Journey Through Lent

Addressing hunger in its many forms [Click here to download Week One activities as a PDF]

• DAY 1: Scripture reflection
  • Read John 6:35 and reflect on what it means to be generous with food and resources.
  • Reflection questions:
    • Jesus provided food for the hungry but also pointed to a deeper kind of nourishment. What do you think it means to “never go hungry” or “never be thirsty” in a spiritual sense?
    • How does physical hunger affect a person’s ability to grow, learn, and thrive? How might spiritual hunger affect someone in a similar way?
    • In what ways can we help address both physical and spiritual hunger in our community and beyond?
• DAY 2: Personal reflection & journaling
  • How does hunger affect me?
  • Reflect on moments when you’ve felt hunger—whether physical, emotional, or spiritual.
  • Consider the role food plays in your daily life: How do you access it? How does it impact your well-being?
  • Journal Prompt: Write about a time when you were truly hungry (for food, connection, or meaning). What did it feel like, and what helped satisfy that hunger?
• DAY 3: Group testimony
  • As a group/congregation, discuss food insecurity in your local area. Who is most affected, and what challenges do they face?
    • Research statistics on hunger in your region and share what you learn.
    • Group Activity: Identify a local food bank, school meal program, or soup kitchen and explore how they address food insecurity.
  • Explore hunger on a global scale—what factors contribute (poverty, climate change, conflict)?
    • Read Lucio’s Story to learn how hunger affects children’s education and future.
    • Discussion Question: How does food insecurity prevent people from reaching their full potential?
• DAY 4: Personal and collective action
  • Personal Action: 
    • Fast from one meal and reflect on the experience.
    • Donate food or funds to a hunger relief program, like CLWR’s Gifts of Food
  • Community Action:
    • Organize a food drive for a local food pantry or school program.
    • Write to policymakers urging stronger food security policies.
• DAY 5: Prayer and commitment
  • Pray for those experiencing physical and spiritual hunger, that they may find nourishment, hope, and support.
  • Pray also for those working to provide food and for guidance in how we can be part of this work.
  • Commitment Challenge: What is one action you will take this week to be more mindful of hunger?

Holding space for a life without fear [Click here to download Week Two activities as a PDF]

• DAY 1: Scripture reflection
  • Read Psalm 46:1 and reflect on what it means for God to be a ‘refuge’ in times of trouble.
  • Reflection questions:
    • What kind of support do we seek when we feel unsafe?
    • How does a lack of safety—whether from violence, displacement, or insecurity—impact a person’s well-being?
    • In what ways can we help create safe spaces in our homes, communities, and the world?
• DAY 2: Personal reflection & journaling
  • Reflect on times when you have felt safe and protected. What contributed to that feeling?
  • Have you ever experienced a time when you felt unsafe or vulnerable? How did that impact you?
  • Journal Prompt: Write about a person or place that has made you feel truly safe. How can you help others feel that same sense of security?
• DAY 3: Group testimony
  • As a group/congregation, discuss the prevalence of gender-based violence in communities worldwide. Who is most at risk, and why?
    • Group Activity: Research local or global organizations that support survivors of violence and help restore dignity and security.
    • Explore hunger on a global scale—what factors contribute (poverty, climate change, conflict)?
      • Read Jennifer’s Story and reflect on the importance of providing safe spaces for survivors of violence.
      • Discussion Question: What societal barriers prevent people—especially women and girls—from living safely? How can we help remove them?
• DAY 4: Personal and collective action
  • Personal Action: 
    • Donate to or volunteer at a local women’s shelter, crisis centre, or hotline service.
    • Take time to learn about the warning signs of violence and ways to support someone who may be experiencing abuse.
  • Community Action:
    • Write to policymakers asking for policies that protect survivors of violence and strengthen legal protections for those at risk.
    • Organize a community awareness campaign to educate others about gender-based violence and personal safety.
• DAY 5: Prayer and commitment
  • Pray for all who live in fear or danger, especially survivors of violence, that they may find safety, healing, and justice.
  • Pray also for those who work to provide protection and support, that they may be strengthened in their mission.
  • Commitment Challenge: What is one action you will take this week to help create a safe space for those in your community?

