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Welcome to Faith Episcopal Church – Poulsbo, Washington
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PRAYERS FOR LENT
Diane Walker, who donated our washer and dryer, is not only an incredibly generous soul, she is also a contemplative photographer, artist and writer. She has graciously shared these visual Lenten prayers she created in 2012. Click Here for her Lenten prayers.
Upcoming at Faith This Week
Dear Friends,
As I write this, it is a glorious morning. It is cold, cold, cold, outside, it is blessedly dry, and the sun is shining. These sorts of mornings are my favorite: clear, cold, and crisp. It may all change this afternoon, of course, but I am determined to stay in the beauty of the moment. This is a discipline I’m attempting to cultivate this Lent—staying in the moment. My tendency is for my brain to live in a separate timeframe from my body—worrying about what needs to be done, or what might happen, worst case scenarios, regret around things that happened in the past, etc.; you get the idea. I’m guessing I’m not alone in this habit and many of you can identify, to one degree or another, with this propensity.
The problem with allowing our brains to wander too far into the future or the past, is that doing so means we’re not engaged with the “now”. We’re not living this moment, not giving it the attention it deserves. This habit has been heightened during COVID. Our anxiety around the virus—how to prevent it, how to protect one another, when will we be vaccinated, who might be infected, when might I have last been exposed, all of it contribute to minds that are not in the present moment. Lent affords us the spaciousness to experience each moment, live each moment, fully. How might this season unfold for you if you practiced intentional presence each hour of it? I will be working toward this end and invite you to join me.
Faithfully,
Vicar Laura+
Second Sunday in Lent
“If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life?”
Mark 8:31-38 |
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Memorial Garden Sculptures
Jackson Foster continues to craft beautiful artwork for us. Our memorial garden is populated with stations of the cross, and plans are underway to make that place a spot of respite and contemplation for everyone.