​​ART SYMBOLIZES FAITH
November 7th 12:30pm, MJH and Harter Room
Henry Gates

Henry Gates will lead you in a creative project to enable you to draw from your memory matters which challenge and enable faith to bring in this new Christian year on ALL Saints Sunday. Henry will speak to the power of art over the
ages, and how you can use simple color and form to symbolize your
faith. You shall have a board, color paper, tape; and use of art pastels shared
together. Get over your prior experience with art, and start anew today.

EcoFaith Book Group
Oct 14th and November 18th 5-6pm via zoom

Join the Earth Stewardship community for a discussion of John Philip Newell's book SACRED EARTH SACRED SOUL. This book is written by “a leading spiritual teacher who reveals how Celtic spirituality—listening to the sacred around us and inside of us—can help us heal the earth, overcome our conflicts, and reconnect with ourselves.” There will be two meetings to engage in a discussion of this book and how it relates to our faith. All are welcome to both meetings.

Exploring Our Relationship with the Bible
October 19th and 26th, November 2nd and 9th 6-7:30pm via zoom

If the Bible isn't a science book or an instruction manual, then what is it? What do people mean when they say the Bible is inspired? If you are looking to explore some of these questions in a supportive community of care and/or are new or are feeling new to First Church please join us in reading the book: Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again By Rachel Held Evans. Meetings will be led by Lexi Boudreaux via zoom on Tuesday Evenings 6-7:30pm on the following dates: 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9


Group Spiritual Direction
Dates and Time TBD by group gathered
Alex Steinert-Evoy

“When asked by a friend how she prayed for her, a thirteenth-century anchoress, Julian of Norwich responded, ‘ I look at God, I look at you, and I keep on looking at God.’ “

Are you interested in seeking an awareness of God in all of your life?  Would you like to listen to God in a group setting?  Would you like to be supported and support others as you seek your responsiveness to God?  If you have answered yes to any of these questions, then  perhaps you would like to gather together in Group Spiritual Direction.  This is a process in which people gather regularly to help each other move towards a continuous awareness of God.  These seekers support each other through prayerful listening and responding as they open themselves up to one another’s spiritual journeys.

Led by Rev. Alex Steinert-Evoy, this group will be no bigger than six people and will meet for ninety minutes-two hours depending on the size of the group. Dates, place (church, zoom, hybrid) and time TBD by group.