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Lent
Spiritual Wisdom for the Wilderness
Lent marks the 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. It’s an opportunity to reflect on what sustains our faith through the wilderness. To many in our community, it feels like we’ve been moving through an extended Lent ever since our sanctuary burned down. So this lenten season, we invite you to seek spiritual wisdom for what can sustain this journey. How do we repair, rebuild, reclaim, restore ourselves and our neighbors? How can we find rest and joy along the way? We’ll ask these questions together as we move toward fierce love together.
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In Memoriam
Honoring Achebe Powell
Achebe Betty Powell died on February 21. Powell spent her life organizing for justice and equality, building God’s reign on Earth. As a groundbreaking Black lesbian activist in the 70’s and 80’s, she was a much sought-after speaker and trainer, and a leader in how to transform principles into policy. She was also a beloved member of Middle Church. She was scheduled to speak at our Freedom Rising gathering. As we mourn, we will dedicate April’s conference in her honor and donate 10% of all ticket sales to the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, which she co-founded.
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After a devastating six-alarm fire in 2020, Middle Church is called to the rising. Learn how you can be part of this urgent opportunity to rebuild our church and invest in Just Love. Period.
April 28-30 | New York City
Freedom Rising: Dismantling Fascism with Fierce Love
The time to act is now: When freedom rises, we all flourish. This spring, join some of the nation’s most prophetic leaders to diagnose what’s tearing the country apart, learn how to cultivate wholeness in the middle of oppressive systems, and build an agenda that will help all of us get free.
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It Starts With Us
With ferocious courage, Middle Church listens deeply to the intersectional injustices unfolding in this present moment. Now more than ever, we need each other. Fierce Love starts with us.
March 26th Worship Celebration
Sermon: “Everyday Prophets,” by Rev. Amanda Hambrick Ashcraft
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Our faith reminds us that we are inextricably bound together; our liberation is linked to each other. Tied up together. We are the hands, feet, and heartbeat of God.
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Our groups range in size, meeting structure and location, but all value deep connection and the desire to build, organize, and sustain ourselves as we work to bring about love and justice in the world.
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Loving our neighbors well, looks like ensuring our collective health and safety. Learn how Middle is loving our neighbors in this moment, and how you can partner in that work.
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Fierce Love
Inspired by the Ubuntu philosophy “I am who I am because we are who we are” and explained through stories from her own life, Dr. Lewis details the nine daily practices necessary for transforming ourselves, our communities, and our world at large. From learning to put down our emotional baggage to speaking truth to power to resisting joyfully, Dr. Lewis gives readers a renewed sense of the power they have to create caring communities; to stand up for the vulnerable; and to change our shared story from one of anxiety, anger, and divisiveness to one of mindfulness, compassion, and unity.
Jacqui’s Fierce Love is a manifesto for all generations, a universalist’s vision for mending our broken hearts and fractured world.
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