Wednesday Lenten Opportunities
Join us for morning or evening prayer during the season of Lent. Morning prayer will be held in Kerr Chapel and on Zoom. Each service is about 30 minutes long and includes time for reflection with scripture and prayer. Evening Prayer will be held in the Sanctuary and will include music, scripture, and prayer.
Soup Dinner
Contemplative Practices for Lent
First Pres member, April Tolbert, is our in-person guide as we try out some contemplative practices during this Lenten Season. Join us after evening prayer, grab some soup and learn something new.
Walk the Labyrinth
During the season of Lent, there are two ways you can “walk” the labyrinth as a spiritual practice. First, there is labyrinth available to walk in Fellowship Hall at First Presbyterian Church. You may come and walk the labyrinth anytime the church office is open throughout the 40 days of Lent. Second, there are finger labyrinth stickers and pages available on the Lenten Resource table in the church lobby that you can take with you. Click HERE for a digital copy of the labyrinth.
Bi-Weekly Contemplative Study for Lent
Those of us who are deeply concerned about the future of this nation often find ourselves challenged by what we see happening in our nation and in the world. What can we do? Well, we can do a lot – together. What if thewt opposite of being bound is being whole? Our world is filled with things that hold us captive. These things that bind us prevent us from living the whole, abundant life that God has promised us. As we approach this Lenten Season our theme, UNBOUND – Longing for Wholeness, can help us unpack these complicated feelings and experiences. Through the stories of regular people encountering Jesus, and being drawn to the wholeness that Jesus provides, we can learn about our own longings and be drawn into wholeness. I encourage you to join us on this journey where we explore ways to hold lament and hope in tension – both are necessary. Lament, grief, love, and hope co-exist. Click the link HERE to view the digital study with practices.
Daily Devotional for Lent
The Gospel of Matthew feels strikingly contemporary. Matthew’s first audience was seeking a faithful path in a turbulent, confusing time. Scholars beleive this early chruch was young and fragile, formed of Jewish followers of Jesus who had recently left-or been pushed out of-their synagogues. Tensions were high, beliefs deeply rooted, divisions painful. Matthew’s Gospel includes harsh rhetoric about Jews that shoul dnever be removed from context or applied to all Jews; it reflects the heartbreak of a community in conflict and the sharp feelings that arisew hen good people disagree on matters of deep conviction. This church also lived in a diverse urban setting, sharing space with Gentiles-people they had long been taught to avoid.
Into this setting Matthew proclaims a kingdom breaking in-a way of life grounded in humility, compassion, and courage. As we walk through Matthew during Lent, we too are invited to follow Jesus on the narrow path, confront our own divisions, and seek God’s kingdom amid today’s fractures. Click the link HERE to view the digital devotional.