Lenten Sermon Series
Overturning the Patriarchy
For the Season of Lent and Women's History Month our focus will be on women through the Gospel of Matthew.
March 5 | Lent 2 | Matthew 9:18-26 | “Upside down Healing”
March 12 | Lent 3 | Matthew 14:1-21 | “Upside down Compassion”
March 19 | Lent 4 | Matthew 15:21-28 | “Upside down Mercy”
March 26 | Lent 5 | Youth Sunday
Join us for our Lenten Devotional Series Book study and Women's Retreat.
Lenten Reading List
Each year, we recommend books to help you enrich your Lenten journey. This year we’re recommending four different books to help you determine where you want to focus your work during this sacred season. We hope these options help you decide what you want to focus on during your Lenten journey this year. All of these books can be purchased through the MPBC Bookstore here
- Delores Williams - Sisters in the Wilderness (for those hoping to deconstruct patriarchal Christianity)
- Mirame Kaba - We Do This Till We Free Us (for those hoping to learn more about criminal justice reform)
- Brian McLaren - Do I Stay Christian? (for those struggling with faith in the 21st century)
- Malidoma Patrice Some - The Healing Wisdom of Africa (for those hoping to deepen their spirituality & ritual)
Lenten Devotional
Sundays | 11:15a | Room 250
Topic | Full to the Brim | Materials will be provided
Leads | Rev. JJ Flag and Rev. Tara Gibbs
Full to the Brim materials are available from Rev Tara Gibbs even for those who aren't able to join the group on Sundays.
Women’s Book Group
Womaning by Meta Commerse
WED, March 1 | 7-8:30p | Zoom
In this intimate portrait of one family through the lives of multiple generations we get a glimpse of the ways healing can reveal itself until it is fully known. There is power is sharing and hearing each other’s stories and Womaning creates space for us all to do this.
Join Rev. Carrie for an evening of reflecting on the book as we prepare for our March 11 retreat with the author. Even if you cannot attend the retreat, you are invited and encouraged to attend the book club. Sign up for the book club here. In Charlotte? Purchase a book from the church. Not in Charlotte? Order from our online Bookshop page.
Women's Retreat with Meta Commerse
March 10-11
Meta Commerse is an author, teacher, and Founder and CEO of Story Medicine. We are excited to share that she will be joining us to lead a women's retreat focusing around her latest book Womaning and the healing power of our stories. Examining women’s stories, told and retold across generations, can be a powerful path to finding answers to some of the most perplexing questions of our times. More details to come. In the meantime, save the date.