Nurturing resilience in a world of uncertainty [Click here to download Week Three activities as a PDF]

• DAY 1: Scripture reflection
  • Read Psalm 34:18 and reflect on what it means to be “crushed in spirit.”
  • Reflection questions:
    • Why is it important to acknowledge and express our struggles rather than suppress them? What helps us open up about our pain, and what makes it difficult to do so?
    • How do we tend to cope when we feel overwhelmed, anxious, or brokenhearted? In what ways do we experience God’s presence during difficult times? How can we create space for that presence in moments of distress?
    • In what ways can we embody God’s nearness for others who are struggling with their mental health?
• DAY 2: Personal reflection & journaling
  • How does technology, by keeping us constantly connected yet often disengaged from real-life relationships, influence our sense of belonging and emotional well-being?
  • While technology keeps us constantly informed, it can also amplify feelings of helplessness in the face of global crises. How does the awareness of suffering and injustice elsewhere affect our ability to maintain hope?
  • What activities help you feel grounded and calm? How do you integrate those practices into your daily routine?
  • Journal Prompt: Write about a time when someone’s kindness or presence made a difference in your mental well-being. How can you offer that same support to someone else?
• DAY 3: Group testimony
  • As a group/congregation, discuss the importance of mental health in your community. Who is most affected by mental health struggles, and what barriers prevent people from seeking support?
    • Group Activity: Research common challenges people face in accessing mental health resources in your region. Identify local mental health programs, crisis support services, or community spaces that provide care for those dealing with trauma, anxiety, or emotional distress. Explore how they support mental well-being and how faith communities can complement their efforts.
  • Explore mental health on a global scale—how do factors like conflict, displacement, and trauma impact well-being?
    • Read Helping Children Cope with Trauma to learn how Ukrainian children are navigating the emotional toll of war and displacement.
    • Discussion Question: How do uncertainty, disrupted routines, and exposure to violence affect children’s well-being? What role does community, faith, and structure play in their healing?
• DAY 4: Personal and collective action
  • Personal Action: 
    • Take one intentional step today to care for your mental well-being, whether through mindful breathing, spending time in nature, engaging in a creative hobby, or finding comfort in caring for a pet.
    • Make a small change in your digital habits—try limiting doomscrolling, turning off notifications, or spending more time in real-world interactions instead of screens.
    • Be mindful of how you speak about mental health—choose words of understanding rather than judgment.
  • Community Action:
    • Create a Well-Being Corner in your church or community space as a quiet place for reflection, support, and renewal. Stock it with mental health resources, faith-based reflections, and local support information, along with interactive elements like prayer request cards and uplifting messages.
    • Support mental health initiatives that provide children affected by war, trauma, and displacement with counselling, safe spaces, and emotional healing, such as those facilitated by CLWR.
• DAY 5: Prayer and commitment
  • Pray for those struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, and other mental health challenges that they may find comfort, healing, and hope.
  • Pray for mental health professionals, caregivers, counsellors, and all who walk alongside those in need of healing.
  • Commitment Challenge: This week, check in with someone who may be struggling—whether by sharing a comforting resource, offering to help with a small task, or simply being present for them.

Honouring the truth of our unique inherent worth [Click here to download Week Four activities as a PDF]

