Blessings to you all as we look forward to LENT,
Traditionally churches offer Lenten programs which provide new opportunities to reflect upon our faith and our lives. This year we are offering a program entitled “Living the Question.” The program invites us to do a bit (maybe 5 pages) of prereading before watching a 20 minute DVD followed by some time for discussion. It is USER FRIENDLY.
At the core of this program is the underlying belief that “Faith is not a destination but a journey.” The program is rooted in Progressive Christianity” therefore if your faith understandings are working well for you, if you tend toward certainties and wish not to have your theological assumptions and positions questioned or challenged, then my strong recommendation is that you not participate in this program. But — if you “long for a safe environment where you have permission to ask questions you have always wanted to ask but have been afraid to voice for fear of being thought a heretic, this might be a wonderful opportunity to share in the journey.
There are total of 21 sessions and we will include 6 of them during this Lenten study: The titles of the sessions are: “An Invitation to Journey” “Taking the Bible Seriously” “Thinking Theologically” “Stories of Creation” “Lives of Jesus” and “A Passion for Christ: Paul.”
For more information you can check out the web site — GOOGLE “Living the Questions 2.”
Here is the deal —
I would like to meet for an hour with some flexibility if discussions seem to extend beyond that.
There are three options for time and depending upon your response we can decide which one or ones work best.
Sunday right after coffee hour — let’s say 11:30 – 12:30 — we can sip on coffee and have a late lunch at home
Monday evenings — 7 – 8 (unless 6:30 – 7:30 works better)
Wednesday evenings — 7 – 8 (unless 6:30 – 7:30 works better)
The plan will be to meet weekly in the Fellowship Hall through Lent and then determine what happens next.
Each session can be viewed independently so one need not commit to all sessions.
If you can respond by Thursday of this week, we can decide the best alternative(s) for the program.
Faithfully,
Gary
