- Gracism: The Art of Inclusion: An English-language book offering a new Christian paradigm for thinking about race, culture, and class issues
- Me and White Supremacy: An English-language blog, podcast, and book to help identify and understand your white privilege so that you can become a better ally.
- Racial Justice, Healing and Reconciliation Resources: A collection of English-language websites, books, article, films and podcasts, compiled by the Episcopal Church.
- Recursos antirracistas en español: A collection of Spanish-language resources (books, films, podcasts, websites, and more) that address racism and classism, compiled by Dra. Gabriela Kovats Sánchez.
Ash Wednesday | Wednesday, March 5
Ashes to Go | Don’t have a full hour to spend at church? Stop by one of multiple locations to receive Ashes on the Go. This personal moment with one of our priests is available and open to all people.
- 7:30-8:30 a.m. Near Mama Ines Bakery on the west side
- 7:30-8:30 a.m. Outside the Indiana Statehouse
- 11 a.m.-1 p.m. On the CCC lawn
Indoor Worship, Holy Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes | Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return. The season of Lent begins with this day of devotion where we prepare ourselves for new and contrite hearts. Holy Eucharist and the Imposition of Ashes will be offered in English at 7 a.m., 12:05 p.m., and 5 p.m., and in Spanish at 7 p.m.
Read Dean Gray’s sermon from Ash Wednesday.
Featured Lenten Activities
- CCC Office: info@cccindy; 317-636-4577
- Veronica: veronicag@cccindy.org; 317-636-4577, ext. 100
- Lauren: laureng@cccindy.org; 317-636-4577, ext. 113
Sunday Forums | Sundays in Lent, 11:30 a.m. in English and 2:30 p.m. in Spanish
In our Lenten worship, we are using the Confession of Sin from Enriching Our Worship, a supplemental text to the Book of Common Prayer. Join our forum conversations each Sunday as we take this confession apart, line by line, and explore its underlying spiritual, scriptural, and theological roots.
God of all mercy, we confess that we have sinned against you, opposing your will in our lives. We have denied your goodness in each other, in ourselves, and in the world you have created. We repent of the evil that enslaves us, the evil we have done, and the evil done on our behalf. Forgive, restore, and strengthen us through our Savior Jesus Christ, that we may abide in your love and serve only your will. Amen.
Weekly Meditations
We invite you to spend time each week thinking and journaling about these questions. Don’t have a journal? Pick up a blank notebook on Sundays at CCC starting March 2.
- Week 1 (Sunday, March 9) | We are part of a historical church tradition that comes out of a predominantly white, colonizing culture. How have you seen these cultural patterns at play at CCC? This week, reflect on your own relationships at CCC. With whom do you feel most connected? Why?
- Week 2 (Sunday, March 16) | What does “God’s true community” really look like at CCC? What are the ways that our sins and brokenness deny us from seeing God’s true community?
- Week 3 (Sunday, March 23) | What, in your mind, does it look like for CCC to live in God’s true community? For what do you want to repent in your own life?
- Week 4 (Sunday, March 30) | What does it mean for God to forgive us of all of our own -isms and phobias? What does it mean for us to accept God’s forgiveness for all of our -isms and phobias?
- Week 5 (Sunday, April 6) | Where is pride and tradition holding our church back from healing and reconciliation? What does humility and progress look like with each other? Where is pride and tradition holding us as individuals back from doing the work of racial and other reconciliation? What does humility and progress look like in our daily lives that would help us break free?
- Palm Sunday, April 13 | How is the Cross a powerful symbol for this work? What changes will you make in your own life because of this Lenten reflection?
