LOVE LIFE    LIVE LENT

The 2008 Lenten challenge, through 36 simple actions (6 each week of lent), is to be the change we want to see in the world.

WARNING! These actions could seriously affect you and the world you live in!

Week 1           10^th -16^th February

• Look out of a window and take in the wealth that surrounds you
• Only fill the kettle with as only as much water as you need
• Write a letter
• Learn something  about the four missionary groups the church supports
• Show your parent/child/friend how to do something they can’t do
• Clear out a cupboard

Week 2           17^th – 23^rd  February

• Look intently into the face of a baby and marvel
• Do a home energy check – www.energysavingtrust.co.uk
• Play a board game with family or friends
• Drink two glasses of water a day; as you drink the first give thanks that you are amongst the 15% of the world population with access to clean water; as you drink the second pray for the other 85%.
• Make someone smile by doing something nice for them
• Have a plastic bag free day/week

Week 3           24^th February – 1^st March

• Visit the elderly and learn from their experience
• Switch off the lights every time you leave the room – unless someone else is in there!
• Write a song/poem
• Buy a Fairtrade product and learn about the country of origin
• Look at your photo album
• Have a TV free day

  Week 4           2^nd – 8^th March

• Recycle everything that’s recyclable
• Reduce your carbon footprint www.shrinkthefootprint.cofe.Anglican.org
• Draw a picture
• Life expectancy in Sierra Leone is just 41 – count to 41 and pray for the babies born in that country this week and the babies you know
• Read Luke 15; 11-32 and pray for a prodigal you know.
• Give something away

Week 5           9^th – 15^th March

• Send some flowers
• Have a car free day
• Do a jigsaw
• Cook/eat a meal from a cuisine you haven’t tried before
• Say something nice about somebody behind their back

• Buy a daily newspaper to reflect and pray about world issues

Week 6           16^th – 22^nd March

• Unplug your mobile phone charger when not it use – It uses electricity when not in use
• Plant a tree
• Go for a walk with someone you haven’t seen for a while
• More than 1 billion children will not go to school this year. Give £1 to charity for every year you spent in full-time education
• Light a candle and pray for three people at church
• Have a computer free day