• DAY 1: Scripture reflection
  • Read Psalm 139:14 and consider what being “fearfully and wonderfully made” truly means.
  • Reflection questions:
    • How might genuinely recognizing yourself as God’s creation radically transform the way you view yourself?
    • Where do you find your strongest sense of identity—family, faith, culture, talents, or something else? In what ways do these elements inspire or hold you back from confidently embracing who God created you to be?
    • When your sense of self-worth is tested, how does knowing that you were intentionally and uniquely crafted by God give you strength and clarity?
    • How might embracing the diverse facets of our identities—such as our culture, race, or abilities—allow us to more fully understand and celebrate the intentional diversity of God’s creation?
• DAY 2: Personal reflection & journaling
  • Reflect on a time when you felt truly confident and comfortable with who you are. What truth or experience sparked that powerful sense of identity, and how can you hold onto that feeling more consistently?
  • What aspects of your identity do you deeply value? How do these reveal your unique purpose or calling?
  • Think about how your identity has evolved over time. Which life events or key relationships have challenged, enriched, or reshaped your understanding of who you truly are?
  • Consider aspects of your identity that are beyond your control, such as your cultural background or family history. How have you wrestled with or embraced these in shaping your authentic self?
  • Journal Prompt: Imagine viewing yourself through God’s eyes—fully loved, purposefully designed, and uniquely gifted. Write openly about the aspects of your identity you’d celebrate or see differently from this divine perspective. How might embracing this viewpoint change how you live each day?
• DAY 3: Group testimony
  • As a group/congregation, discuss what influences shape our sense of identity—family, culture, faith, life experiences. When have these influences empowered us, and when have they caused us to doubt or question our worth?
    • Group Activity: Actively identify key struggles around identity and self-worth in your local community, especially among youth and young adults. Share powerful examples or personal stories about individuals who’ve boldly reclaimed their confidence or sense of self. Discuss specifically what actions, insights, or support helped them in their journey toward clarity and self-acceptance.
  • Explore identity on a global scale—how do location and cultural values, such as individualism vs. collectivism, influence the way people understand and prioritize self-discovery?
    • Watch the video Iqbal’s Story to learn how she challenged cultural barriers and societal expectations to define her identity and reclaim her sense of self-worth.
    • Discussion Questions: How does society often try to assign specific identities or roles to us (for example, women are good homemakers)? How might these predefined labels affect our sense of self-worth and identity? Why can it be difficult to move beyond the labels or expectations others place upon us? How can faith and community help in embracing our authentic selves?
• DAY 4: Personal and collective action
  • Personal Action: 
    • Spend some time reflecting on and honouring your strengths, gifts, and experiences. Write them down, considering how they uniquely empower you and shape who you are.
    • Do one thing outside routine that truly expresses your authentic self—create, serve, or immerse yourself in an activity that deeply affirms your identity.
    • Identify a stereotype or label you’ve been carrying that limits your sense of worth. Actively challenge it this week by doing something meaningful that truly expresses who you are.
    • Intentionally uplift someone by sincerely acknowledging an often-overlooked strength or quality in them that you sincerely admire, reinforcing their confidence in who they are.
  • Community Action:
    • Create an appreciation wall in your church or community space inviting members to share empowering messages or scriptures affirming each person’s inherent worth as God’s creation.
    • Host a storytelling night in your community or congregation, where people share experiences or journeys about discovering their identity and finding confidence. Bring together community members of different ages and backgrounds to discuss how identity and self-worth evolve through life and faith.
    • Actively champion or partner with local programs dedicated to empowering young people in developing authentic confidence, self-worth, and a healthy sense of identity rooted in community, faith, and self-discovery.
    • Organize an art or creative expression project, encouraging participants to visually or creatively explore and celebrate their unique identities and gifts.
• DAY 5: Prayer and commitment
  • Pray for those, especially young people, whose struggles with self-worth lead them toward despair or hopelessness—that they may find the support and inspiration they need to believe they are deeply valued, profoundly loved, and have a meaningful role in the world.
  • Pray for mentors, parents, counsellors, and leaders—that they may offer steady guidance, deep compassion, and the wisdom needed to help others see their own strength and potential.
  • Commitment Challenge: Seek out and initiate an authentic conversation with someone whose life experiences or identity differ significantly from yours—aim to genuinely listen, thoughtfully connect, and learn from their perspective to expand your understanding and appreciation.

