LENT 2012 Area Programs and Events The Episcopal Diocese of Northwest Texas How will you observe a Holy Lent this year? Will you attend the events in your area, or add a study or prayer resource to your daily routine? It is difficult to make a choice unless you have the information you seek. As a service to the Diocese we have compiled a list of resources available to Episcopalians and non-Episcopalians in the Diocese of NW Texas. We hope you find it useful as we approach this most reverent season of reflection and growth. Lenten Events and Series– St. Andrew’s Amarillo Annual Pancake Supper– Come Join the Fun! Tuesday, February 21, 5:30– 7:00pm in the Parish Hall Pancakes and bacon! All Proceeds will go to teens and their Holy Pilgrimages and Mission Trips in 2013. Please support our youth! Lenten Series– February 29– March 28- Come to any or all 5:30 pm Eucharist in the Children’s chapel 6:00pm Light Potluck Supper– Parish Hall 6:30– 7:30pm Programs– Nursery available ADULT LENTEN SERIES– DVD Presentation of From Jesus to Christ– an exciting presenta- tion that will enlighten and challenge the viewer. YOUTH LENTEN SERIES– Wizards and Wonders- Mark and Marcy McKay will lead this ex- ploration of issues through the use of the popular Harry Potter series, such as : identity, alliances, teamwork, spiritual gifts, life’s direction, temptations, moral choices, courage and faith. LENTEN SERIES– Centering Prayer Mondays at 5:3opm orientation, 6:00– 7:00 in Children’s Chapel Come practice this ancient discipline, as well as examine how this deeply spiritual discipline re- lates to our classic tradition of Christian contemplation. As a guide, the group will use the book Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening by Cynthia Bourgeault. (Available for $10) Childcare will be available.
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LENT 2012
Area Programs and Events
The Episcopal Diocese of Northwest Texas
How will you observe a Holy Lent this year? Will you attend the events in
your area, or add a study or prayer resource to your daily routine? It is
difficult to make a choice unless you have the information you seek. As a
service to the Diocese we have compiled a list of resources available to
Episcopalians and non-Episcopalians in the Diocese of NW Texas. We
hope you find it useful as we approach this most reverent season of
reflection and growth.
Lenten Events and Series– St. Andrew’s Amarillo
Annual Pancake Supper– Come Join the Fun!
Tuesday, February 21, 5:30– 7:00pm in the Parish Hall
Pancakes and bacon!
All Proceeds will go to teens and their Holy Pilgrimages and
Mission Trips in 2013.
Please support our youth!
Lenten Series– February 29– March 28- Come to any or all
5:30 pm Eucharist in the Children’s chapel
6:00pm Light Potluck Supper– Parish Hall
6:30– 7:30pm Programs– Nursery available
ADULT LENTEN SERIES– DVD Presentation of From Jesus to Christ– an exciting presenta-
tion that will enlighten and challenge the viewer.
YOUTH LENTEN SERIES– Wizards and Wonders- Mark and Marcy McKay will lead this ex-
ploration of issues through the use of the popular Harry Potter series, such as : identity, alliances,
teamwork, spiritual gifts, life’s direction, temptations, moral choices, courage and faith.
LENTEN SERIES– Centering Prayer
Mondays at 5:3opm orientation, 6:00– 7:00 in Children’s Chapel
Come practice this ancient discipline, as well as examine how this deeply spiritual discipline re-
lates to our classic tradition of Christian contemplation. As a guide, the group will use the book
Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening by Cynthia Bourgeault. (Available for $10) Childcare
will be available.
The Episcopal Diocese of Northwest Texas
Lent 2012 Series at Church of the Heavenly Rest– Abilene
For this year’s Lenten program, we will be taking a journey across the pond to the hallowed halls
of Oxford University. During Lent, join us at Heavenly Rest to learn about some of Anglican his-
tory’s most important writers with some of the finest scholars in the area. We will be exploring
these modern Anglican Divines in the context of Evensong, a choral service of Evening Prayer
that is one of Anglicanism’s great gifts to the Christian tradition. We hope that you will be able to
join us to experience and learn more about our rich Anglican heritage.
GEORGE MACDONALD Wedneday, February 29 at 6:30 pm in the nave
Larry Fink, Professor of English at Hardin-Simmons University, will begin our Lenten series by introducing us to
George MacDonald, a Scottish author and clergyman whose work influenced many of the great Christian writers of
the twentieth century.
DOROTHY SAYERS Wedneday, March 7 at 6:30 pm in the nave
Chris Willerton, Professor of English at Abilene Christian University, will continue our series by discussing Dorothy
Sayers, an English author known for her diverse and prolific output ranging from crime novels to devotional writings.
J.R.R. TOLKIEN Wednesday, March 14 at 6:30 pm in the nave Mikee Delony, Assistant Professor of English at Abilene Christian University, will continue our Lenten exploration by
teaching us about J.R.R. Tolkien, who is best known as the author of the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings.
T.S. ELIOT
Wednesday, March 21 at 6:30 pm in the nave
Ronald Schuchard, C. White Professor of English at Emory University, will discuss the Lenten experience in T.S.
Eliot’s life and work.
Thursday, March 22 11:30 am luncheon in the parish hall. Please make reservations for lunch via email or call 325-677-2091.
4:00 pm university seminar in the parish hall. All are welcome to attend. The general theme of Schuchard's talks will be Eliot and spirituality, with a focus on the conflicts of the intellectual
soul, the nature and difficulty of spiritual progress, the inextricability of doubt and belief, the necessity of humility,
and the action of the will, as developed in his poetry and essays.
C.S. LEWIS Wedneday, March 28 at 6:30 pm in the nave Ken Herfurth, Adjunct Professor of Religion and Ethics at McMurry University, will conclude our series with a dis-
cussion of C.S. Lewis, a Christian apologist known widely as one of the most imaginative Christian writers of the
twentieth century.
Sunday, April 1 at 9:30 am in the library - Ken Herfurth will continue our dialogue about C.S. Lewis as special Sun-
day school event.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE AUTHORS OR LENTEN SERVICES AT HEAVENLY REST,
VISIT THEIR WEBSITE BY CLICKING THE BLUE HIGHLIGHTED LINK.