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Episcopal Church offers Lenten resources, meditations

February 10, 2012
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Resources, meditations and study guides for experiencing a reflective Lenten season are available from the Episcopal Church.

Also on the Episcopal Church facebook page, an ongoing conversation focuses on Ash Wednesday/Lent. http://www.facebook.com/episcopalian

The resources have been complied by the Mission Staff of the Episcopal Church.

– Seeking God’s Justice for All:  Exposing the Doctrine of Discovery Part Three:

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/sites/default/files/downloads/dod_lent_2012.pdf

– Elder Abuse Awareness: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/page/older-adult-ministries

– Carbon Fast: Beginning Ash Wednesday and throughout Lent, participants will receive a daily email with the day's suggested carbon-reducing activity. http://www.macucc.org/resources

Lent 4.5: Christian Simplicity: a seven-week faith formation program www.earthandspiritcenter.org/lent45

– Episcopal Relief & Development 2012 Lenten Meditations https://www.episcopalrelief.org/

– Good Friday Offering Lenten Education Series from the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem: https://www.episcopalchurch.org/good-friday-offering/

– “Claiming the Vision: Baptismal Identity in the Episcopal Church”: video resource produced as a collaborative effort of Bloy House (the Episcopal Theological School at Claremont), the Episcopal Church Center, and the Evangelical Education Society.  Here or  http://bloyhouse.org/vision.html

– World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Water Network: a Lenten course titled "Seven Weeks for Water: The Blue Economy.” http://www.oikoumene.org/en/activities/ewn-home/resources-and-links/seven-weeks-for-water.html

– The Anglican Communion’s Bible in the Life of the Church: a five-week course for Lent 2012 titled "And It Was Good". http://www.anglicancommunion.org/ministry/theological/bible/lent.cfm.

– Eco-Palms:  harvesters gather only quality palm fronds in a way that allows the plant to keep growing. https://www.ecopalms.org/

The Lenten Resources will be available throughout Lent and Easter.  Additional resources will be added throughout Lent. 

 

 

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