Dear Friends,

Just as we were enjoying warmer days there is a chill in the air today. Sometimes Lent can be that way too. Perhaps we are going along fine keeping some discipline then we get off track and become discouraged. Sometimes it might be a good discipline to give up trying to do all the things we feel like we are supposed to do. If you are feeling that or just cruising along fine with your Lenten piety, I want to invite you to a Lenten Quiet Day on March 25 from 10 am - 2 pm. I will offer several reflections and allow time for meditation and prayer. Please take a look at the information in this email and RSVP. 

Join others for our Friendship Circle on March 23. Come have dinner and be with friends. I also want you to mark your calendars for March 27. That is the Annual Justice Knox Rally at First Presbyterian Church. At this rally, we hear about our issue campaigns and what we will be asking of our leaders at our Nehemiah Action on April 25. 

All of these opportunities have a different focus, and yet they are all ways that we can practice and nurture our faith. Like physical exercise, the practice of faith happens by us taking that first step to pause for prayer, speak hope to another, or gather in the community. Take that step and be surprised at how God meets you there. 

Peace, 

Fr. John Mark