Note from Petey
February 2026

February always feels like a hinge month to me. We’re still living into the rhythms of a new year, but just ahead of us is Lent and the promise of Spring. Lent is a season that invites us to slow down, to listen, and to return to what matters most.

Before you start thinking about giving things up or taking on new practices for Lent, I want to invite us to something simpler, deeper, and more foundational: prayer. Lent is meant to be a gift to the church. It’s a 40-day season that’s set apart for us to name our need for God and to seek renewal not by trying harder but by trusting Him more fully. As a church, let’s take this time to get on our knees and invite God to move. After all, if the LORD isn’t in it, we might as well abandon ship. But if God is at work, even our imperfect pursuits will bear fruit.

In the weeks ahead, I’m asking you to pray intentionally for our church and for our city. Pray for wisdom, courage, unity, and compassion. Pray for repentance and pray for enemies, as Jesus commands us. Pray for neighbors we know and neighbors we’ve yet to meet. And then, let those prayers take on flesh. Show up and care for others, and be on the lookout for chances to build up and encourage. Serving Saturday is coming up soon, and it’s a beautiful, tangible way to love our neighbors and seek the good of our city together.

At the end of Lent, we encounter the grand arrival of Easter and the hope of resurrection. May God form us into a praying people whose lives bear quiet, faithful witness to the hope of resurrection already breaking into our world.

Much love,
Petey