Lenten Greetings!

We’re fully into our season of intentional spiritual renewal. How are things going for you as we try, once more, to fully take in the story of Easter and the good news it contains? Have you adopted any practices, or are you attempting any spiritual disciplines?

If you are doing a spiritual exercise for Lent, I wonder if you’ve thought about why you’re doing it, or what the point of your practice might be. What change are you looking to see?

This Sunday, as we dig down further into the idea that Lent is a time for better appreciating God’s good news in Jesus, we’ll think more about what the point of Lenten practices is supposed to be.

I hope to see you in worship on Sunday!

Please join us immediately following the Sunday service for our Coffee Hour

(in-person in Trinity Court or online via Zoom).

bit.ly/SVPCCoffeeHour

Theme for Sunday

“Much as I enjoy popular New Age commentary on love, I am often struck by the dangerous narcissism fostered by spiritual rhetoric that pays so much attention to individual self-improvement and so little to the practice of love within the context of community.”

bell hooks, All About Love (Love Song to the Nation)

• Is there a change you’d like to make in your own life, especially one that deals with your spiritual or emotional condition?

• When you think about the full picture of your spiritual health, is there anything beyond your own self that makes a big impact on it?

Matthew 25:34-40 (CEB)

“Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who will receive good things from my Father. Inherit the kingdom that was prepared for you before the world began. I was hungry and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger and you welcomed me. I was naked and you gave me clothes to wear. I was sick and you took care of me. I was in prison and you visited me.’

“Then those who are righteous will reply to him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you a drink? When did we see you as a stranger and welcome you, or naked and give you clothes to wear? When did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’

“Then the king will reply to them, ‘I assure you that when you have done it for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you have done it for me.’