Growing Faith

Eastertide 2022

Join us at 1:00 PM Tuesdays in-person or on Zoom as we read and discuss The Sign and the Sacrifice: The Meaning of the Cross and Resurrection by the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. The book may be ordered through the parish office for $15.00, or directly from Amazon or other booksellers. A Kindle version is also available. 

Previous programs

Lent 2022 Forum

Join us Tuesdays in Lent and Holy Week at 1:00 PM in-person or on Zoom for a study of Amy-Jill Levine’s book Entering the Passion of Jesus: A Beginner’s Guide to Holy Week. Brief videos of Professor Levine further highlighting themes of each chapter will be shown. The book may be ordered through the parish office for $15.00, or directly from Amazon or other booksellers. A Kindle version is also available.

Tuesday Forum beginning January 11, 2022

The Tuesday Forum resumes January 11th at 1:00 PM. We will be reading Prof. Amy-Jill Levine’s The Difficult Words of Jesus, available from bookstores, on Amazon, as a Kindle e-book. We have ordered some copies which you may have for $15. In the book Prof. Levine discusses how Jesus’s difficult teachings would have sounded to the people who first heard them, how have they been understood over time, and how we might interpret them in the context of the Gospel of love and reconciliation.

Advent 2021 Forum

Join us at 1:00 PM Tuesdays or 9:15 AM Sundays in-person or on Zoom for an Advent book study. Light of the World: A Beginner’s Guide to Advent by Amy-Jill Levine, exploring the Christmas story from Elizabeth and Zechariah to the visit of the Magi. Sessions will be held beginning Tuesday November 23/Sunday November 28. The book may be ordered through the parish office for $9.50, or directly from Amazon or other booksellers. A Kindle version is also available. 

Eastertide 2021 Forum

Join us in reading and discussing Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry’s new book Love is the Way. Nine-Fifteen Forum on Sundays or Tuesday Forum at 1:00 PM. Contact the parish office for Zoom information.

2021 Lenten Book Study on Zoom

The Sunday Nine-Fifteen Forum and Tuesday Forum will be using Are We There Yet? from Forward Movement. This small book of essays for the season of Lent focuses on the theme of pilgrimage, both without and within. See our weekly E-news or contact the parish office for Zoom meeting information.

Next Sunday’s Gospel – via Zoom

Join us on Zoom at 9:15 am Sundays or 1:00 pm Tuesdays to dig into the upcoming Sunday gospel reading. See our weekly E-news or contact the parish office for Zoom meeting information.

The Book of Revelation – via Zoom

Join us on Zoom at 9:15 Sundays or 1:00 pm Tuesdays for a study of this fascinating and obscure final book of the New Testament. See our weekly E-news or contact the parish office for Zoom meeting information.

Nine-Fifteen Forum – Fall 2019

Join us in the lower-level conference room at 9:15 AM Sundays or Tuesdays at 1:00 PM for The Challenge of Jesus, a  video series with New Testament scholar John Dominic Crossan.

Lenten Worship & Soup Supper 2019

Wednesdays in Lent 5:30-6:45 PM. Join us for a simple celebration of Holy Eucharist in the Welcome Area, with a time of meditation on The Way of Love, followed by soup and bread in the conference room on the lower level.

Nine-Fifteen Forum – Lent/Easter 2019

Join us at 9:15 AM Sundays or 1:00 PM Tuesdays for Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent, Practices for a Jesus-Centered Life.

Nine-Fifteen Forum – Epiphanytide 2019

Join us in the lower-level conference room at 9:15 AM Sundays or Tuesdays at 1:00 PM for Signs of Grace, a four–part series on Sacraments. Beginning January 22/February 3. No session 1/29 or 2/26.

Nine-Fifteen Forum – late fall/Advent 2018

Join us in the lower-level conference room at 9:15 AM Sundays or Tuesdays at 1:00 PM for The Challenge of Paul Vol 3, a four-part video with New Testament scholar John Dominic Crossan. Begins November 25/27.