Facing grief with compassion and courage [Click here to download Week Five activities as a PDF]

• DAY 1: Scripture reflection
  • Read Psalm 73:26 and consider its message about human frailty and divine strength.​
  • Reflection questions:
    • How does acknowledging our vulnerabilities open us to experiencing God’s strength?​
    • What does it mean for God to be your “portion” in a time when you feel you’ve lost everything?
    • How can this verse reshape our understanding of strength—not as something we muster, but as something we receive?
    • How can we support others in recognizing and embracing divine strength amid their grief?​
• DAY 2: Personal reflection & journaling
  • Reflect on a time you experienced grief—through the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, or another kind of loss.
    • What emotions came up? How did others respond to you? Did you feel permission to grieve, or pressure to move on quickly?
    • Have you ever avoided dealing with your own grief or someone else’s? Why might we do that?
    • Has the experience of profound loss ever affected your faith and perception of God’s presence?​
    • What practices do you think help build resilience in the face of grief and loss?
  • Journal Prompt: Write a message to someone you’ve lost—or to yourself—naming what that loss meant and where you still carry it.
• DAY 3: Group testimony
  • As a group or a congregation, research local organizations that provide grief counseling and support services. Discuss how your community can collaborate with these organizations to support those experiencing loss.​
    • Group Activity: Share experiences of loss within the group and discuss the role of faith and community in the healing process.​ Explore cultural and personal differences in grieving practices and how they influence our support for one another.​
  • Explore loss on a global scale—how do geography, conflict, and cultural values shape the way individuals and communities grieve, remember, and rebuild after loss?
    • Read Bekelech’s Story discuss the impact of compounded losses due to violence and displacement.
    • Discussion Questions:
      • Bekelech’s grief was caused not by natural death but by violence. How does that shift the way we understand her experience? What would you want to say to Bekelech if you could speak with her?
      • Think about how global crises—conflict, disaster, disease—cause personal grief. Why do we often tune out these stories when they’re reported as statistics? How can we keep the dignity of individuals in mind when hearing about humanitarian crises?
• DAY 4: Personal and collective action
  • Personal Action: 
    • Reach out to someone who has experienced a loss and offer a specific kind of support—time, help with a task, a listening ear.
    • Begin a “grief journal,” a safe space to name the people and things you’ve lost, and how they still live in your story.
    • Learn about an international organization working in conflict zones. Pray for their staff and those they serve.
  • Community Action:
    • As a group or congregation, read a current news article about a humanitarian crisis and try to identify one personal story behind the headlines. Host a conversation in your church or small group about why personal stories are essential for compassionate action.
    • Set up a “wind phone” in your church or community space—a quiet corner with an old phone or symbolic setup. Invite people to take turns “calling” someone they’ve lost, speaking words of love, grief, or remembrance. It’s a gentle, communal way to honour loss and make space for healing conversations carried on the wind.
• DAY 5: Prayer and commitment
  • Pray for all those who are grieving—known to us and unknown—that they may find comfort and strength in their faith and community.​
  • Pray for communities affected by violence and displacement, that they may experience healing and restoration.
  • Pray for the courage to face our own grief and walk with others in theirs, that we may be instruments of God’s compassion and support to those in mourning.​
  • Commitment Challenge: Choose one global story of loss or conflict. Learn the names, the context, the causes. Commit to holding that story in your prayers all week—and consider one way you can act in response.

Finding strength in shared action [Click here to download Week Six activities as a PDF]

