The Lenten Season
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Renew Your Prayer Practices!
Sundays in Lent
Grab a cup of coffee, a treat, and join in on our Lenten Sunday offerings at 10:40am each of the 5 Sundays in Lent. We’ll spend 20 – 30 minutes together with spiritual practices that can carry you throughout the year.
March 26 – The Rev. Faith Perrizo will share information on the Labyrinth, an ancient form of moving prayer. The practice started as an idea for people who couldn’t make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. It’s a sort of pilgrimage in place. Faith will have handouts and set up a simple labyrinth in the Mary wing if folks want to try it. (Yes, we’ll move the table and chairs!)
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Lent Madness 2023 –
Who will win the Golden Halo?
Need a break, need a breather, need some fun and a good laugh? Need an engaging and unique Lenten devotion? Who doesn’t? Then participate in Lenten Madness which features 32 Saints that are placed in a tournament-like single bracket elimination. Every day you learn about two Saints, vote for
your favorite until only one is standing at the end and wins the Golden Halo. Martha and Mary are past winners. Who wins this year? Online herehttps://www.lentmadness.org/category/lent-madness-
2023 Sign up to receive daily emails as a reminder to read, learn, vote and enjoy.
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The Journey of Lent
Whatever wilderness the Spirit has brought you to:
walk in boldness, as a beloved child of God
walk in peace, under the shelter of the Most High
walk in faith, knowing Christ walks with you.Amen.
~ written by Joanna Harader, and posted on her Spacious Faith blog. http://spaciousfaith.com/
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Reverand Tom Eklo In Memoriam
In Memoriam Reverand Tom Eklo.
Our beloved brother in Christ passed away peacefully on November 17, 2022 in the company of close family members. While we grieve his passing, we take comfort that he is no longer suffereing and rejoice in our belief that he is with God. May he rest in peace.
Tom was a native Minnesotan, having been born and raised in Minneapolis. The priesthood was a second calling in life, having worked in the banking industry for almost 25 years. He most recently retired as the Rector of St. Nicholas in Richfield. His passions were preaching, finding the sacred in everyday life and encouraging all people in using their gifts for ministry. Tom loved a good book, travelled to almost anywhere, and enjoyed hiking/biking and photography. Tom and Stephen have a daughter and enjoyed the time they got to spend with their three grandchildren.
What We Stand For
The four pillars of Episcopal belief are Scripture, Reason, Tradition & Experience. We believe we are called to love everyone, with no exceptions. Ours is an ancient faith, but a modern one too.
Scripture
Each week we have readings from the Bible and we listen for the inspired Word of God. Sermons (homilies) are based on the weekly scripture readings, but because the Good Book was written by humans we draw on knowledge and reason to interpret the Bible’s meaning—and not literal interpretation of every word.
