NT260 Lent

On Wednesday nights during Lent, we’re gathering as a church family to share a meal and take part in meaningful table conversations around our NT260 weekly reading. Kids Club will be available during the evening, and students will stay with us. Be sure to sign up for the meal (below) so we can plan accordingly.

Details of the evening.

Dinner will be served from 5:30-6pm in the cafe/main auditorium. Please arrive anytime during that span to join us for dinner. We suggest a $5 per person/$20 max per family donation that can be made via the weekly online registration email or in cash. 

Dinner Registration is required for each night.

February 25 - Baked Ziti, salad and bread sticks

March 4 - BBQ pulled pork, beans and pasta salad

March 11 - Baked Ziti, salad, applesauce, garlic bread & dessert

March 18 - Costco Pizza, salad, chips & cookies

March 25 - Chili & Fix-in's

Infant to Walkers are welcome to stay with their parents

Littles (Walkers-PREK):
We have a fun, safe space for your littles to enjoy some time to play!

Kid’s Club:
We will share an engaging and interactive Bible story that connects with the NT 260 readings. Register here

Middle & High Schoolers:
The programming will invite their engagement too! With table hosts Andy Johnson & Dustyn Vanzant and others.

Adults:
Will engage in relaxed table conversation around the week's reading and a supporting video. 

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Lent is a disciplined, focused season for spiritual "house cleaning," not gloomy self-denial, but a joyful journey of following Jesus to the cross, clearing away distractions to rediscover God's steadfast love, mercy, and the hope of new creation, allowing Christians to align their lives with God's kingdom way rather than the world's. It's about repentance for the right reasons—God's love—and preparing for the resurrection by embracing Jesus's path of suffering and redemption, ultimately finding new life in him. 

Key aspects of Lent:

Spiritual Housekeeping: Lent is a time to sweep out the cobwebs of sin and distraction, cleaning up our spiritual lives to see things clearly and reorient our focus.

Following Jesus: It's a journey following Jesus's path to the cross, learning his way, even when costly, and understanding his suffering as taking on the world's pain.

Focus on God's Love: The core isn't self-focus but returning to God, who is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, which sustains us.

Discipline & Confession: Practices like fasting and confession are tools for honesty, not punishment, opening us to God's cleansing and readiness for good things.

Hope in Resurrection: It's a movement from darkness to light, recognizing the story of Jesus's suffering and resurrection as the ultimate fulfillment of God's plan for new creation.

Kingdom Living: By following Jesus's way, we learn to live out God's kingdom in the world, contrasting it with worldly ways.