Alpha is an opportunity to explore life and the Catholic Christian faith in a friendly, open and informal setting. It offers an opportunity to consider what we believe, why we believe it, and what it has to do with how we live. We revisit our most basic Christian beliefs and renew our openness to the Holy Spirit to be active in our daily lives. Alpha is designed to meet everyone where they are and invite them to grow even closer to Jesus. Alpha will begin on Saturday, March 7th and will run for 12 Saturdays from 7:00 - 9:00 pm in the Main Hall. Do not worry about your dinner on these Saturdays – dinner will be served. You will get to know happy, loving people around a dinner table and together we will watch a video on a topic of the very basics of Christianity. After the video, there will be time to have a conversation about the content of the video.

I humbly request each one of you to become part of Alpha, in these THREE ways:

Three Names: In the upcoming days, I ask you to pray and write down names of three people in your lives, whom you think especially need to gain faith or deepen their faith. Next two weeks, pray for these individuals, including for your own renewal of faith.

Personal Invitation: As part of your Lenten commitment, I ask you take on this gentle and generous task of personally inviting those three people to attend Alpha. Meet with them and assure them that you will accompany them.

Prayer: 11:02 (In Gospel of Luke 11:02, Jesus said, “…thy Kingdom come”). We ask you to set an alarm on your cell phone for 11:02 AM or PM. When the alarm goes off, pause, and pray for the three people you have invited to Alpha. Maybe you have been longing for something more meaningful; maybe you have been feeling the disconnect, feeling of drifting away. Maybe Alpha is for you!

For more information, please contact Eby Kurian at ekurian@maryqueenchurch.org.
 

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