Adult Christian Formation
A prayer group meets on Tuesdays evenings at St. Andrew’s Church, at 7 p.m. This group is for anyone who wishes to explore and deepen their encounter with God. We will continue to practice several different kinds of prayer. Come learn and experience. This is a combined group involving Christ Church and St. Andrew's.
Take This Bread
Summer Reading Group -- July 21 & August 11, 7:00 p.m. at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Looking for something to read this summer? Join us in reading Take This Bread by Sara Miles, a story about a twenty-first century Christian. Sara Miles, raised an atheist, got up one morning and wandered into a church, received communion, and found herself transformed – embracing a faith she had once scorned. A lesbian left-wing journalist who’d covered revolutions around the world, Miles didn’t discover a religion that was about angels or good behavior or piety; her faith was centered on real hunger, real food, real bodies. Before long, she turned the bread she ate at communion into tons of groceries to be given away to those who were hungry. Within a few years, she and the people she served had started nearly a dozen food pantries in the poorest parts of their city. Take This Bread is a beautiful and passionate book alive with the body of Christ.
Books are available on amazon.com (buy through the church’s website!) or call the parish office to order a book. We will be discussing this book and how our faith calls us to action on two Monday nights this summer: July 21st and August 11th at 7 pm at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church (1060 Salem Avenue). For more information, please speak with the Rev. John Paddock or the Rev. Jane Gerdsen. All are welcome!