Tuesday evenings in person with soup supper at 6:30 p.m. and discussion & taize worship at 7 p.m. at Union Church, 415 Westlake, Seattle, WA 98109. This series is in partnership with Union Church, and Central Lutheran Church, and will use the Lenten resources from ELCA Sumud. Sumud is the ELCA Churches response to occupation and injustice in Palestine and Israel. Sumud is an Arabic word meaning “steadfastness.”

Thursday evenings online from 7-8:30 p.m. (or asynchronously) is a “Learning Love” Lenten course featuring bell hooks’ book All About Love. In this book, bell hooks explores the transformative power of love through a commitment to personal growth, justice, and self-awareness. Come and deepen our calling to love as we explore her writing together. This offering is through the synod’s Living into Vocational Engagement project. There is free registration for the Immanuel Community. Email Ann here for the code.

And for individual personal reflection, we commend the study “Dismantle: An Anti-White Supremacy Lenten Devotional” from the ELCA. Hard copies are available at church or can be downloaded here. This devotional was created in response to the call of the 2019 Churchwide Assembly to condemn white supremacy and racist rhetoric. It’s a free download! As you journey through Lent, this resource will challenge you and bring you closer to the radical neighbor-love that Christ demands in the Gospels.