Lent and Easter 2012

 As we approach the end of Lent and the beginning of the great season of Easter, we reflect on the many images that have entered our minds and hearts during these last several weeks.  Some have led us on a deeply spiritual path, some have shocked and bewildered us, others have brought joy to our hearts.  Wherever the images arose --in the newspaper or the movie theater, on the T.V. or iphone or within the context of family and personal relationships -- they are the stuff of life.  As Christians living in the second decade of the 21st century -- this is our world, our time, our opportunity to proclaim the Gospel.

Has it ever been easy to live the Gospel?  I doubt it.  But I sometimes wonder if the sheer complexity of our lives (both personal and global) adds a dimension that makes it more difficult to even recognize the good motivated by gospel-living, much less to act on it.  There are so many conflicting voices in our world, so many different ways to view a single issue whether its political, religious, medical or moral.  No wonder there is such a strong desire on the part of many to try and recapture a position of clarity, of less confusion and more direction.

In our era, the value of being a member of a small, faith-filled, praying community cannot be underestimated.  Where else can we bring our concerns, our uncertainty, our questions as we attempt to be a gospel-living people?  Where else can we find a community of dialogue where people will listen to us and be honest with us in our genuine desire to proclaim the good news in the very stuff of our daily lives?

In the next several weeks we are looking forward to welcoming new folks from the Lenten small groups into ongoing Small Church Communities.  And, since it is in the neighborhoods where we live that much of the stuff of our lives occurs, we will once again join with other Arvada area churches this spring and summer in focusing in on meeting and/or becoming better neighbors to our neighbors.  Please read about that in this newsletter and plan on bringing your neighbors to an ice cream social at church on Tuesday, July 31st -- no proselytizing just neighbors enjoying ice cream sundaes!!

May our gracious and loving God fill you with the joy of Easter life, Easter faith and Easter hope.  And may you, in turn, share that joy with all those you encounter in the stuff of your life.
Barb Howard

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The February Small Church Community Retreat was a tremendous learning experience. DVDs of each of the four major presentations are being prepared.  Don't miss the opportunity to reflect on the four vital elements of SCC life with the members of your small community!   

 

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