During Lent, there is a soup luncheon each Wednesday at the church at noon. Toby facilitates a lesson on the book. In 2017, the book was The Great Spiritual Migration by Brian McLaren. Everyone is welcome to attend and bring friends to help discuss this important topic.
For the 2018 Lenten Series:
Title: When Prayer Moves Beyond Words: The Contemplative Life
Goal: To help participants discover the joy of a deeper connection to God, through non-verbal, receptive, contemplative prayer
- This will be a participatory, experimental, learning-by-doing class!
Week-by-Week Overview:
Feb 14 – Why Prayer “Fails” Us in the New Millennium
Feb 21 – Mindfulness vs. Mindlessness
Feb 28 – Breathing Our Way to God
Mar 7 – Meta Meditation & Tonglin
Mar 14 – Loving Kindness & Crawling into the Divine Lap
Mar 21 – Walking in Mindful Gratitude