A Lent For Action
Lent 2026
Follow-Up From A Lent for Action--Team at Raleigh Moravian Church's Experience
PNCC Director Rev. Suzanne Parker Miller led a team of “A Lent for Action” from Raleigh Moravian Church. The team conducted interviews with over 30 people during Lent and into the Easter season. The team from Raleigh Moravian gathered the data from the conversations and decided that, given the topics of concern and interest, the team wanted to send letters to the Congressional delegation in Washington DC that represents the greater Triangle area where our church members live. We also wanted to send a letter to the Wake county delegation in the NC General Assembly. The team from Raleigh Moravian also chose May 18th at 2pm to attend the Wake County Commissioners Meeting to provide public comment during their budget deliberations for the Wake County Budget. Below are links to the letters and comments shared.
Broad Topics of concern from the conversations included:
- Affordability & the economy
- Affordable Housing
- Christian nationalism
- Dehumanization
- Democracy’s breakdown & polarization
- Education & lack of investment in children
- Environmental degredation
- Food Insecurity
- Gun Control
- Healthcare & Mental Healthcare access
- Immigrant treatment
- Inequity
- Social Safety net’s decrease
- Violence & War
Broad Topics of hope from the conversations included:
- Children
- Community
- Compassion & Empathy
- Faith
- Family and Friends
- Grassroots care for one another
- Interpersonal interactions
- Music & Art
- Nature
- Organized Resistance movements
- Reading
- Taking action together
Photos from May 18, 2026 2pm Wake County Commissioners Meeting attended by PNCC Director Rev. Suzanne Parker Miller and Rev. Fran Spier Saylor, Pastor of Raleigh Moravian Church.
A Lent for Action is being around Lent (February 18-April 5, 2026) to engage faith communities across NC. Recordings of the training and all the resources for Congregational Teams are available here.
The goal of Lent for Action is to activate thousands of people in North Carolina to take faithful action together in cities and counties around the state, which motivates local elected officials to work on promoting the common good in our communities – prioritizing feeding the hungry, welcoming the stranger, tending the sick, and caring for our vulnerable neighbors – and move us closer to being a state where everyone can thrive.
In every participating congregation, a team of 5-10 people will have one-on-one conversations over 6 weeks to understand the impacts of federal attacks fueled by authoritarianism on our communities, followed by two weeks of planning for a public action at their County Commission on March 26, three days before Palm Sunday.
You are invited to build a team of 5-10 people in your house of worship to participate in Lent for Action:
- Hosting an “in-reach” in which my team will have one-to-one conversations with members of our congregation to understand how federal attacks on our communities are impacting us and how we can promote the common good to care for our vulnerable neighbors
- Participating in planning a March 26 public action at your County Commission with other teams in our area
- Inviting other clergy to participate
More resources can be found here.
Lent for Action is being convened by the NC Council of Churches, Pastors for NC Children, and Siembra NC.
