Lenten Virtual Life Group
Don’t do life alone this Lenten season. Life Together: Lent is a church-wide 5 week Life Group that calls the Soul Sanctuary community to reflection, prayer, and repentance as we focus our hearts and minds during the forty days before Easter. We’ll do this through daily Lenten devotional readings and discussion through the Church Center App. Then, every Tuesday after Ash Wednesday, we will join together on a Zoom call for a reflection surrounding a spiritual discipline traditionally observed during the season of Lent, as well as small group discussion and prayer.
The Lenten season is meant to be a time in the “wilderness.” This is a season that helps us create time and space to strip ourselves of the things that keep us from wholeheartedly seeking God. Throughout church history, this has typically been fostered through spiritual practices like fasting, generosity, silence, solitude, and prayer. As we surrender time and space to reflect on our lives, on how we operate in the world, and as we intentionally take time to repent, the Holy Spirit helps prepare our hearts and minds for the coming of Easter and the joyful celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. Our desire is to orient our hearts toward Christ in the “wilderness,” all while connecting with one another and growing in relationship during a time of distance.
We’ll officially kick off the Lenten season with our Ash Wednesday, February 17, gathering at 7:07pm, streamed on Facebook and Church Online.
How to Participate in this Life Group:
1. Download the Church Center App
Once you download the Church Center App, you’ll have to select Soul Sanctuary as your home church and log in using your phone number or email. Once in the application you’ll see options for registering for events (like Growth Track), life groups, and giving. Search for the Life Together – Lent life group and click join!
2. Register for the Life Group
You can click the link below to register for the group, or you can do it through the Church Center app (see above). You must join the group in order to receive the devotional readings and Zoom call links.
3. Participate in Daily Devotionals and Chats
We encourage you to read the daily scripture verses, reflect personally with the reflection questions, and post your responses to the discussion questions in the daily chat within the Church Center App. We encourage you to engage with the other community members and their thoughts as we keep the conversation going throughout the week.
4. Download the Zoom App
In preparation for our Tuesday Zoom calls, download the Zoom app on whatever device you will be using to tune into the call.
5. Participate in Weekly Zoom Calls
Each Tuesday of Lent, after Ash Wednesday (Feb. 17th), at 8:00PM you can log into the provided Zoom link for a Lenten reflection on a spiritual discipline, conversation, and prayer.
Need help? Contact us at info@soulsanctuary.ca.