Immanuel Lutheran Church

Traditionally, Lent is marked by prayer, fasting, and acts of love. These are not spiritual achievements, but ways of opening space for God. Prayer  draws us closer to God’s presence. Fasting  helps us loosen our grip on what we think we need. Giving  turns our hearts outward toward our neighbors. Lent is also marked by a journey that moves us, along with Jesus, steadily toward the cross. We walk with Jesus through betrayal, suffering, and death. It is a solemn path, but not