2404 Kirby Road
Memphis, TN 38119
901-754-6548

What's Happening?

We live in a culture bent on defining a good life as continuous upward mobility–climbing ladders of prosperity with increasingly fabulous experiences that we can post to ever-more-likable social media accounts.

We may comb the shelves of the self-help section in search of just the right formula to gain success. Perhaps we even gravitate towards spiritual leaders who promise great rewards if we only do “the right thing.”

But life happens, right? Most times we are not moving upward but trying to repair the rung we’ve just slipped from.  So what if we stopped climbing and started fertilizing, watering, and blooming right where we find ourselves?

Welcome to a Lent of affirming a faith in which we are blessed, regardless, and where we can lean into embracing our “good enough” lives.

A Blessing for a Joyfully Mediocre Journey

Blessed are you
 who realize there is simply not enough – time, money, resources.

Blessed are you
 who are tired of pretending that raw effort is the secret to perfection. It’s not. And you know that now.

Blessed are you
 who need a gentle reminder that even now, even today, God is here, and somehow, that is good enough.

Together, we’re going to take ourselves off the hook for perfection. Perfect lives. Perfect bodies. Perfect relationships. And realize that this is the beautiful work of being human… again today. Thank God we get to do it together.

Join us each Sunday of Lent, beginning March 9th.

Week 1: Ordinary lives can be holy.

Week 2: So much is out of our control.

Week 3: Lots of things can be medicine.

Week 4: We often believe we are the problem.

Week 5: We are fragile.

Week 6: You are a group project.

Worship Services

March 5: Ash Wednesday
7-8am Come & Go Imposition of Ashes
6:30pm Service

April 17: Holy Thursday
 6:30pm Service

April 18: Good Friday
12:00 Noon Service 

April 20: Easter Sunday
8:50 & 11am (Live Stream 11am)

Lenten Companion Study Guide

A daily devotional guide is available to enhance your Lenten experience!

The Companion Study Guide will be a spiral bound book available for pick up on Sunday, March 2nd or Wednesday, March 5th at the Ash Wednesday Service.

Order your copy with the form below! Cost $5 each

Good Enough Lent 2025

Good Enough: Lent 2025

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