Easter Bible Study
This Eastertide join Rev. Kristin and others in the Way of Love 50 Day Bible Challenge. Using the book of the same name, we will read individually during the week and gather on Mondays at 7:00 pm on Zoom to pray, reflect, and discuss the previous week’s readings together.
The Way of Love 50 Day Bible Challenge pairs each of the seven Way of Love spiritual practices with a passage of scripture as well as reflections, questions, and prayers written by a variety of faith leaders.
Come and see what God has to say about the spiritual practices of Turn – Learn – Pray – Worship – Bless – Go – Rest. Informed by scripture and inspired through prayer, these practices offer the opportunity to transform our relationship with ourselves, with our family and communities, and with our Savior. Featuring fifty days of reflections, The Way of Love Bible Challenge is an extension of The Bible Challenge, a global initiative to encourage daily engagement with scripture and an exploration of the Word of God.
Mondays at 7:00 pm beginning 4/20
Spring Book Group Selection
Grab a copy of Anne Lamott’s Almost Everything – Notes on Hope and be ready to gather and discuss in May.
Almost Everything is a powerful exploration of how we bring hope back into our lives. From Goodreads:
“I am stockpiling antibiotics for the Apocalypse, even as I await the blossoming of paperwhites on the windowsill in the kitchen,” Anne Lamott admits at the beginning of Almost Everything. Despair and uncertainty surround us: in the news, in our families, and in ourselves. But even when life is at its bleakest–when we are, as she puts it, “doomed, stunned, exhausted, and over-caffeinated”–the seeds of rejuvenation are at hand. “All truth is paradox,” Lamott writes, “and this turns out to be a reason for hope. If you arrive at a place in life that is miserable, it will change.” That is the time when we must pledge not to give up but “to do what Wendell Berry wrote: ‘Be joyful, though you have considered all the facts.'”
In this profound and funny book, Lamott calls for each of us to rediscover the nuggets of hope and wisdom that are buried within us that can make life sweeter than we ever imagined. Divided into short chapters that explore life’s essential truths, Almost Everything pinpoints these moments of insight as it shines an encouraging light forward.
Gather for on Thursday, 5/21 for reflection and discussion. Location and time TBD. To sign up email office@stjamesmtairy.org.
Free Online Course: Prayer & Worship in Our Homes
Sign up for a free online course from ChurchNext to learn more about prayer and worship at home.
COURSE SUMMARY
Grow closer to Christ even when you can’t be in church. Learn more about the practice of prayer in its many forms from an array of studied experts.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The Early Church understood the importance of drawing near to Christ when the act of physically coming together became problematic. In an age of COVID-19, our inability to draw near to one another should not affect our ability to draw near to God. This free, multi-part course is designed for Christians to use this time of separation from one another as a time of drawing near to God.
Classes include:
Everyday Spiritual Practices with Keith Anderson
How to Pray with Christopher Martin
Praying with Saints with Scott Gunn and Tim Schenck
How to Pray Online with Karekin Yarian
Praying the Anglican Rosary with Suzanne Edwards-Acton
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