Lent is a 40-day season of spiritual preparation, beginning on Ash Wednesday and culminating in Easter. This year, our sermon series and combined adult faith formation offering, First in Focus, will center on being transformed into the image and likeness of Christ. The Lenten sermon series, Transformed, invites us to experience the profound change that comes through encountering God’s grace and power. The First in Focus series will explore selections of the Imitation of Christ written by Thomas à Kempis and consider their relevance for our lives today. Opening and closing large group lectures on March 9 and April 13 with curriculum for existing Sunday School classes and small groups for the four weeks in-between. We are pleased to welcome Dr. Luke Timothy Johnson, emeritus Woodruff Professor at Emory University, for the closing lecture on April 13. Running parallel to this offering, the Arts Council will present Lenten Art-Talks on March 16, 23, 30, and April 6. Finally, each Wednesday in Lent you are invited to participate in Word Before Work from 7:30-8:30 a.m. It is a time to reflect on the previous Sunday worship and sermon and to pray for one another. You are invited to join us on 3rd floor of Smith Building in Rooker Group Counseling Room. Most Wednesdays the preacher from Sunday will join as well. Katie Sundermeier will facilitate.