• DAY 1: Scripture reflection
  • Read Galatians 6:2 and consider what it means to carry someone else’s weight—emotionally, practically, spiritually.
  • Reflection questions:
    • What burdens do you carry alone? Which ones might be lightened through community?
    • What does it look like to “fulfill the law of Christ” through small, everyday acts of care?
    • When has someone walked beside you in a hard time? How did their presence shape your healing?
    • Are there people in your life or community whose burdens are invisible to you? What might it take to notice them?
    • How does this verse reframe the idea of strength—not as independence, but as interdependence?
• DAY 2: Personal reflection & journaling
  • Reflect on a time when you felt truly part of a community—supported, included, carried.
    • Who showed up for you? What did they do or say that made you feel safe or seen?
    • Have you ever been part of a group that helped someone else through a difficult season? How did it change your understanding of compassion or faith?
    • Do you find it easier to help others or to accept help yourself? Why might that be?
    • When might pride, fear, or cultural expectations get in the way of asking for support?
  • Journal Prompt: Write about a time you witnessed people coming together to do something that one person alone couldn’t have done. What allowed them to act as one? What did it stir in you—hope, longing, belonging? What did it teach you about the quiet strength of shared purpose?
• DAY 3: Group testimony
  • As a group or a congregation, reflect on a moment in your congregation or local community when shared support fell short—when someone was left to carry more than they could alone. What kept people from stepping in? Was it fear, discomfort, busyness, uncertainty? What might have changed the outcome? How can your community learn from that moment and move toward something more whole?
    • Group Activity: In pairs or small groups, take turns doing a simple trust exercise—like a blindfolded walk, where one person leads and the other follows without sight. Afterwards, discuss: What helped you feel safe? What caused hesitation? How does this reflect the way we support (or fail to support) each other in real life?
  • Explore how community can be built on a global scale—through shared stories, migration, technology, and faith. In a world shaped by displacement, climate change, and global inequality, why is it more important than ever to build connection across distance? What helps people feel part of something larger than themselves?
    • Read the story of refugee sponsorship in Salmon Arm, BC and discuss the courage it takes for newcomers to start over, and the equally courageous love it takes for a community to welcome them fully.
    • Discussion Questions:
      • Around the world, communities are welcoming people fleeing conflict, disaster, and persecution. What are the unique challenges they face?
      • What can we learn from the people of Salmon Arm about patience, presence, and shared responsibility?
      • Imagine you are arriving in a new country. What kind of welcome would you need? What fears might you carry?
      • How might your church or group begin preparing now to be the kind of community that can carry others’ burdens?
• DAY 4: Personal and collective action
  • Personal Action: 
    • Identify someone in your wider circle who might be feeling isolated—an elderly neighbour, a newcomer, a parent under stress. Reach out with a tangible offer of help.
    • Write a short note of encouragement to someone who’s made a difference in your community.
    • Learn about the refugee resettlement process in your region. Who is being welcomed—and who is still waiting?
  • Community Action:
    • Host a potluck with an international theme—invite people to bring dishes connected to their cultural background or a country they care about. Share stories about what each dish represents, and reflect together on how food, memory, and hospitality help build bridges across communities and borders.
    • As a congregation, explore how to become a Circle of Welcome through refugee sponsorship or support. Connect with local organizations who can guide you, such as CLWR’s Refugee Resettlement team.
    • Create a “Community Map” in your church—visually showing all the ways your congregation connects with and supports others (meals, housing, visits, calls, donations). Let it grow week by week.
• DAY 5: Prayer and commitment
  • Pray for the strength to carry one another’s struggles with compassion, and for the humility to let others carry ours.
  • Pray for all those who feel alone in their hardship—that they may find belonging and support through faithful community.
  • Pray for communities around the world working together across differences to meet shared challenges with courage and hope.
  • Commitment Challenge: Think of someone in your congregation or neighbourhood who may be struggling quietly—someone carrying more than they let on. Gather a small group and offer one meaningful act of care this week: bring a meal, lend a hand, show up with time and presence. Let your shared action be a quiet declaration: you are not alone.

Renewing the face of the ground [Click here to download Week Seven activities as a PDF]

