Adult Formation
Foundations of Faith Forums
Sunday Forums
Sunday Forums begin in the Volunteer Room fifteen minutes after the Postlude ends - please grab coffee and a snack and join us.
November 8th & 15th, December 6th & 13th -
The Last Things: What Happens After We Die?
(Fr. Richard)
November, traditionally observed as the Month of the Holy Souls, invites Christians to remember the faithful departed and to reflect upon our own mortality and eternal destiny. As Advent approaches—with its ancient emphasis on the Four Last Things of death, judgment, heaven, and hell—we will offer a four-part forum series exploring what Christians believe about life after death. We will consider death and pagan understandings of the afterlife, divine judgment, heaven, and hell, asking how Scripture, Christian tradition, and the Church’s worship help us approach these mysteries with honesty, hope, and faith. Please join us for one session or for the entire series.
Recognizing God's Grace at Work in Our Own Lives
Saturday, November 14
Led by Fr Martin Smith
Join us in a workshop that offers guidance in interpreting our own religious experience. We will use questionnaires, reflections and focused discussions to help us identify the subtle patterns of God’s actions, companionship and inspiration, which we call God’s grace at work in our uniquely personal lives. “Grace is insidious,” declared the poet and prophet Charles Péguy! It permeates the ordinary unfolding of life, so we are not straining after miracles or focusing on peculiar occurrences. The more we can gratefully identify our own experiences of grace, the better qualified we are to commend the gospel to others, since our mission is not to push a message but rather to invite people to share an ongoing experience that we are having.