Nine-Fifteen Forum – Fall 2018

Join us in the lower-level conference room at 9:15 AM Sundays or Tuesdays at 1:00 PM for Ways to Pray, a 5-week exploration of prayer, including the Anglican rosary, praying with scripture, praying with art and more.  Due to schedule conflicts no session September 23 or 25.

Lenten Soup Suppers

Wednesdays  5:30-6:45 PM A brief celebration of Holy Eucharist in the Welcome Area, followed by soup and bread on the lower level.

Bible Women: All their words and why they matter

A fascinating study of this book by Lindsay Hardin Freeman and read about all the women who speak in the bible, and their words.

First Friday Films – Intergenerational

Monthly films that raise questions of faith in a complicated world. God at the movies isn’t always found in “religious” films. 6:00 pm pizza, film at 6:30. Bring something to drink–Popcorn will be provided.

Woman of God – book group

Nine-Fifteen Forum – Eastertide 2018

The Challenge of Paul Vol 2, a four-part video with New Testament scholar John Dominic Crossan.

Nine-Fifteen Forum – Epiphany 2018

The Challenge of Paul Vol 1, a five-part video with New Testament scholar John Dominic Crossan.

Nine-Fifteen Forum – Eastertide 2017

What is it to live as a Christian in this day and age? How might we spread good news in a culture where many people, especially the young, may have no church background at all?

Epiphany 2017

Saint Matthew used Jesus’ stories and teachings to instruct and sustain his racially-mixed church to meet the severe challenges in his time and community. We too, are challenged in today’s world to articulate faith and identity, and to bear witness to the good news, to baptize and to teach. How might Matthew’s work help us to do so?

October – November 2016

Are you someone who has been a Christian for a long time, but sometimes still wonders about the basics? Or are you someone new to God and the Church who wants to get a better idea of what this Christianity thing is really all about? Then come join us Sundays at 9:15 AM beginning October 4^th for Transforming Questions. In this class, we will seek to move into deeper life in Christ by engaging in some of faith’s most basic questions: Who is Jesus? Does God answer prayer? How do I read the Bible? Why bother with Church? What do I have to do to be a Christian? Each week we will gather, hear a talk on one of the central questions of the Christian faith, and join in small-group discussion. Through both listening and sharing, we will wrestle with these foundational questions in the context of faith and in the company of fellow seekers. As we do so, we will learn more about ourselves, one another, and the Jesus we are seeking.

Epiphanytide – 2016

Barbara Cawthorne Crafton’s Embracing Forgiveness, a five-part group study with DVD and discussion.

Advent 2015 – Wait on the Lord

Grab a cup of coffee and join us each Sunday in Advent from 9:15-10-15 AM in the Conference room on the lower level for Advent meditation and discussion. Begins November 29th.

 

 

The beginning of the good news…
reading the Gospel of Mark

Dinner & Reading
Friday, September 18, 2015, 5:00 pm
An informal Middle Eastern dinner followed by reading of the oldest Gospel by candlelight and simple celebration of the Holy Eucharist according to the oldest text.
Reservations are requested for dinner. A donation of $12 will offset costs. Any additional donations will go to support our meal costs for Samaritan Center. Thanks for your generosity.

Reading Mark – Study Series
Beginning September 26th and 29th 2015
Saturdays 10:00-noon OR Tuesdays 1:00-3:00 PM
(Tuesday following brief celebration of Holy Eucharist at noon)
Identical sessions – you may vary your attendance as works for you.
Saturday 9/26 & Tuesday 9/29
Saturday 10/10 & Tuesday 10/13
Saturday 10/17 & Tuesday 10/20
Saturday 10/24 & Tuesday 10/27
Saturday 10/31 & Tuesday 11/3
Saturday 11/7 & Tuesday 11/10
Tuesday 11/17 & Saturday 11/21 (change due to diocesan convention)

You may attend the dinner, the series or both.

Email Office@GraceEpiscopalBaldwinsville.org or call 315 635 3214 to sign up.