Addressing the following Revision Action statements:

*Teach and learn the Biblical and theological basis for the decisions of the Episcopal Church

*Create opportunities for spiritual growth and development

*Establish new adult education programs

 Wednesday, March 23  6:00-7:30 p.m.

The Very Reverend Dr. Sylvia Sweeney, Dean of Bloy House: the Episcopal Theological School at Claremont will be with us to explore our baptismal covenant and how living out our vows taken at baptism shapes our worldview and informs our decisions-social, political, personal and spiritual and our prayer life.
 Wednesday, March 306:00-7:30 p.m.

The Reverend Canon Kelli Grace Kurtz, Vicar of Saint John's will explore the sacramental nature of being Episcopalian and how the three-legged stool informs our decisions. 

Thursday, April 7  6:00-7:30 p.m.

PLEASE NOTE DAY CHANGE

The Reverend Barbara Crawford Crafton, nationally known speaker and retreat leader will be with us.  Her latest book is Jesus Wept: when Faith and Depression Meet.  Her website is www.geraniumfarm.org.   

Wednesday, April 136:00-7:30 p.m. 

Round table discussion on what makes us Episcopalians with Fr. John Keester, Randall Walker, Deacon Barrett, Victor Milhon-Martin and KGK+

Holy Wednesday, April 206:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

"What would Jesus eat?" Community meal hosted by the McNew/Ensberg Revision group with music provided by Harps in the Spirit 

Drastic change sets off alarm bells in the brain and tends to work in the short run then fade out  Small steps gain a momentum of their own as new habits form without the resistance that most of us feel to change.  The trick is to work with steps so tiny and insignificant that they gradually build improvement without creating the uneasiness people often feel in response to change.  We can bring this loving, mindful attention to our church to improve it continually.

Here is a gentle Lenten discipline for the congregation:  sometime during Lent each of us might find onetask requiring  no more than five minutes and no money to do andquietly perform it for the improvement of our church.  We might dust a shelf, empty a wastebasket, water a plant, leave a message on someone else's voicemail saying we are thinking of him or her, push in a chair, hug someone, clear someone else's dishes at a meal, etc.  The true discipline is in noticing what needs to be done.  Nothing is too small or insignificant to be worth doing.  If wiping off a shelf feels like too much, it is fine to wipe off half a shelf.  We can transform ourselves and our church through baby steps.

Next on Sunday, April 3