This Is Why We Are Here is a Lenten sermon series that explores the communal practices that shape us as the church. In a world marked by division, distraction, and isolation, Lent invites us to return to the shared rhythms that form our life together in Christ. Each week focuses on a practice—gathering, listening, confessing, serving, hoping, following, and rising—not as abstract ideas, but as embodied ways we live out our faith. Together, these practices help us remember who we are, why we do what we do, and how God continues to form us as a community rooted in grace, compassion, and hope.