January 2008

It was the best Lent I have ever had, one college student told me last year after participating in a Lenten Word Working group.  I agreed.  It was a good Lent.  It was made especially good because of all you who gathered across our Diocese, allowing the Word of God to work on you.

I invite you this Lent to again join with fellow parishioners, family, friends, neighbors and let the Word work on you.

“Word Working” is a style of scripture reflection, a method of scriptural prayer, a distinctive way of engaging God’s Word so we can be shaped by that Word for God’s work within and beyond our Church.

Groups begin meeting Week of February 3rd.  Word Working Groups will meet each week anticipating the upcoming Sunday of Lent.

Please look over the information in the January 6, 2008 issue of the Southwest Kansas Register where you will find what you need regarding preparing, hosting, joining Word Working Lenten Groups.  I am so grateful to all of those who organized, hosted, and joined groups last Lent.  I am counting on you again this Lent.  If you did not join a group or do Word Working some other way last Lent, please consider it for this Lent.

Becky Hessman of my staff is ready to help you.  Please contact her at 620-227-1530, bhessman@dcdiocese.org.

Sincerely,

+ Most Reverend Ronald M. Gilmore

Bishop of Dodge City