There are two Church of England initiatives this year to help us follow Lent.
Come and See
The Oxford Diocese initiative “Come and See” is aimed at
Searchers – Listened to online worship in your PJs and want to find out more?
Drifters – Drifted away from church, or thinking there must be more than this?
Thinkers – Reflecting on the state of the world and thinking more deeply on faith?
Everyone – Whatever stage of life you’re at, whether you’ve been to church before or not.
Come and See will send you a short email each day, Monday to Saturday. And on Sundays during Lent you receive a short video from Bishop Steven exploring the theme for Come and See that year in a bit more detail. Each email begins with a short passage of text from the Bible. If you’ve never opened a Bible before, please don’t worry, just go with the flow as you settle in to the journey.
Dust and Glory encourages us to take a fresh look at the frustrations and failings that every day brings and, rather than pretending we can always avoid them, seek to learn from them and grow closer to God through them.
Dust and Glory: A Lent journey of faith, failure and forgiveness is the Church of England’s Lent theme for 2023. This year’s resources are informed and inspired by the Archbishop of Canterbury’s 2023 Lent Book, Failure: What Jesus said about sin, mistakes and messing stuff up (SPCK) by Bishop Emma Ineson, who has also co-written the daily reflections booklet for adults (CHP).
As in recent years, the weekly themes of the Archbishop’s Lent Book are also explored in daily reflections from the Church of England, who can be followed on facebook here.
Dust and Glory: A Lent Journey of faith, failure and forgiveness offers a daily Bible reading, a short reflection and a practical challenge, as well as a prayer linked to the week’s theme. Co-written by Bishop Emma Ineson and Abbie Martin, the booklet is designed to be used either in parallel with the Lent Book or independently.
The award-winning Church of England campaigns app for iOS and Android – including daily audio – is now available to download. Anyone who has the Church of England’s #FollowTheStar app already installed will automatically get the Lent update.
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