During the season leading up to Easter, we invite you to - Read Together • Fast Together • Pray Together
Each of these is an opportunity and a resource for anyone in our church family to engage in during this time of reading, prayer, and fasting.
We lean into the story of Jesus by reading through the Gospels . . . Click here for Bible reading plan that takes you through the story of Jesus chronologically. We’re going to read the gospels as a story with this plan! You’ll read all four gospels in 30 days, or 40 if you miss a day or ten :-).
The Bible Project - Matthew
Check out these short Bible project videos for a summary of each gospel:
The Bible Project - Mark
The Bible Project - Luke
The Bible Project - John
We also invite you to read “40 Days of Decrease” by Alicia Britt Chole
This is an excellent daily devotional with a short reading for each of the 40 days of Lent.
“God seems more interested in what we are becoming than in what we are giving up.”
“Faith, in general, is less about the sacrifice of stuff and more about the surrender of our souls. Lent, in kind, is less about well-mannered denials and more about thinning our lives in order to thicken our communion with God. Decrease is holy only when its destination is love.”
We invite you fast with us as a church!
Week One (February 18 - 24):
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Daniels Fast
Juice Fast
Fasting one meal a day
Week Two (February 25 - March 3):
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Fast Social Media for the week
Fast Television / Netflix
Fast digital devices for parts of your day
Spend an evening (or more) together with family ‘device free’
Week Three (March 4 - March 10):
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Daniel’s Fast (Fasting Meats and Sweets)
Juice Fast
Fasting one meal a day
Week Four (March 11 - March 17):
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Fasting words of accusation and blame
Ask the Holy Spirit to help you refrain from blaming and accusing
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Ask the Holy Spirit to help you refrain from any form of ‘speaking evil’.
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Buy someone a meal
Give to the poor and less fortunate
Be intentional about being a blessing to your neighbors, coworkers, etc.
Week Five (March 18 - March 24):
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Fast Social Media for the week
Fast Television / Netflix
Fast digital devices for parts of your day
Spend an evening (or more) together with family ‘device free’
“Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover them, and not to hide yourself from your own kin? Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up quickly; your vindicator shall go before you, the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am. If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil, if you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness and your gloom be like the noonday.”
