Prayer Opportunities
Lent 2023
This Lent, Providence Renewal Centre invites you to explore writing as a sacred practice. Let your pen be your prayer partner as we explore the Lenten Scriptures.
God speaks to us in many ways. We may think we control what we write, but we may be surprised by our own inspiration…after all, God’s Spirit lives within! As Henri Nouwen puts it,
Writing is a process in which we discover what lives in us. The writing itself reveals to us what is alive in us. The deepest satisfaction of writing is precisely that it opens up new spaces within us of which we were not aware before we started to write. To write is to embark on a journey whose final destination we do not know. Thus, writing requires a real act of trust. We have to say to ourselves: “I do not yet know what I carry in my heart, but I trust that it will emerge as I write.” Writing is like giving away the few loaves and fishes one has, trusting that they will multiply in the giving. Once we dare to “give away” on paper the few thoughts that come to us, we start discovering how much is hidden underneath these thoughts and gradually come in touch with our own riches.
Follow our social media accounts for weekly prompts to dialogue with the Divine in writing this Lent.
Centering Prayer every Wednesday via Zoom @6:30 pm (Sept to June)
Silence is an opportunity to acknowledge God’s presence and to grow in awareness of the movements of the Spirit within our lives. Join us on Wednesdays at 6:30 pm via Zoom for 20-minutes of Centering Prayer followed by learning and fellowship.
Register HERE for this no-charge program to receive the Zoom link to attend.
Click Here for Centering Prayer groups that meet in the Edmonton area.
Create Together
Providence Renewal Centre invites you to create together…. These activities are designed to inspire conversations, invite playful prayer, creatively ‘waste time’ with God and to explore and discover, indoors and outdoors, alone, and together. Adapt any or all to your specific situation.
Download Here to create together…. Have fun!
The Labyrinth
We are all on the path . . . exactly where we need to be. The labyrinth is a model of that path. A labyrinth is an ancient symbol that relates to wholeness. It combines the imagery of the circle and the spiral into a meandering but purposeful path.
Click Here for a guide to walk the labyrinth.
