Rerouting

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Just like our vehicle GPS systems tell us – we are often headed in the wrong direction or have taken a bit of a wrong turn. Our 2017 Lenten Message series, “Rerouting,” will highlight how God lovingly invites us to turn away from our current path and come back to Him. In addition to our overall theme, every week there will be questions for us each to reflect upon and a small personal assignment – meant to help us better experience and reflect upon the season of Lent and all that God means in our lives.

Lent 2017 Page
Examination of Concience
Small Group Resource

Holy Week (April 9 - 15, 2017)
Easter Sunday (April 15 - 16, 2017)

Ash Wednesday: Prayer, Fast, Almsgiving, March 1, 2017

  • Homily
  • Weekly Practice: Write down what you will be giving up and/or adding to your life this Lenten season that will help you be humbled before Jesus, something that will help you reroute back to Jesus. Then put that in a special place where you will see it daily.
  • One petition: That we take the time to humble and to dedicate ourselves to returning to the Father through the practices of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving during this Season of Lent.

First Sunday of Lent: Lost, March 5, 2017

  • Homily
  • Weekly Practice: Do an examination of conscience. (click here for resources)
  • Question of the Week:  What parts of my life have made it difficult for me to experience God’s powerful Mercy?  How should I change course?
  • One petition: That all members of the Body of Christ support each other in the call to enter into the desert of Lent and be transformed. . . .  We pray to the Lord.

Second Sunday: Destination, March 12, 2017

  • Homily
  • Weekly Practice: Make a conscious effort to change your routine to become more conscience of God’s presence.   Reroute your habits.
  • Question of the Week:  How can I vary my routine this week to become more conscious of God’s presence, bring myself closer to Jesus, and be able to say with St. Peter, “Lord, it is good that we are here.”
  • One petition: That each of us here encounter the transfigured Jesus in the challenges and joys of daily living – We pray to the Lord

Third Sunday of Lent: Openness, March 19, 2017

  • Homily
  • Weekly Practice: Think of someone you’ve judged and pray for that person every day this week.
  • Question of the Week: Have you ever been very very thirsty? Think about that time. How does that deep desire for water compare to your search for relationship with God?
  • Petition: We pray for people who thirst for the living water.  May they find a relationship with Christ and His Body.

Fourth Sunday: Embrace the Journey, March 26, 2017

  • Homily
  • Weekly Practice: Choose someone in your life who is struggling and offer them encouragement.
  • Question of the Week: What would you think about making yourself vulnerable by reaching out to someone who has hurt you?  Or to someone you have hurt?  What does Jesus call you to do?
  • Petitions:
    • We pray for healing and reconciliation for families that have been damaged by arguments.
    • For the healing of friendships that have been harmed through judgement or pettiness.
    • For all the relationships of people here that have been strained by differing political viewpoints.

Fifth Sunday: Hope, April, 2, 2017

  • Homily
  • Weekly Practice: Choose something that gives you hope, write it down on a piece of paper and put it somewhere you are going to see it every day.
  • Question of the Week: Can you think of a time when you saw God bring life out of difficult situations?
  • Petition: May we know in our hour of struggle that we have not been left alone without hope.

Palm Sunday: Darkness, April 9, 2017

  • Homily
  • Weekly Practice: Think of the people in your life: who may be struggling with something?  Talk to them and especially listen to them; give someone an opportunity to share what he or she may be going through.
  • Petition: For all those who experience darkness or abandonment in their lives, that they will come to know / accept the healing presence of Christ.

Easter Sunday: Light, April, 16,2017

  • Homily
  • Weekly Practice: Share the light of Christ with someone in your life, by attending to their physical or spiritual needs, by sharing your faith with someone, or by forgiving someone who has hurt you.
  • Petition:  We pray for each one of us, that like Jesus’ disciples, we will go out and share the light of the Risen Lord with the world.