Stepping into Wilderness: Grounding in Sacred Practices
In the lectionary, this season starts us appropriately with the gospel story of Jesus being led into the wilderness, by the Spirit, out into the wilderness to fast and pray and to be tempted by Satan. The Creator, the Spirit, the Child — all meet here, in this wilderness place, where forces of Empire would call into question the ministry, identity, and belovedness of Jesus.
Like Jesus, many of our most formative moments are experienced in the wilderness — we are shaped there. It is important for us to pass through these wilderness places, they grow us, strengthen us, draw us closer to ourselves and to the divine…but we do not go alone. We go with community and we go with practices that ground us in our belovedness, in our sacredness.
In this season, we will ground in the spiritual practice of music — we will get closer to the songs that have shaped us and shaped our community. Music, like so many practices, is deeply personal but also communal — and in this season we will get intentional (and conversational) about the music that has shaped us; the songs that have captured the voices of our ancestors and the voice of our community.
Like Jesus, many of our most formative moments are experienced in the wilderness — we are shaped there. It is important for us to pass through these wilderness places, they grow us, strengthen us, draw us closer to ourselves and to the divine…but we do not go alone. We go with community and we go with practices that ground us in our belovedness, in our sacredness.
In this season, we will ground in the spiritual practice of music — we will get closer to the songs that have shaped us and shaped our community. Music, like so many practices, is deeply personal but also communal — and in this season we will get intentional (and conversational) about the music that has shaped us; the songs that have captured the voices of our ancestors and the voice of our community.
Lent Gathering Schedule
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March 9th | 10 am- Gathering @ Chapel Theater - 4107 SE Harrison Street, Milwaukie, Oregon 97222
March 16th | 10 am- Gathering @ Chapel Theater - 4107 SE Harrison Street, Milwaukie, Oregon 97222 March 23rd | 10 am- Gathering @ Chapel Theater - 4107 SE Harrison Street, Milwaukie, Oregon 97222 March 30th | Sabbath Sunday - 4107 SE Harrison Street, Milwaukie, Oregon 97222 April 6th | 10 am- Gathering @ Chapel Theater - 4107 SE Harrison Street, Milwaukie, Oregon 97222 April 13th | Palm Sunday 10 am- Gathering @ Chapel Theater - 4107 SE Harrison Street, Milwaukie, Oregon 97222 April 20th| Easter Sunday 10 am- Gathering @ Chapel Theater - 4107 SE Harrison Street, Milwaukie, Oregon 97222 |