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Lenten Programs 2011
- Lenten Quiet Day
- Lenten Adult Study Series: Countering Pharaoh's Consumption Society Today
- Lent Online!
Holy Water available during Lent.
In the earliest Christian times, water was used for expiatory and purificatory purposes, to a way analogous to its employment under the Jewish Law. For Anglicans, holy water is sanctified in the Baptism Rite. The use of holy water within High Church Anglicanism or Anglo-Catholicism can adhere closely to the Roman Catholic practice except that Anglicans do not believe sanctified water wards off evil. In many Anglican/Episcopal churches Baptismal water is used for the asperges. Stoups (small basins on walls) with sanctified water are sometimes found near the doors of Anglican/Episcopal churches for the faithful to use in making the sign of the cross upon entering the church.
For the season of Lent there will be a basin of holy water in the Baptismal font at the church entrance for those who may want to engage in this form of piety.
Join us in the chapel on Saturday, April 2 between 9:00 am and 12 noon (NOTE the new date). The Rev. Melanie Sunderland will lead us in a morning of scripture, prayer, and mediation to help strengthen our Lenten faith journeys. You may come when you can and leave when you must. No signups are required
Countering Pharaoh's Consumption Society Today
Lenten Adult Study Series with Walter Brueggeman
Five Wednesdays in Lent: March 16, 23, 30 and April 6 & 13
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Christ Church joins with St. Paul’s to offer this wonderful Lenten series of suppers, a DVD-based program for progressive Christians with Walter Bruggemann, some lively discussion, excellent worship and fellowship.
March 16 “The Way Out” at St. Paul’s Cleveland, Heights
March 23 “The Decalogue” at Christ Church, Shaker Heights
March 30 “Countering Caesar” at St. Paul’s, Cleveland Heights
April 6 “An Act of Imagination” at Christ Church, Shaker Heights
April 13 “On Not Doing God Any Favors” at St. Paul’s, Cleveland Heights
Lent Online: 40 Days Living the Jesus Creed
What do you get when you combine a Lenten daily study program with Facebook? Lent online!
Join your rector, The Rev. Peter Faass for a forty day journey through Lent using the book "40 Days Living the Jesus Creed" by Scott McKnight. You will need to buy the text, which is available at Amazon.com.
The Jesus Creed is Jesus’ distillation of the law into the command to Love God and to Love others.
There will be no scheduled classes for this program. You can be at home, in your office, at Starbucks, wherever!
Each day of Lent, beginning on Ash Wednesday, the rector will post a reflection on Christ Church’s Facebook page – under the Discussion tab - based on the daily readings in the book. You are invited to then reflect and respond to that posting with your thoughts, ideas and questions. Your fellow Lent On Line colleagues will do the same thereby creating an on line dialogue. This will be our parish’s inaugural attempt at a virtual class.
There is not need to sign up for this program. Rather you just need to show up on line! You will need to join Facebook to access the Christ Episcopal Church, Shaker Heights page which is pretty easy. After that it is as easy as 1-2-3 to read the daily posting and to post comments yourself. Join us for this new way of doing adult study. Try it, you’ll like it!
