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"Holy Listening"
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This Lent we will embark upon a journey of holy listening as we seek to understand more deeply what it means to listen for God’s voice, to listen to our own spiritual needs, and perhaps most importantly of all, to listen to the voices of our neighbors. March 10th will be the first Sunday in our Lenten Listening series that will lead us all the way to Easter. For those of you wishing to dig deeper in to this topic in more practical ways I will be hosting a Wednesday night study group at 6:30 pm beginning on Wednesday March 13th. This group will not only study scripture to learn from Jesus’ own ministry, we will also practice honing our skills of holy listening with one another so that we can become better listeners in our personal lives and in our community.
At the conclusion of our study we will host a Listening Dinner, inviting several local educators to share their first-hand experience of some of the most pressing challenges of our community. As listeners our goals will be 1) to understand more deeply the important role that teachers and schools play in the life of our neighborhood, 2) to support and encourage them in their work, 3) to offer them a safe place to reflect and share.
At the conclusion of our study we will host a Listening Dinner, inviting several local educators to share their first-hand experience of some of the most pressing challenges of our community. As listeners our goals will be 1) to understand more deeply the important role that teachers and schools play in the life of our neighborhood, 2) to support and encourage them in their work, 3) to offer them a safe place to reflect and share.