BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.2//EN TZID:America/Toronto X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3863@martinluther.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto;VALUE=DATE:20230228 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto;VALUE=DATE:20230301 DTSTAMP:20230219T225248Z URL:https://martinluther.ca/events/german-lent-devotion-on-zoom-at-730-pm/ SUMMARY:German Lent Devotion on ZOOM at 7:30 pm DESCRIPTION:[caption id="attachment_44660" align="alignright" width="300"] Source: „7 Wochen Ohne/Getty Images“[/caption]\n\nGerman Lent Devotion s in 2023 on Zoom will take place on Tuesday evenings at 7:30 pm and last around 30 minutes during Lent\, i.e. the period of Lent before Easter. Mar k you calendars: Feb 28\, 2023\, March 7\, 2003\, March 14\, 2023\, March 21\, 2023\, March 28\, 2023\, April 4\, 2023. Contact the church office fo r the ZOOM link.\n\nAn action by DELKINA (German Evangelical Lutheran Conf erence in North America / www.delkina.org). See below - more on who they a re.\n\nIn community with several German-speaking congregations in Canada a nd the USA\, we invite you to devotions as part of the evangelical campaig n "Seven weeks without".\n\nTopic of the evangelical campaign for 2023 is: “Glowing! Seven weeks without despondency" (https://7wochenohne.evangel isch.de/)\n\nIt is a good opportunity to reflect on the important things i n life. It can help to make something specific. In the seven weeks before Easter\, many people consciously avoid certain foods and beverages or want to get rid of unwelcome habits. Another plan can be to gain a different v iew of your own life or of your fellow human beings. For example\, noticin g the glow in yourself or in others and the good reasons not to despair de spite all the suffering and misery in the world.\n\nDevotion Outline:\nMus ic\, Greeting\, Hymn\, Psalm of the week\, Prayer\, Scripture Reading\, In terpretation\, Hymn\, Intercessions\, The Lord's Prayer\, Blessing\, Music \, Goodbyes\n\nDates and weekly topics:\nTuesdays\,\nFeb 28\, 2023: Topic 1: Lights on! (Genesis 1:1-5)\nMar 7\, 2003: Theme 2: My Fears (1 Samuel 1 7:4-11)\nMarch 14\, 2023: Theme 3: What sustains me (Numbers 6:24-26)\nMar ch 21\, 2023: Topic 4: And how I glow! (Matthew 5:14-16)\nMarch 28\, 2023: Theme 5: We walk together (Ruth 1:16-17)\nApril 4\, 2023: Theme 6: Throug h the night (Matthew 27:45-46) or Theme 7: Into the morning (John 14:19)\n \n\n\n \;\n\nContributing DELKINA pastors:\nSt. George's Church Toront o - Pastor Katharina Möller\nMartin Luther Church Toronto - Pastor Annika Klappert\nImmanuel Lutheran Church Philadelphia\, PA - Pastor Norbert Hah n\nGerman Evangelical Church in Washington\, DC - Pastor Martin Eberle\nCo ngregation of Zion Church Baltimore\, MD - Pastor Anke Deibler\nUnited Chu rch Washington\, DC - Pastor Katja Albrecht\nGerman Evangelical Lutheran S t. Paul's Church New York - Pastor Lars Reimann\n\nDELKINA is a special um brella organisation for ministry among people of German language and/or he ritage in North America. We adhere to the Lutheran Confessions\, but we ar e open to cooperation with other church organizations. Reaching out to peo ple whose primary language is not English (i.e. German)\, we see ourselves as an integral part of the multicultural mission and outreach of the Evan gelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) and the Evangelical Lutheran Chu rch in America (ELCA).\n\nAs an official interest conference\, we work wit h and are supported by the two major Lutheran church bodies in North Ameri ca\, namely Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC)\, Evangelical Lu theran Church in America (ELCA)\, and by the Evangelical Church in Germany (Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland or EKD). Our financial support comes largely from the memberships and donations of member congregations and ind ividual members. Membership is open to all who share our mission. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR