Women's Book Club - May Meeting

May 3, 2012
Get ready to put on your acting caps!  The next Book Club meeting will be Murder Mystery Night--complete with corpse, character descriptions, and coordinating cuisine.  The inspiration–our out-of-the-ordinary (for us) read of the month–The Liturgical Mysteries by Mark Schweizer and their tales of Hayden Konig, a parttime Episcopal choirmaster, and aspiring whodunit novelist, who, calling himself a Liturgical Detective, investigaes church-related murders.  Your assignment: to read just one of the  books in this light-hearted , amusing series (Our friend Gerri Endicott suggests starting with one of the first written and continuing in chronological order.)  Here is a listing of some

Safeguarding God's Children - Training

August 7, 2012

The parents night out was so successful and fun that many of you have expressed a desire to be involved at the next event. We would also love to have even more children be able to attend. Please consider taking the education and training class offered by the Diocese to help make this possible.

Below is information about the next opportunity to

Adult Christian Formation: The Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Beginning March 4, 2012 - 9:15 a.m.
Over the next weeks, beginning March 4, we will be exploring the life and writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.  

Bonhoeffer was a German theologian who lived in the first half of the 20th century. From the first days of the Nazis, he was a leader of the resistance. He was a founder of the Confessing Church in Germany which was formed to avoid the intrusion of Nazism into the established churches. Already imprisoned for his work, documents were found linking Bonhoeffer to a failed attempt on Hitler's life, which led to his execution just a few days before the fall of Germany at the age of only 39. He lived an extraordinary life and left an important body of work.

Bonhoeffer is honored by the Episcopal Church on the church calendar on April 9. His close friend, Bishop George Bell of the Church of England, a supporter of the German resistance who is a major figure in this story, is honored on October 3.

We will be using material from the 2010 biography of Bonhoeffer entitled Bonhoeffer - Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas, published by Thomas Nelson. It is widely available in bookstores, with a