Sowing Peace Lenten Series • National Small Group
$60.00
This virtual small group will meet on Monday evenings starting 3/10/25. The meeting schedule and series description is listed below.
3/10 • 6:30–8:00pm ET/3:30-5:00pm PT
3/17, 3/24, 3/31, 4/7 and 4/14 • 6:30-7:30pm ET /3:30pm-4:30pm PT
*Scholarships are available upon request. Contact Kristin Dollar (kristin@justfaith.org or 502-429-0865 ext. 6) to inquire.
Series Description
You may be entering this season of Lent feeling the upheaval of the world. Both nationally and globally, we have been experiencing what feel like unprecedented times. There is so much uncertainty. There are so many people suffering. How can we respond to such daunting challenges?
The purpose of this Lenten series is to explore this central question in the context of our faith. Your journey will be guided by three key words: lament, repent, and forgive:
Lament: recognizing our world as it is, the layers of complexity, and our own internal complexities in response to it. In the first two sessions, you’re invited to dig into the messiness of the world.
Repent: recognizing our own role – personal and collective – in harm-doing and turning toward accountability. In Sessions 3 and 4, you’re invited into composting- transforming the harms, hurts, and pains of the world into fodder for new life and growth.
Forgive: recognizing the harm that others have done and holding the possibility of transformation and new life. In Sessions 5 and 6, you’re invited to plant- or replant- seeds of connection, trust, and hope and allow them to germinate.
Through six online sessions and optional weekly reflections, these themes will invite you to reflect in your own life and to consider your role in addressing current issues facing our country and world today.
Click the “Description of Sessions” tab on the left to read more.
Description of Sessions
3/10 from 6:30 – 8 ET • Session 1 – Introductions, Psalms of Lament: What is lament? How can a psalm of lament guide us in our relationship with the world and how might other resurrection-keepers teach us to practice lament well?
3/17 from 6:30 – 7:30 ET • Session 2 – Holy Ground: With Jesus and modern-day truth-tellers as guides, how do we honestly express ourselves in a context where honest expression isn’t valued?
3/24 from 6:30 – 7:30 ET • Session 3 – From Rot to Richness: Explores our kinship with God and each other and how we practice accountability with one another.
3/31 from 6:30 – 7:30 ET • Session 4 – Prodigal People: Through the parable of the prodigal son, explore the relationship between repentance and forgiveness. What can accountability look like for social injustice?
4/7 from 6:30 – 7:30 ET • Session 5 – Redemption in Reciprocity: Explores the vastness of God’s forgiveness and mercy and invites us to grow our own capacity for forgiveness.
4/14 from 6:30 – 7:30 ET • Session 6 – Repair. Restore. Rise! How can we follow Jesus’ example: “Forgive them for they know not what they do.” This session expands the understanding of forgiveness as both individual and collective practices.
