Adult Forum is a time to explore our faith through the study of scripture and history (and the consumption of coffee) at 9:15 Sunday morning in the Parish Hall. All are welcome.
We vary our offerings depending on participants’ interests: book discussions, video lecture series, single-topic presentations, Bible studies. At times we have supplemented our gatherings with mid-week Zoom sessions, some of them joint with other local parishes.
Adult Forum Advent plans: We will take a break from our Lost Christianities lecture series in Advent and Christmas to spend some time with a 2008 book by Paula Gooder called The Meaning is in the Waiting. There are a variety of ways to access the book: Rev. Catharine has eight copies she can distribute; it is available on Kindle; and Rev. Catharine has a PDF of the English edition (mostly the same as the US edition) that she can share.
Here’s the overall plan:
- November 30: We will familiarize ourselves with the book and spend a little time talking about the foreword and the introduction
- December 7: We will discuss Chapter 1
- December 14: We will discuss Chapter 2
- December 21; We will discuss Chapter 3
- December 28: Christmas Break!
- January 4: We will discuss Chapter 4 and return to the Introduction
The discussion questions we will use to start us off each week were written by Jen Kidwell.
We are continuing our video lecture series on “Lost Christianities.”
On November 2 we will (probably) wrap up Lecture 13, ‘The Acts of John.’
The notes for Lectures 12 and 13, ‘The Secret Gospel of Mark’ and ‘The Acts of John’ are here
On November 9, we will start Lecture 14, ‘The Acts of Thomas.’
The notes for Lectures 14 and 15 are here.
We will not meet on November 16, because of the Annual Meeting.
We may not meet on November 30, depending on plans for an ‘Advent Event.’
We are continuing our video lecture series on “Lost Christianities.”
For the remainder of October (October 12, 19, and 26) we will finishing up Lecture 11 (The Gospel of Peter) and moving on to Lecture 12 (The Secret Gospel of Mark).
The notes for Lectures 10 and 11, ‘The Infancy Gospels’ and ‘The Gospel of Peter’ are here.
The notes for Lectures 12 and 13, ‘The Secret Gospel of Mark’ and ‘The Acts of John’ are here