• DAY 1: Scripture reflection
  • Read Psalm 104:30 and consider what it means for God’s Spirit to bring life and renewal to the earth. This verse reminds us that creation is not a one-time event—it is ongoing. God’s Spirit continues to breathe life into the world, renewing the ground, the creatures, and even us. As beings made in God’s image, we are not separate from this work—we are part of it. The idea of humans as co-creators with God suggests that we are invited to participate in God’s ongoing act of creation and stewardship. We are called to care for the earth not just as caretakers, but as active partners in renewal—protecting the soil, the water, and all that sustains life.
  • Reflection questions:
    • What does it mean to say that the ground—the soil, the earth—is renewed by God’s Spirit?
    • Where in your life do you long to see renewal? In yourself, your community, or in the natural world around you?
    • How might your faith shape the way you care for creation?
    • Can you think of a time you felt connected to the land—through walking, gardening, farming, or simply being outdoors? What did that experience stir in you?
    • How might we act as co-creators or caretakers of renewal in a world facing climate crisis?
• DAY 2: Personal reflection & journaling
  • Reflect on your relationship with the natural world.
    • What landscapes shaped you growing up? Forest, prairie, lake, mountain, city green space?
    • When was the last time you felt deeply connected to the earth—its beauty, its rhythms, its vulnerability?
    • How has climate change, pollution, or land use impacted the environment where you live?
    • Are there ways you’ve participated—consciously or unconsciously—in harming the earth? What would repentance and renewal look like?
    • How might slowing down and paying attention to nature change the way you relate to God?
  • Journal Prompt: Write about a moment when you witnessed nature healing—an animal returning, a garden blooming, a polluted space being restored. What did that moment reveal about God’s Spirit at work in the world? What role might you play in that ongoing work of renewal?
• DAY 3: Group testimony
  • As a group or a congregation, reflect on a moment in your congregation or local community when the land around you was neglected, harmed, or taken for granted. Was it a park left unkept, a development that destroyed green space, or a season of drought or flood that revealed how vulnerable the land had become? What kept people from acting sooner? Was it lack of awareness, competing priorities, or a sense of helplessness? What might have changed the outcome? How can your community learn from that moment and move toward deeper care for creation?
    • Group Activity: In pairs or small groups, take turns doing a grounding activity outdoors—stand barefoot if possible, or simply place your hands on the earth, a tree, or a patch of grass. Take a few moments in silence to feel the connection. Afterwards, discuss: What did you notice? What felt unfamiliar, comforting, or stirring? How does this reflect our relationship with the natural world in daily life—sometimes distant, sometimes deeply rooted?
  • Explore how creation care can be built on a global scale—through shared practices, stories, and faith. In a world shaped by environmental injustice and climate change, why is it more important than ever to act together to renew the ground beneath us? What helps people feel connected to the earth—not just as resource, but as gift?
    • Read the story of Ashi in Cameroon and discuss the courage it takes for women like her to lead the work of land restoration, and the equally courageous support it takes from a community to follow through with lasting change.
    • Discussion Questions:
      • Around the world, communities are working to restore land damaged by drought, desertification, and conflict. What unique challenges do they face?
      • What can we learn from Ashi’s story about the connection between land, livelihood, and dignity?
      • Imagine you are a farmer in a region where rainfall has become unpredictable. What kind of support would you need? What fears might you carry?
      • How might your church or group begin preparing now to be the kind of community that helps renew the face of the ground?
• DAY 4: Personal and collective action
  • Personal Action: 
    • Go for a short walk and intentionally observe your local ecosystem. What’s growing? What’s struggling? How do you see signs of life or signs of stress?
    • Commit to one new habit this week that helps care for the earth—cutting plastic, composting, walking instead of driving, or reducing waste.
    • Plant something—indoors or outdoors—as a prayerful act of hope and renewal.
  • Community Action:
    • Host a “Green Church” conversation in your congregation. What steps can you take to become more environmentally sustainable? (e.g. reducing energy use, planting native species, hosting community gardens, or eliminating single-use plastics)
    • Partner with a local environmental group for a cleanup or planting day.
    • Join churches across Canada in CLWR’s Friends of Creation Challenge.
      • Over four Sundays your congregation chooses, you’ll walk alongside communities near Lake Chad—where farmers are racing to adapt as the land that once gave life becomes harder to live on. Each Sunday connects faith with climate through themes like food, water, peace, and economy. You’ll reflect, listen for God’s call, take meaningful action, and help restore acres of land around Lake Chad: clwr.org/foc-challenge
• DAY 5: Prayer and commitment
  • Pray for the earth—that the Spirit would breathe renewal into lands damaged by drought, flood, pollution, or greed.
  • Pray for communities like Ashi’s—who are working daily to restore the soil, grow food, and protect their futures.
  • Pray for yourself—that you would be awakened to the beauty of creation and called into deeper care and reverence for it.
  • Commitment Challenge: This week, spend at least 30 minutes outside, without distractions. Let yourself notice the wind, the soil, the trees or buildings around you. Listen. Give thanks. Then take one small action in your home, your church, or your community to help renew the face of the ground.

