We are now in the season of Lent. Many of you would be aware “Lent Event” (see http://www.lentevent.com). To participate in Lent Event, you:
- Give something up for Lent
- Put the money that you are saving aside
- Do daily study and prayer
- Send in your savings to Lent Event, which has partnered up with Uniting Church Overseas Aid to support development projects in over twenty countries.
Lent Event is about choosing to consume less so that we can give others more. This can also have a strong environmental focus. For some ideas on appreciating creation and reducing your footprint for Lent, see:
- 40 Simple Ways to Fast and Feast for God's Creation, adapted by Jessica Morthorpe from Presbyterians Restoring Creation
- Holy Water – Water, Worship and Prayer, Lenten reflections provided by the Ecumenical Water Network based at the World Council of Churches in Geneva.
- Tear Australia's Carbon Fast resource, available soon at http://www.tear.org.au
- Micah Challenge's "40 Day Fast" resource (pdf, 2.8MB)
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