March 12 through April 9 from 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Each week we will enjoy dinner and practice a spiritual discipline through activities, songs, and Bible study as we journey through the season of Lent together. A spiritual discipline is any intentional practice, relationship, or experience that creates space for people to keep company with God and transforms the person or people involved in the process.
March 12 – Fasting: whether giving up a particular food or taking time away from media or other forms of consumption, fasting is a way to create time in our lives so that we can keep company with Jesus. We often think about fasting during Lent as a way to commemorate the time that Jesus spent fasting in the wilderness in before beginning his public ministry.
March 19 – Praying: prayer is a spiritual discipline in and of itself as well as being integral to all other spiritual disciplines. Prayer is the way we talk to God, which sounds simple, but there are so many ways to pray.
March 26 – Listening to God: if prayer is how we talk to God, the next question is how do we listen to God? We can listen for God’s voice in many different places and parts of our lives. Listening to God is an important part of being in conversation with and deepening our relationship with God.
April 2 – Embracing Simplicity: practicing simplicity can impact how we spend out time, how we arrange various aspects of our lives, as well as with which possessions we choose to surround ourselves. When we embrace simplicity as a spiritual discipline, we also have the opportunity to practice compassion and being non-judgmental toward others.
April 9 – Unplugging: related to both fasting and embracing simplicity, unplugging from our regular schedules and/or technology for short or long stretches of time can be especially helpful in our increasingly noisy and busy society. Finding time for silence and solitude can help us appreciate the beauty of the world around us and discover feelings of gratitude for all of God’s creation and everyone in it.
