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A Lenten Message from the Pastor

Greetings All God’s Children MCC family,

Welcome to the incredibly reflective, life-giving, life-renewing and life-sustaining season of Lent. The overall theme for Lent this year at All God’s Children MCC is Transformed … by Divine Encounters.

Lent is a time for soul-searching, meditation, and self-reflection … a time to reflect on the relevance of your relationship with God and what it means for YOU to live as the Beloved of God as we embrace life with all its changes and uncertainties. When facing and dealing with these realities, few spiritual practices are more important than the practice of listening … listening to ourselves, listening to others, and listening to God.

We will begin our 40-day journey of Lent, excluding Sundays, with Ash Wednesday. On Ash Wednesday, the sanctuary will be available from Noon-5pm for self-guided worship, meditation and prayer. For those who are interested in the imposition of ashes on your forehead or hand, Pastor Kenny and a ministry team will be available in the church parking lot for Ash & Dash between 5-7pm. Pastor Kenny will also be available for the imposition of ashes during the day. This spiritual practice is a vivid and tangible reminder of our need for God, our mortality, and our dependence on the grace and transforming love of God, and the realization and power of Jesus’ resurrection.

Sunday worship during Lent will reflect a little Easter celebration as we anticipate the joyful and jubilant celebration of Easter. The altar and sanctuary will be decorated with purple tones and candles reminding us of our Lenten journey. In our sacred texts we will hear stories of people’s lives completely transformed as they encounter Jesus in their everyday ordinary lives. Our theme song will be There’s a Sweet, Sweet Spirit in this Place by Doris Akers … Sweet Holy Spirit, Sweet heavenly Dove, stay right here with us, filling us with Your love. And for these blessings we lift our hearts in praise; without a doubt we’ll know that we have been revived, when we shall leave this place.

Each day during Lent, a devotion will be available with the theme: Listening with All Your Heart, Soul, Strength, and Mind.

Click here to download a PDF of the Lenten Devotions for February 22 to February 25.

Click here to download a PDF of the Lenten Devotions for February 26 to March 4.

The devotions are offered as a daily spiritual practice and time of reflection as we journey through Lent. Each Sunday will set the tone for the week’s theme. Every other day of the week will begin with a Scripture or a quote, followed by a reflection, and then Making it Personal questions, which provide an opportunity for you to reflect on the readings as they relate to your own life and spiritual journey. You might want to purchase a journal or spiral notebook to write down important thoughts, feelings, or insights.

However you choose to use the devotions and other spiritual offerings this Lent, my hope is that you feel supported in your desire to live more fully into your faith and identity as the Beloved of God, in a way that is transformative, inspirational and deeply renewing.

By being attentive, by learning to listen, or recovering the natural capacity to listen which cannot be learned any more than breathing, we can find ourselves engulfed in such happiness that it cannot be explained; the happiness of being at one with everything in that hidden ground of Love for which there can be no explanation.

-Thomas Merton, The Hidden Ground of Love

Blessings for a joyous and meaningful Lent.

-Pastor Kenny Callaghan

Upcoming Events

Mar
25
Sat
8:30 AM Building Host: Bill Breitrick (W...
Building Host: Bill Breitrick (W...
Mar 25 @ 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Bill Breitrick is typically the building host on Saturdays while he is cleaning the building. Bill is also the building host for all rentals at All God’s Children MCC.
9:30 AM Rainbow Health/OIBY Yoga (Ackerm...
Rainbow Health/OIBY Yoga (Ackerm...
Mar 25 @ 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Yoga-Flyer_AGC
1:00 PM Mike Haase – Working @ AGC (Mike...
Mike Haase – Working @ AGC (Mike...
Mar 25 @ 1:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Each Saturday Mike Haase will be present in the building working. Climate control is requested.
Mar
26
Sun
9:00 AM Full Music Team Rehearsal (Sanct...
Full Music Team Rehearsal (Sanct...
Mar 26 @ 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM
(The Sanctuary) All musicians at All God’s Children meet to rehearse together weekly before the Sunday morning service. This includes: The Praise Band, The Praise Team (Singers), The Chancel Choir, and any other special musicians[...]
10:00 AM Sunday Morning Worship Celebration
Sunday Morning Worship Celebration
Mar 26 @ 10:00 AM
Please join us every Sunday at 10:00 AM live and in-person in the All God’s Children sanctuary. You Can Also Join the Live Stream of our Worship Celebration on Facebook and YouTube each Sunday at 10 am. All[...]
11:00 AM March Potluck Lunch During Socia...
March Potluck Lunch During Socia...
Mar 26 @ 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Sign up in Ackerman Hall or the Narthex to bring a dish to share
4:30 PM Building Host: Scott Ehlers
Building Host: Scott Ehlers
Mar 26 @ 4:30 PM
Building Host: Scott Ehlers
4:30 PM Business Meeting for 5:00 Recove...
Business Meeting for 5:00 Recove...
Mar 26 @ 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Every “last Sunday” of each month, the Twin Cities CMA Support Group Meeting evening recovery group that meets at 4:30 will hold its business meeting in Ackerman Hall, prior to their recovery meeting.
5:00 PM Twin Cities CMA Support Group Me...
Twin Cities CMA Support Group Me...
Mar 26 @ 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Open to the public: Twin Cities CMA.
11:30 PM New Membership Conversation (Cha...
New Membership Conversation (Cha...
Mar 26 @ 11:30 PM – Mar 27 @ 1:00 PM
 
Mar
27
Mon
1:00 PM Rainbow Health MN Programs (31st...
Rainbow Health MN Programs (31st...
Mar 27 @ 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Please enter through the 31st Street entrance, just look for the Rainbow Health sign! The Mainline Syringe Exchange is managed and operated by Rainbow Health. Mainline was established in 1994 and is the largest and[...]
6:00 PM Building Host: David Manderson o...
Building Host: David Manderson o...
Mar 27 @ 6:00 PM
 
7:00 PM NA By the Book – Recovery Group ...
NA By the Book – Recovery Group ...
Mar 27 @ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Each Monday evening from 7:00 pm-8:30 pm, a NA By the Book recovery group meets downstairs in Ackerman Hall. (Please use the 31st Street side entrance when you arrive.) All are welcome.
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