In his new devotional, From Wilderness to Glory: Lent and Easter for Everyone, Norman T. Wright provides an opportunity for us to think, pray, and reflect through the stories of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. This study provides the opportunity to read a Bible story each day of the 40 days of the Lenten season. Wright relates the passages to our daily lives and leaves us with thought-provoking discussion questions.
Wright helps us to embrace that we're not going to always understand what is going on in a passage until we look deeper. He encourages us to, “Look and learn to see and hear in it the heavenly vision, the heavenly voice.Let them change you, mold you, make you somebody new, the person God wants you to be. Discover in the story the normally hidden heavenly dimension of God’s world.”
I would encourage everyone to take part in this Lenten journey. Call the church office to order this devotional.
You can read the daily passages on your own o r with your family, and then I invite you to join us for our LENTEN STUDY starting on Sunday, March 16th and going through Sunday, April 6th at 5 p.m. Bring your favorite meal to share at the “Potluck Dinner” each evening.
In His Grip,
Pastor Doug
Senior Pastor
Lent & Easter Highlights
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner Tuesday, March 4 from 4-7 pm
Ash Wednesday Service (Little Church) Wednesday March 5 at 7 pm
Messy Church Tuesday, March11
Messy Church (Easter) Tuesday, April 8 at 5:30 pm
Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, April 12 at 12 pm Noon
Palm Sunday Services April 13 at 8 am & 10 am
+ Children’s Cantata The Tale of the Three Trees at 10 am
Brunch following 10 am service.
SMPC Maundy Thursday service (Little Church) Thursday, April 17 at 7 pm
Good Men’s Breakfast at SMPC (Fellowship Hall) Friday, April 18 at 6 am
Good Friday Women’s Breakfast at Cabot Methodist Friday, April 18 at 9:30 am
Good Friday Youth Event Friday, April 18. Details TBA from the CLN.
Easter Sunday Services April 20 at 8 am & 10 am
Sunday School Easter Party April 20 during Sunday school