“This Lent may have felt to you like a particularly intense season of testing. Perhaps you come to this Holy Week with the words echoed from the cross by Jesus himself— ‘My God. My God. Why have you forsaken me?’— resonating in your own heart and mind.”
The Youth Group chose Gospel passages and rewrote them in emojis. Yesterday, we shared the stories with you — and today, here are the answers!
At a gathering of the Youth Group a few months ago, the youth chose Gospel passages and rewrote them in emojis. Can you identify the stories that are being told?
Ken first came to St John’s because of our historic Skinner organ. “I was drawn to the Episcopal Church largely because of the legacy of the Anglican choral music.”
“Jesus’ love, supernaturally dispersed to and from each person in my life, is what carried me through. That kind of love is what can carry us through any ‘how” we are facing today.”
“Caleb says, ‘I’d gladly yap away about anything to do with volleyball, early Christianity, Appalachia, or education policy—a real nerd here.'”
“Sarah is passionate about racial justice, working with social justice organizations as a grant writer. Alex once designed and drove a solar electric car across the continent of Australia.”
“Lent is a time of fasting and stripping away so that we can attend to the essence of who God is calling us to be and what God is calling us to do.”
“Geraldine, you had a calming effect on me. No matter what was said, what was done, what didn’t happen… in your presence, I felt peace. Now I need to find a different kind of peace.”
