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2022 Lenten Guide: 40 Days of Positive Change

February 11, 2022 by The Rev. Dr. Jennifer Copeland, Executive Director

Christians often use the season of Lent to focus on the basics. Some of us practice denial of certain luxuries and others practice the addition of spiritual disciplines. The point is to use these 40 days for intentional focus on the broken places in the world around us. We confess when we have been complicit and admit when we have been negligent. We accept the truth of God’s reconciling love, which then propels us into lives of gratitude and generosity—positive change.

To that end, we offer this Lenten calendar inclusive of six focus areas currently at the forefront of the Council’s work. Each week frames the specific initiative through the lens of faith and offers movement from awareness to action. During this season of Lent we invite you to join us as we continue to live into God’s promise of a flourishing creation. Click here to access the calendar. 

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About The Rev. Dr. Jennifer Copeland, Executive Director

Jennifer is a native of South Carolina and an ordained minister in The United Methodist Church. She loves South Carolina, but has managed to spend all but ten years of her adult life in North Carolina. Those ten years were spent pastoring United Methodist churches across the Upstate. She attended Duke University several times and in the process earned a BA, double majoring in English and Religion, a Master of Divinity, a PhD in religion, and a Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies. Prior to coming to the Council, she spent 16 years as the United Methodist Chaplain at Duke University, where she also taught undergraduate and divinity school classes, served on committees and task forces, and attended lots of basketball games. She writes frequently for various publications when time permits and preaches regularly in congregations across North Carolina. Jennifer has two adult children, Nathan, who is a software developer in Durham, and Hannah, who is a digital marketing analyst in Charlotte. Jennifer is the overjoyed grandparent of Benjamin and Theodore.

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  1. RUBY WILSON says

    February 28, 2022 at 12:28 pm

    Thank you for this justice-focused 40 day journey of positive change. I would like permission to use in conjunction with the church I serve, Safe Haven UCC, Lenten devotional–Almighty Journey of Faith, specifically lifting the justice topics covered. Please let me know if I can be approved to use this, giving credit to you and the NC Council of Churches. Thank you so much….

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    • Avatar photoThe Rev. Dr. Jennifer Copeland, Executive Director says

      February 28, 2022 at 12:31 pm

      By all means, please use and invite folks to signup for our newsletter if they want to engage more closely with the Council.

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