Dear Talmadge Hill Family,

In this season of transition, we find ourselves standing at a threshold, holding something precious in our hands. The question for us this Lent is whether we dare to break it open. The good news is that, deep down, each one of us already knows how.

This past Sunday, our sanctuary transformed. Our History Wall went up—a physical timeline of Talmadge Hill’s 155 years, stretching from our founding neighbors in 1870 to the community we are today. It will remain in place throughout Lent, coming down after Easter Sunday, leaving plenty of space for your voice to be added to the narrative.

Whether you have been part of THCC for decades or just a few months, your experience of this place is part of its living history. This is a communal act of remembrance—a chance to see, together, how much God has been doing in this place.

How to participate:

Pick up a sticky note and pen from any station along the wall.
Write a memory—a name, a moment, a feeling, or something you never want us to forget.
Place it on the era where it belongs. There are no right or wrong answers, only your truth.

As you "walk the wall," I invite you to turn to wonder. Let yourself be surprised. What moves you? What had you forgotten? And keep a sharp eye out—there are two surprise questions hidden somewhere on the wall that I hope will stop you in your tracks and invite a little deeper reflection.

This coming Sunday, we continue our Lenten series, Tell Me Something Good—which draws on the beautiful creative resources of A Sanctified Art—we will contemplate Luke 7:36-50 and Matthew 25:35-40.

We’ll be sitting with the pointed question Jesus asked Simon that night: "Do you see this woman?" In a sermon titled Indecent Grace, we will look at what it means to truly see one another and the radical, sometimes scandalous, nature of the grace we are called to practice.

The wall is waiting. Come this week if you haven’t yet. Come back if you have.

Mooi Loop,

Dries