Living out faith through courageous action [Click here to download Week Eight activities as a PDF]

• DAY 1: Scripture reflection
  • Read Micah 6:8 and reflect on what it means to live out your faith in everyday life.
  • Reflection questions:
    • Why do you think this verse names all three—justice, kindness, and humility—together?
    • What does “doing justice” look like in your own life or your community?
    • How can acts of kindness express your faith?
    • In what ways does this verse challenge you to embody your faith more fully?
    • Can you recall a time when acting justly or kindly required humility?
• DAY 2: Personal reflection & journaling
  • Reflect on moments when your faith led you to unexpected actions or decisions. How did those experiences help you grow in compassion, courage, or a deeper sense of purpose?
    • How does faith transform you? When was the last time your faith gave you strength or helped guide a decision?
    • Have there been moments when you struggled with faith? What helped you hold on—or let go?
    • Think about someone whose actions showed you what faith looks like. How did their choices or way of living reflect values like justice, kindness, or humility?
  • Journal Prompt: Write about a time when your faith prompted you to step out of your comfort zone. What was the outcome, and how did it affect your relationship with God and others?
• DAY 3: Group testimony
  • As a group or congregation, discuss what it looks like when faith becomes something we do—not just something we believe. How do people around you act on their faith, especially when it requires courage, sacrifice, or trust?
    • Group Activity: Create a “faith ripple” timeline. Each person writes down a time when someone’s faithful action impacted them—whether directly or by example. Arrange the stories in a chain or timeline, showing how one person’s choice can ripple outward to affect others. Then reflect together: What do these stories reveal about how faith moves through community? Who are the quiet influencers—the people whose choices quietly shape others?
  • Explore the transformative power of faith: Sometimes, when we take a small step of faith, it opens a path we didn’t expect—leading us somewhere deeper, braver, or more purposeful. These are the moments when faith not only moves us to act but reshapes our identity and direction.
    • Read the story of Rev. Dr. Kimberlynn McNabb, who participated in a CLWR project that began with a cow—but ultimately helped her hear God’s call to become a pastor.
    • Discussion Questions:
      • How did Pastor Kim’s experience help her hear God’s call in a new way?
      • What role did community, generosity, or curiosity play in her transformation?
      • Have you ever looked back and realized that a simple act of faith changed your life?
      • Have you ever felt nudged—or even pushed—toward something bigger because of a moment of faith? Where might your own faith be leading you next?
• DAY 4: Personal and collective action
  • Personal Action: 
    • This week, take a step that stretches your faith—something that costs you comfort, time, or certainty. Let your faith move beyond intention into action that brings healing, justice, and hope to the world.
    • Begin a new habit of service—volunteering weekly, writing letters for advocacy, mentoring someone who needs support.
    • Visit someone who’s isolated, join a protest, or spend time in a part of your city where you’re uncomfortable. Be present and open.
    • Identify a cause or need in your community that resonates with you. Take a concrete step to support it, whether through volunteering, advocacy, or donation.
  • Community Action:
    • Choose a cause that aligns with Micah 6:8—affordable housing, refugee welcome, food security—and commit to working on it together long-term.
    • Create a “Faith in Action” wall or digital space: Invite members to post photos, stories, or prayers about how they are living out their faith. Let it grow over time.
    • Host a Courageous Conversation: Gather to discuss a difficult topic—racism, poverty, reconciliation, environmental justice—and ask: What does our faith require of us?
    • Partner with someone unexpected: Reach out to a local group (another church, mosque, Indigenous organization, community centre) and ask how you can support their work.
• DAY 5: Prayer and commitment
  • Pray for the strength to live out your faith with boldness, humility, and love—even when the path is hard.
  • Pray for those who feel lost, weary, or disconnected from hope. May they encounter God’s presence in unexpected ways and through the compassion of others.
  • Pray for all who are walking the long road of justice—those leading quietly and those standing in the hardest places. May they be upheld, renewed, and not alone.
  • Commitment Challenge: Choose one practice that will help you listen more deeply to God’s voice in your life. Set aside a regular moment each week—just 10 minutes—to be still. No agenda. No to-do list. Just space to ask: What is God calling me to notice, to become, to do? Write down what rises over time. Let your faith grow roots. Let this stillness shape your next bold step.