This year's Lent course is provided by the Third Order of the Society of St Francis called 'Landscapes of Penance, Peace & Reconciliation’. Instead of treating repentance as shame, pressure, or spiritual self-improvement, this course seeks to use landscapes, the places that shape our imagination, our history, our wounds, and our hope. ­ The course introduction says: It begins with the conviction that God meets us not only in ideas, but in the real terrain of human life - in dust and ice, in oceans and cities, in stories of conflict and courage, in communities longing to heal. And it begins with the instinct that transformation happens best when we learn to see abundance even in hard places, and to practise compassion, culture, congregation, and commerce for the sake of the common good.  Each week offers a simple pattern: a map or image, a candle, a slow reading of the Gospel, and a Heartbeat-style conversation shaped by Wonderings. We listen to Scripture alongside voices from the land: people who have carried pain, resisted injustice, rebuilt trust, and learned the hard craft of peace-making. These are not “illustrations” to decorate our faith; they are teachers who help us see the Gospel more clearly.  

We have chosen a different evening each week to try and ensure that everyone who would like to join us will be able to do so, meeting at 7.30pm in the upper room at church on Monday 23^rd February, Tuesday 3^rd March, Thursday 12^th March, Monday 16^th March and Tuesday 24^th March.  The course will also be run as a hybrid session so people can participate online and here is the Zoom link: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82727461959?pwd=EVaGtLqHfR317IlFiwYbRqJvnGansP.1

Meeting ID: 827 2746 1959  Passcode: 848867