"Amazing Grace: Discovering God’s Gifts in our Lives”

This year’s Lenten Mission takes place at Holy Family Church over three Sundays – March 12^th, 19^th and 26^th - beginning at 6:30 p.m. with prayer, and concluding with a time of fellowship.  Join us as we look at grace through these three lens:

• “A Word about Grace: What the Bible tells us about God’s Graciousness". On March 12^th Dr. Andrew Wilson and Dr. Fiona Black will consider: What does the Bible have to say about grace? Is there a difference between the Old and New Testament understandings of grace? What are the ways that grace moves from “text" to “life"?
• “God’s generous gift offered again and again and again and …” On March 19^th Claudette Derdaele will explore: What is this gift given at moments of sacraments? How does this gift “keep on giving?” How do we “keep on receiving?”
• "Set the Table, Grace is Coming!" On March 26^th Craig Murphy will answer: Who invited Grace anyway? In the busyness of our lives, how on earth do we take the time to sit down for a meal with such a gifted guest?  How does your table look, and are we open to the banquet that is set before us if we have eyes to see?  Let's explore together what living a grace-filled and graceful life might be for us.

Andrew and Fiona are associate professors of religious studies at Mount Allison University; Claudette is Director of the Adult Lay Formation Program with the diocese of Saint John; and Craig is Regional Director of Chaplaincy, Atlantic for Bridges of Canada.Coming out of an extraordinary jubilee of Mercy, it is time for us to consider Grace …