Gain confidence and learn strategies for how to have more meaningful spiritual conversations with others. Engaging presenters will guide you through research-based insights and give you tools that will help you more comfortably engage in Spiritual Conversations.

Presented by Brookfield Lutheran Church, the event will be live-streamed for our members and their guests in our Sanctuary.

Safe social distancing will be practiced during the live stream. Masks will be required. If you'd like to attend, please sign up on the sheet on the Fellowship Hall glass doors.

Pastor Tim Peterson is Director of Mount Carmel Ministries in Alexandria, Minnesota.   He has a unique gift that has enabled him to memorize the entire Gospel of Mark. Tim has presented all or significant parts of that gospel in churches, schools and other settings over the years.

We are delighted that he will be at Calvary the weekend of March 20^th - 21^st for all three of our services.   On Saturday evening, he will present about half of the gospel during worship (chapters 1-4, 8-9, and 14-16, which form the conclusion of the gospel, sometimes called the “Passion Narrative”).   On Sunday, because of our tighter schedule, he will only present the Passion Narrative.

Tim does not “act” the gospel – nor does he merely “recite” it.  His gift enables him to express the drama, nuances of speech, and subtleties of Mark that is both faithful, as a rendering of Scripture, and engaging enough for us to appreciate it. In addition to being God’s Holy Word, Mark is a sacred story.

We encourage you to invite others, - we believe we can accommodate friends and still remain at safe distances, and we trust that the Passion Story, especially during the season Lent, will be a memorable experience.    As Jesus said, “If you have ears to hear, then hear!”

We are a people in need of healing after a year like none other. These Taize services invite the participants to slow down the pace of everyday life, to relax for a bit, and to listen to the still, small voice of God. I’d also like to highlight here the importance of silence and meditation in the context of Taize worship. Far from being an awkward gap in the proceedings, the silence between readings and music is highly intentional and yes, results in an elongated “run time” for the service. It allows participants to “let go and let God” take on those things which burden us. It is also a time to “let go” of the mindset that the service is something we need to cross off our list for the day, but rather to enter a place where time is irrelevant.

A beautiful meditation on prayer and silence can be found on the Taize website here. https://www.taize.fr/en_article12.html I invite you to read.

Thank you all for exploring this experience with me. I hope you find these special services meaningful in your walk with God. I hope that you are able to hear the “still, small voice” spoken of in I Kings 19. I hope that many of us can build a habit of listening for that voice as we go forward.

In Psalm 46:10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”

As you know, Calvary Lutheran Church is a congregation of the North American Lutheran Church. The NALC Disaster Response Fund provides resources for natural disaster victims in the United States.

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