Join us onsite and online for Holden Evening Prayer on Thursdays during Lent at 6pm. Check this site or contact the church office (faithottawasecretary@gmail.com) a week prior to each date for the link to the online platform (which will change every week).
Feb 22 – at Martin Luther Church (933 Smyth Rd)
Feb 29 – at Faith Lutheran Church (43 Meadowlands Dr West)
March 7 – at St Peter’s Lutheran Church (400 Sparks St)
March 14 – at Martin Luther Church
March 21 – at Faith Lutheran Church
Experience a brief, contemplative prayer at the end of the day during this season of Lent. Music for Holden Evening Prayer will be provided. Everyone is welcome!
We read a scripture assigned to the following Sunday, according to the Revised Common Lectionary. If you would like to know the precise scripture reference for the coming session, or would like to join the online group, please contact Pastor Martin. (prmartinmalina@gmail.com).
In the hour we are together we follow the practice of lectio divina (a prayerful, reflective reading of the scripture), hearing the text three times and asking each time a different question of the text and of ourselves:
- What word or phrase or image first speaks to you? (Hear)
- What is God/Jesus/the Word saying to you? What is the important meaning you discover in this text? (Reflect)
- What is God/Jesus/the Word calling you to do? (Respond)
A joint initiative between Faith Lutheran Church and Julian of Norwich Anglican Church in west-end Ottawa, we pray in the contemplative tradition of Christian Meditation first taught by John Main and current director of the World Community for Christian Meditation, Laurence Freeman. If you would like to join this online group please contact Pastor Martin Malina (prmartinmalina@gmail.com). If you would like more information about how to pray in this tradition, please visit www.wccm.org and www.wccm-canada.ca.