Sunday, January 15, 22, & 29

Fr. Jim Pace

Comfort and Suffering

The objectives of the class are, first, to explore the nature of comfort and suffering as human experiences at both the personal and the global levels and, second, to place the concepts and their meanings within the context of the sacramental life and the teachings of the church, particularly the church’s healing ministries.  The class will address such questions as "Why does suffering exist and why does horrible suffering happen?  The class will also discuss such issues as advanced-care directives and their component parts, illness-wellness trajectories,

and the corporate nature of suffering and comfort

Sunday, February 5, 12 & 19

Fr. Jay Smith

Episcopal Traditions & Customs:

What Do Episcopalians Believe?

Richard Hooker (1554-1600)

Working with Samuel Wells’s new book, What Episcopalians Believe: An Introduction, Father Jay Smith will lead a three-part series on Anglican theology and doctrine. We will be asking the following questions. What beliefs do Episcopalians share with other churches and denominations? What doctrinal statements do Episcopalians affirm and what statements do they reject? Is there something distinctive about the Episcopal/Anglican theological tradition?

Ash Wednesday is February 22.

Sundays in Lent:

Sunday, February 26 and March 4, 11, 18 & 25

Fr. Peter Powell

Biblical Studies: Genesis 1-11

The class will be reading the first part of the Bible’s first book.

We will be asking such questions as “what does the Bible really say about Creation and the Flood?”

and “how can thinking Christians claim these stores as their own?

Sunday, April 1 (Palm Sunday)

No Class

Sunday, April 8 (Easter Day)

No Class

Wednesday Night Bible Study Class