Join us on Thursday Mornings from 9:30-11am in the Parish Hall for engaging discussions, bible studies and exploration into theology and spirituality.
We all share in choosing which books and subject matter we wish to study.
We are meeting in person in the Conference Room
We all share in choosing which books and subject matter we wish to study.
We are meeting in person in the Conference Room
2024 Summer Schedule
This Summer we are reading:
Fierce
by Jennifer Cowart
Learn from the fierce women of God who changed the world. In this study we will look at lesser-known female characters in the Bible and the ways they changed the world by living into God’s calling.
We will watch a series of videos and discuss them using the participants handbook. You will need a copy of the participants handbook, which is available in both print and various electronic formats from Amazon which can purchase here.
We will watch a series of videos and discuss them using the participants handbook. You will need a copy of the participants handbook, which is available in both print and various electronic formats from Amazon which can purchase here.
The Tentative Schedule for our Discussions
June 13th- Read Week 1's section in Participant's Guide- Shiphra and Puah
June 20th -Read Week 2's section in Participant's Guide- Deborah
June 27th- No Women's Study Group - Suzanne Away
July 4th- No Women's Study Group
July 11th -Read Week 3's section in Participant's Guide- Naaman's Slave Girl
July 18th-Read Week 4's section in Participant's Guide- The Samaritan's Woman
July 25th -Read Week 5's section in Participant's Guide- Dorcas
August 1st -Read Week 6's section in Participant's Guide-Lois and Eunice
June 20th -Read Week 2's section in Participant's Guide- Deborah
June 27th- No Women's Study Group - Suzanne Away
July 4th- No Women's Study Group
July 11th -Read Week 3's section in Participant's Guide- Naaman's Slave Girl
July 18th-Read Week 4's section in Participant's Guide- The Samaritan's Woman
July 25th -Read Week 5's section in Participant's Guide- Dorcas
August 1st -Read Week 6's section in Participant's Guide-Lois and Eunice
Planned Future Studies
Fall 2024 Book for Discussion
Wintering by Katherine May
Sometimes you slip through the cracks: unforeseen circumstances like an abrupt illness, the death of a loved one, a break up, or a job loss can derail a life. These periods of dislocation can be lonely and unexpected. For May, her husband fell ill, her son stopped attending school, and her own medical issues led her to leave a demanding job. Wintering explores how she not only endured this painful time, but embraced the singular opportunities it offered.
A moving personal narrative shot through with lessons from literature, mythology, and the natural world, May's story offers instruction on the transformative power of rest and retreat. Illumination emerges from many sources: solstice celebrations and dormice hibernation, C.S. Lewis and Sylvia Plath, swimming in icy waters and sailing arctic seas. Ultimately Wintering invites us to change how we relate to our own fallow times.
A moving personal narrative shot through with lessons from literature, mythology, and the natural world, May's story offers instruction on the transformative power of rest and retreat. Illumination emerges from many sources: solstice celebrations and dormice hibernation, C.S. Lewis and Sylvia Plath, swimming in icy waters and sailing arctic seas. Ultimately Wintering invites us to change how we relate to our own fallow times.
Winter 2025 Book for Discussion
Learning to Walk in the Dark by Barbara Brown Taylor
From the New York Times bestselling author of An Altar in the World, Barbara Brown Taylor’s Learning to Walk in the Dark provides a way to find spirituality in those times when we don’t have all the answers.
Taylor has become increasingly uncomfortable with our tendency to associate all that is good with lightness and all that is evil and dangerous with darkness. Doesn’t God work in the nighttime as well? In Learning to Walk in the Dark, Taylor asks us to put aside our fears and anxieties and to explore all that God has to teach us “in the dark.” She argues that we need to move away from our “solar spirituality” and ease our way into appreciating “lunar spirituality” (since, like the moon, our experience of the light waxes and wanes). Through darkness we find courage, we understand the world in new ways, and we feel God’s presence around us, guiding us through things seen and unseen. Often, it is while we are in the dark that we grow the most.
With her characteristic charm and literary wisdom, Taylor is our guide through a spirituality of the nighttime, teaching us how to find our footing in times of uncertainty and giving us strength and hope to face all of life’s challenging moments.
Taylor has become increasingly uncomfortable with our tendency to associate all that is good with lightness and all that is evil and dangerous with darkness. Doesn’t God work in the nighttime as well? In Learning to Walk in the Dark, Taylor asks us to put aside our fears and anxieties and to explore all that God has to teach us “in the dark.” She argues that we need to move away from our “solar spirituality” and ease our way into appreciating “lunar spirituality” (since, like the moon, our experience of the light waxes and wanes). Through darkness we find courage, we understand the world in new ways, and we feel God’s presence around us, guiding us through things seen and unseen. Often, it is while we are in the dark that we grow the most.
With her characteristic charm and literary wisdom, Taylor is our guide through a spirituality of the nighttime, teaching us how to find our footing in times of uncertainty and giving us strength and hope to face all of life’s challenging moments.
Past Studies:
Inspired by Rachel Held Evans
Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life by Tish Harrison Warren
Short Stories by Jesus by Amy-Jill Levine
Giddy Up, Eunice by Sophie Hudson
Journeys with Celtic Christians by Rodney Newman.
Prayer in the Night by Tish Harrison Warren
Love is the Way by Bishop Curry
Holy Envy by Barbara Brown Taylor
The Gift of Years by Joan Chittester
The Grace of Les Miserables by Matt Rawle
The Universal Christ by Richard Rohr
In God's Holy Light Wisdom from the Desert Monastics by Joan Chittister
A Simple Path to a Deeper Spiritual Life By: Becca Stevens
Friedman's Fables by Edwin H. Friedman
The Screwtape Letters by C.S Lewis
Having a Mary Spirit: Allowing God to Change Us from the Inside Out by Joanna Weaver
Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life by Tish Harrison Warren
Short Stories by Jesus by Amy-Jill Levine
Giddy Up, Eunice by Sophie Hudson
Journeys with Celtic Christians by Rodney Newman.
Prayer in the Night by Tish Harrison Warren
Love is the Way by Bishop Curry
Holy Envy by Barbara Brown Taylor
The Gift of Years by Joan Chittester
The Grace of Les Miserables by Matt Rawle
The Universal Christ by Richard Rohr
In God's Holy Light Wisdom from the Desert Monastics by Joan Chittister
A Simple Path to a Deeper Spiritual Life By: Becca Stevens
Friedman's Fables by Edwin H. Friedman
The Screwtape Letters by C.S Lewis
Having a Mary Spirit: Allowing God to Change Us from the Inside Out by Joanna Weaver
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