Adult Faith Formation
Still Waters: February 21, 2026
Still Waters Fellowship takes place around a good meal and the exploration of one or more of the traditional practices that can help us grow in our relationship to God. All are welcome! RSVPs are encouraged in the interest of meal planning.
Our next gathering will be on Saturday, February 21, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the home of Roger Parker. For more information or to RSVP to Roger, click on the link below.
Bible Study: Lent 2026
We meet every Wednesday at 11:15 a.m. in the church library. (We will not meet on Ash Wednesday, February 18.)
Anyone is free to drop in for a taste of the joy that we share in our prayer, meditation, scripture, and Christian community.
Some new revelations concerning The Plan of God.
This is the topic for Wednesday Bible Study during Lent: From before time began God has had a plan -
that humankind will share God's life in God's Kingdom. There is such a wealth of wisdom that we can explore
and find great depth of meaning. Instead of focusing on a book of scripture for however long that book takes
we are bouncing around to find particular topics and look at scripture in a way that is new to us. There have
been many questions and challenges to explore.
Why is there sin in the world? Evil? What do Adam and Eve and their story have to do with us and
what do we learn from them? Did God create sin and evil? Is Redemption necessary? Does God punish us?
Our conversations have been brisk and loaded with thought. We have come to understand more about the
value of conversational meditation. It is all a critical tool for spiritual growth. The goal is not teaching nor
learning. It is feeding and living scripture. It is growing in faith and nurturing our lives in God.
Lenten Compline
Join us by Zoom on Tuesdays at 7:30, beginning March 3.
Compline is the service for evening and part of the Daily Office. The Office is an ancient practice of
the church and developed into our Book of Common Prayer after the Reformation. For centuries these
prayers were used in churches, monasteries, homes and by individual worshipers. There will be prayer sheets available through email for your use in compline or on
meditations during the rest of each week. The services will last about 30 minutes.
These will be times of quiet spaces and one voice will read each prayers with volunteers to pray one or
more sessions. I (Kathie) will start us off. If you would like to participate just let me know. Scripture, poetry,
anything interesting to us will be in sections broken up by the silence. One particular focus will be on the Last
Words of Christ.
For millennia Lent has been a time of renewal, penitence, self-examination, self-denial, leading to
forgiveness, redemption, and renewal in Christ. These actions work their best when in community. You will
always be welcome.
Psalm of the week for February 22: Beati quorum (Blessed are those)
This selection is a bit tricky. Lets choose some words with which to start: transgressions, tribulations, "put
away," groaning, acknowledged. This is a timely gift for us as the psalm can be seen as an outline for Lenten
behaviors. We have a person here who is not a happy one. Pay attention to possible reasons for this attitude.
It would seem that "transgressions" and sins have caused upsets to his spirit. We can label "the person" as the
"psalmist." Look for the two sides of the psalmists coin. Where is the joy? Where is the no joy? How is the
balance to be found?
There are turning points here as God is brought into the picture. Think of some words showing us
how we can find the turning points that are badly needed to find our balance. Where is God to be found?
Verses 9 and 10 voice what God will do for the psalmist and the condition that is set so that God can do what
needs to be done.
At the end of the study choose the word or phrase that offers the most comfort. Amen