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Highlights for the next two months include:

Sunday, March 14 5:00 pm Bethany Service We invite you to join us for a Bethany Service and a simple meal each Sunday evening during Lent. Just as Jesus went to Bethany on his way to Jerusalem to visit with Mary and Martha, so too, we will dine together, sharing fellowship with our friends. Dinner will be followed by a service of music, quiet prayer, Scripture reading, and faith sharing. Just as Jesus began his journey toward Easter in Bethany, so we will join together to prepare to journey from Good Friday to Easter morning. Bethany services will begin at 5:00 and will continue through March 28, Palm Sunday. Please join us.

Sunday, March 14 9:00 am Finding Our Way Finding Our Way With Rev. Tripp Hudgins Finding Our Way Again: The Return of the Ancient Practices by Brian McLaren will be the focus of our Sunday mornings attention during Lent. "There are ancient ways that can teach us to practice peace, joy, self-mastery, and justice. The old disciplines - fasting, contemplative prayer, simplicity, spiritual reading, meditation, solitude, silence, observing the holy days - do for our souls what exorcise does for our bodies or study does for our minds." Join us at 9:00 am during Lent. All are welcome.

Wednesday, March 17 7:00pm Journey Into Lent Journey into Lent: The Way of Contemplative Prayer Lent is always and everywhere an invitation to deepen our spirituality and connect to the Easter story. This Lent is no exception. Join spiritual director Diane Stephens for six Wednesday evenings, starting on Ash Wednesday, February 17, at First Congregational Church of Wilmette from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. for an experience of silence, stillness and contemplative (meditative) prayer. Each session will feature a different prayer style, from instruction in the how tos, to a time of practicing the prayer together, to an opportunity for private response and small group discussion. Please come and bring a friend! All are welcome. Feel free to attend one session, a few sessions or all six. Dates: March 17, 24, 31 Time: 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. Place: First Congregational Church of Wilmette, 1125 Wilmette Ave. (at the corner of Lake St. and Wilmette Ave.; free street parking) March 17 Praying with Humility: The Way of the Examen March 24 Praying with InSight: The Way of Imago Divina March 31 Praying without Words: The Way of Centering Prayer Questions? Contact Diane at DWSwriter@aol.com.

Sunday, March 21 5:00 pm Bethany Service We invite you to join us for a Bethany Service and a simple meal each Sunday evening during Lent. Just as Jesus went to Bethany on his way to Jerusalem to visit with Mary and Martha, so too, we will dine together, sharing fellowship with our friends. Dinner will be followed by a service of music, quiet prayer, Scripture reading, and faith sharing. Just as Jesus began his journey toward Easter in Bethany, so we will join together to prepare to journey from Good Friday to Easter morning. Bethany services will begin at 5:00 and will continue through March 28, Palm Sunday. Please join us.

Sunday, March 21 9:00 am Finding Our Way Finding Our Way With Rev. Tripp Hudgins Finding Our Way Again: The Return of the Ancient Practices by Brian McLaren will be the focus of our Sunday mornings attention during Lent. "There are ancient ways that can teach us to practice peace, joy, self-mastery, and justice. The old disciplines - fasting, contemplative prayer, simplicity, spiritual reading, meditation, solitude, silence, observing the holy days - do for our souls what exorcise does for our bodies or study does for our minds." Join us at 9:00 am during Lent. All are welcome.

Wednesday, March 24 7:00 pm Journey Into Lent Journey into Lent: The Way of Contemplative Prayer Lent is always and everywhere an invitation to deepen our spirituality and connect to the Easter story. This Lent is no exception. Join spiritual director Diane Stephens for six Wednesday evenings, starting on Ash Wednesday, February 17, at First Congregational Church of Wilmette from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. for an experience of silence, stillness and contemplative (meditative) prayer. Each session will feature a different prayer style, from instruction in the how tos, to a time of practicing the prayer together, to an opportunity for private response and small group discussion. Please come and bring a friend! All are welcome. Feel free to attend one session, a few sessions or all six. Dates: March 24, 31 Time: 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. Place: First Congregational Church of Wilmette, 1125 Wilmette Ave. (at the corner of Lake St. and Wilmette Ave.; free street parking) March 24 Praying with InSight: The Way of Imago Divina March 31 Praying without Words: The Way of Centering Prayer Questions? Contact Diane at DWSwriter@aol.com.

Sunday, March 28 5:00 pm Bethany Service We invite you to join us for a Bethany Service and a simple meal each Sunday evening during Lent. Just as Jesus went to Bethany on his way to Jerusalem to visit with Mary and Martha, so too, we will dine together, sharing fellowship with our friends. Dinner will be followed by a service of music, quiet prayer, Scripture reading, and faith sharing. Just as Jesus began his journey toward Easter in Bethany, so we will join together to prepare to journey from Good Friday to Easter morning. Bethany services will begin at 5:00 and will continue through March 28, Palm Sunday. Please join us.

Sunday, March 28 9:30 am Finding Our Way Finding Our Way With Rev. Tripp Hudgins Finding Our Way Again: The Return of the Ancient Practices by Brian McLaren will be the focus of our Sunday mornings attention during Lent. "There are ancient ways that can teach us to practice peace, joy, self-mastery, and justice. The old disciplines - fasting, contemplative prayer, simplicity, spiritual reading, meditation, solitude, silence, observing the holy days - do for our souls what exorcise does for our bodies or study does for our minds." Join us at 9:00 am during Lent. All are welcome.

Wednesday, March 31 7:00 pm Journey Into Lent Journey into Lent: The Way of Contemplative Prayer Lent is always and everywhere an invitation to deepen our spirituality and connect to the Easter story. This Lent is no exception. Join spiritual director Diane Stephens for six Wednesday evenings, starting on Ash Wednesday, February 17, at First Congregational Church of Wilmette from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. for an experience of silence, stillness and contemplative (meditative) prayer. Each session will feature a different prayer style, from instruction in the how tos, to a time of practicing the prayer together, to an opportunity for private response and small group discussion. Please come and bring a friend! All are welcome. Feel free to attend one session, a few sessions or all six. Dates: March 31 Time: 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. Place: First Congregational Church of Wilmette, 1125 Wilmette Ave. (at the corner of Lake St. and Wilmette Ave.; free street parking) March 31 Praying without Words: The Way of Centering Prayer Questions? Contact Diane at DWSwriter@aol.com.

Thursday, April 1 6:00 pm Maundy Thursday Maundy Thursday: April 1 at 6:00pm - We will gather for a simple meal in the Guthridge Lounge and break our Lenten Fasts together. A worship service will follow at 7:00. This is a quiet night of remembering Christ's call to be his friends and to love one another.

Friday, April 2 7:00 pm Good Friday Good Friday: April 2 at 7:00pm - We will join with First Congregational Church of Wilmette (1125 Wilmette Avenue) in their sanctuary for a contemplative service. Christ dies and is laid in the tomb. Please join with us and our neighbors.

Sunday, April 4 10:30 am Easter Sunday Easter Sunday: April 4, 10:30am - Join us for the great celebration of the Church. The Lord is Risen! This is will be a communion service. Please bring your food pantry offerings. Our Easter Tea will follow.