Sacred Conversations about Life
Hosted by St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on Sundays from 11:05-11:45 in the church. All are invited to join us!
March 3 – It is Finished: The Final Thursday and Friday for Jesus
The last hours of Jesus were filled climatic and meaningful events. Particularly during Holy Week Christians have explored and relived these moments to grow spiritually and draw closer to Jesus. Using primarily Mark’s Gospel and drawing on the latest New Testament scholarship, join the Rev. Mark Stanley for a Lenten journey into the last hours of Christ’s life. Each forum will stand alone, but you are invited to attend all three. This third session from Mark 15: Friday – the passion, last words, and the crucifixion of Jesus
March 10 – Community Sunday Party after Church
March 17 – The Hymns of Faith – from the Oxford Movement to Today
Ever wonder where all the hymns come from and why we sing them each week in worship? Join our Minister of Music, Justin Weilnau, for a second forum discussing the hymns of the Christian faith. We will begin with a short review and pick up with the Oxford Movement in the 1800s. Our forum will end with contemporary hymn writers and a discussion on how we interact with hymns. Join us for a forum full of music and singing the great hymns of faith!
March 24 – Intergenerational Easter Egg Decorating
Easter Eggs are a symbol of Resurrection. A chick hatching from the egg is a symbol of Jesus rising from the tomb. To participate in this Easter tradition, everyone of all ages are invited to the undercroft for refreshment and egg decorating. We will have hardboiled eggs, plastic eggs, balloon eggs, and other ways to decorate eggs for Easter.
March 31 – Easter Egg Hunt and Party at the Grand next door to our church.
All are invited to the Grand for refreshments, fun, and our traditional Easter Egg Hunt. Come join us for fellowship and an Easter celebration!
April 7 – Community Sunday with a Party in the back of the church
Join us after church for social time and refreshments. There will be games for young people and lots of fun.
April 14 – Faith Stories
It can be fascinating and inspirational to hear the faith stories of members of our congregation. In this forum, you will have a chance to listen the struggles and breakthroughs of the spiritual journeys of the people in the pews next to you.
April 21 – Walter, the Common Good and Yoo Hoo
The Holy Land is a mess right now. It actually has been a place of contention and violence for centuries. OMG! But how do we move beyond exasperation, despair, and the grip of inevitability to a place of hope and resolution? Walter has some intriguing biblically based ideas that focus on seeking the common good. Maybe his ideas might help us find our faithful voices and offer a guide on this ever present but even more heightened right now journey. Come join the Rev. Flo Ledyard to find out who Walter is and what the common good might be from God’s perspective. OMG indeed.
April 28 – Community Sunday with a Party in the back of the church
Join us after church for social time and refreshments. There will be crafts for young people and lots of fun.
May 5 – Congregational Development
The Rev. Kristin Krantz will be our guest presenter. Kristin is an old friend of Mark’s and is the new Canon for Transitions for the Diocese of Maryland. She is also the Director of the College of Congregational Development, a comprehensive training program that seeks to nurture and develop congregational leaders to help make the church more vital.
May 12 – Science and Faith
Sometimes the rational evidence-based discipline of science is pitted against the spiritual understandings of faith. Are there ways these two world views are incompatible? Or ways they might support each other? Bring you analytic brain as well as your openness to mystery as we explore the relationship (and tension?) between science and religious faith. Led by Mark Stanley.