your Lenten reading atchurchpublishing.org"The Upper Room" booklets available in the narthex provide daily readings for the season as well.
GREEK WORDS VIDEO LENTEN SERIES
In this series of video shorts,
we're going to dive into and share some thoughts about a Greek word for each
Sunday in Lent, along with Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and Easter. So, get
ready to explore and reflect with us this Lenten Season.