A New Series of Lent Lectures
Easter 2016 - Lent Lectures
Led by the Very Reverend Adrian Dorber, Dean of Lichfield.
The Life of Jesus and the unfolding of God’s Kingdom – told through the landscape of the Bible
Week 1: 11 February: The River Jordan and the Judean desert: Baptism and being alone with God
Week 2: 18 February: Galilee – Capernaum and the Lake: Healing, Discipleship, Dealing with the darkness
Week 3: 25 February: Mount Tabor and the road through Samaria: Transfiguration and Forgiveness
Week 4: 3 March: Encountering Jerusalem – the pool of Siloam, the Mount of Olives and the Garden of Gethsemane: Rejection, Pilgrimage, Tears
Week 5: 10 March: Jerusalem – Temple, Passover: Via Dolorosa, Tomb: Conflict, Reconciliation, Eucharist
Week 6: 17 March: The Road and the Sea – Emmaus and Caesarea Maritima: Untying the knots of anxiety and taking on God’s mission
This year the lectures, which will take place in College Hall will be offered in two formats:
•13.30 Brief version, followed by discussion.
•19.30 Full version, followed by Bible study and discussion.
You are also welcome to join us for a Lenten lunch. Each Thursday lunchtime, (11 February – 17 March inclusive) there will be the usual 12.30 Eucharist followed by poverty lunch including soup and a roll, at 13.05 in College Hall. Donations for the lunch (suggested minimum £3) will support the Bishops’ Lent Appeal, this year supporting the Children’s Society and Friends of the Holy Land.
In addition from February, 8 until April 11 the Cathedral will be hosting a Stations of the Cross exhibition by pilgrimage photographer; David Healey. David has created a powerful collection of photographic montages; incorporating Jerusalem street scenes with images of the passion taken from the Lady Chapel windows. There will be a devotional inauguration of the Stations on Sunday, 14 February at 16.30 with a fuller liturgical celebration on the evening of Palm Sunday, March 20.
For more information, or to book a place on the evening lectures (no booking required for lunchtimes), please contact Kate Durrant on 01543 306250 or email kate.durrant@lichfield-cathedral.org.
© Will Fuller Photography