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Resources for Lent 2022
Resources for Lent 2022
- "In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich” (Dietrich Bonhoeffer). This Lent, the United Thank Offering is offering a 40-day Lenten gratitude journal. Each week we ’ll look at an area of your life and world and take time to notice all the ways that god shows up through the people or places you encounter.
- The United Thank Offering has also created a guide for at-home Lenten practices for children. While children clearly can grasp right from wrong, the idea of repentance can be challenging. One of the things that we can help children focus on is noticing the good things that happen and seeing God amid our daily lives. Lenten Gratitude Practices for Children and Families: UTO and Growing Gratefulness offers lessons about gratitude, discussion questions and crafts to do at home.
- This Lenten season Living Compass is offering a daily email devotional, Living Well Through Lent 2022: Letting Go With All Your Heart, Soul, Strength, and Mind. "Lent is a time for introspection and self-reflection, a time to reflect on the core of what it means to live a Christian life in the midst of great change and uncertainty. When facing change and uncertainty, few practices are more central to that life than letting go so that we are freer to receive the gifts God has to offer us" (Scott Stoner). The emails will begin on Ash Wednesday, March 2, 2022. You can sign up to receive the devotions on their website: https://www.livingcompass.org/lent-signup.
- Preparing to Become the Beloved Community: Organized around the four sections of the Becoming Beloved Community labyrinth (telling the truth, repairing the breach, practicing the way, proclaiming the dream), this Lent curriculum can help your small group or congregation to engage in racial reconciliation and reflect on Jesus’ coming among us.
- For Creation Care: Climate Church, Climate World is a compelling book to engage people and congregations in the imperative of why churches need to lead on climate care. The Rev. Jim Antal has devoted his ministry to this challenge and opportunity to learn why, how, and where we can make a difference in caring for our earthly home. The book has nine chapters with discussion questions at the end of each. It’s an effective tool for getting people engaged in the movement of climate justice and climate care.
- From Episcopal Migration Ministries: Join us for the Lenten Virtual Borderlands Experience series, staring March 10 and continuing on Thursday evenings, at 6 pm CT. This is an opportunity to participate in a Lenten journey that brings you face to face with the injustices experienced by individuals and families who are seeking refuge as they attempt to enter the US with hope for a better life. Our presenters include individuals involved in immigration ministry and advocacy, as well as the immigrants themselves who have personally experienced the impact and trauma of our national immigration policies. Free registration here: https://zoom.us/.../tJAqcuiurz4uGtY43hJDbc3PYt7B3ddeaGva
- Zion, Oconomowoc has two offerings available that are open to anyone in the diocese. The Anglican Rosary for Lent is offered Monday through Friday, at 8 a.m. To join the prayer: https://bit.ly/RosaryZoom. For prayer sheet handouts: https://bit.ly/ZionLentRosary2022. Secondly, you are welcome to participate in the Online Stations of the Cross on Fridays at noon. To join online: https://bit.ly/StationsAtNoon. For a copy of the handouts: https://bit.ly/ZionStationsHandouts.
