Lenten School 2026

The Glory of God is a Human Person Fully Alive

Monday Evenings, February 23 – March 23
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
A free offering taking place at St. John’s, Worthington (700 High Street, Worthington).

This Lent, join us for a series of five presentations that follow Jesus through cycles of death and rebirth. Every evening we will have one plenary session followed by small group discussion and prayer. The presenters for this year’s Lenten School are:

February 23 – Stephen Smith presenting on the Raising of Lazarus and revelations of future hope. Stephen is a retired priest in the Diocese after 35 years of parish ministry, who strives to teach in a way that opens the Bible to live-giving interpretations.

March 2 – John Florian presenting on Jesus’s Laments and the question of how we accept the end of things and learn to let go. John is a hospice chaplain and a musician who will be presenting through the lens of both hospice stories and songs.

March 9 – Sr. Janice Bachman presenting on the Temptations in the Wilderness and how to talk to God when we’re discerning. Janice Bachman, a Dominican Sister of Peace, is a spiritual director and Jungian Analyst who will lead us in an experiential process on how we talk to God when we are discerning.

March 16 – Aaron Rogers presenting on John the Baptist and the question of who is calling us out of our assumptions about how life should be. Aaron is the Missioner for Black Ministries for the diocese and a powerful preacher and presenter.

March 23 – Joseph Kovitch presenting on Healing and how individuals and communities adjust to new ways of being after healing takes place. Joe will guide our conversation on healing through the lens of his work as a pediatric chaplain and someone who lives with a disability.

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    Thanks for doing this for the diocese.

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