every 4th thursday @ 5:30pm at O’Doherty’s Irish Grille — Spokane Falls Blvd. across from the carousel

every 2nd thursday @ 5:30pm at Hill’s Cafe (corner of Washington & Main — across from Auntie’s Bookstore)

join us as we enter and honor the season of a Lent — that time each year when we ‘remember that we are dust, and to dust we shall return.’ it’s the season, more than any other, during which we’re honest about the sin that damages our relationship with God and with others. it’s also the season, more than any other, during which we celebrate God’s mercy and forgiveness — the means by which God opens the door for our ‘return.’

Then Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here.” Mark, ch.9

Isn’t Peter endearing? Here he is, in the midst of his mountain-top experience with Jesus, and he wants to set up camp and stay for awhile. Nothing really wrong with that, right? I mean, how many of us wouldn’t rather just bask in the glow of our own mountain top experience?

A leper came to him begging him, and kneeling he said to him, ‘If you choose, you can make me clean.’ Moved with pity, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, ‘I do choose. Be made clean!’ Mark 1:40-1

In Jesus Wants to Save Christians, Rob Bell talks about Eucharist as ‘the good gift,’ poured out by God for the life of the world — and he clarifies further that “Jesus is God’s good gift for the healing of the world. The church is Jesus’ body, a good gift for the healing of the world” (165).

When we ask ourselves ‘what is the church for?,’ the only legitimate answer is ‘to serve God’s mission of healing the world.’ And we learn what that healing work looks like by watching Jesus in action in stories like the one for this Sunday.

[ February 24, 2009; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] join other mardi gras revelers at Holy Trinity on Tuesday, February 24th for a cajun feast, with ample debauchery to help make sense of Lent’s beginning the next day.

dinner and dancing begin at 6pm and run until we can’t run no more!  arts and crafts and games for all ages.  come ready for a good [...]

join other mardi gras revelers at Holy Trinity on Tuesday, February 24th for a cajun feast, with ample debauchery to help make sense of Lent’s beginning the next day.

dinner and dancing begin at 6pm and run until we can’t run no more! arts and crafts and games for all ages. come ready for a good time!