Lent Course
Throughout Scripture, angels appear at turning points — in moments of fear, exhaustion, obedience, and hope — revealing a God who draws near rather than remaining distant. This five-week Lenten study invites us to reflect on those encounters and to notice how God still interrupts, sustains, strengthens, and sends us today.
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Introduction
This introduction explores the biblical role of angels as messengers who appear at turning points, revealing God’s nearness in moments of fear, change, and uncertainty. It frames Lent as a season of attentiveness, inviting participants to reflect on how God continues to interrupt, sustain, and send us today.
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Week 1
Fear Not: When God Interrupts Our Lives
Through the angel’s encounter with Mary, this session reflects on how God meets us in disruption, naming our fear before inviting our willingness. It explores faith not as certainty, but as steady openness to God’s call when the future is unclear.
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Week 2
You Have Found Favor: Messengers of Mercy
Focusing on Elijah and Hagar, this week highlights how God’s mercy often arrives in practical, sustaining ways before renewed purpose. It invites honest reflection on weariness, vulnerability, and the grace of receiving care.
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Week 3
Get Up and Go: Risky Faith and Costly Obedience
Through Joseph’s dream, this session considers how obedience often requires quiet courage and public action despite uncertainty or cost. It explores how new insight can reshape fear and lead us into faithful next steps.
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Week 4
Strength for the Struggle: Angels in the Wilderness and the Garden
Reflecting on Jesus in Gethsemane, this week explores how God sometimes answers prayer not by removing suffering but by granting strength to endure it. It invites participants to consider how resilience, accompaniment, and quiet courage sustain us in hard seasons.
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Week 5
He Is Not Here: Hope that Sends Us
This final session reflects on the angel at the empty tomb and the transforming power of resurrection hope. It challenges participants to carry that hope into daily life as people sent into the world with courage and compassion.
