Adult Formation Fall 2024

A Study on Prayer

Our Adult Formation this fall will be on Prayer! Each Sunday will include an experiential portion, where you try out a new (or familiar) prayer practice. We will learn the patterns and practices of prayer in the Anglican tradition that shaped our ancestors. We will have a special presentation on October 6th from Mtr. Allison Caudill (Fr. Ben’s spouse) on pilgrimage as prayer! As we draw closer to our parish retreat and quiet days we will learn how to make our own retreats and pilgrimages, followed with a series discussing the challenges of prayer—how to pray when it gets difficult. In Advent, we will explore our creative sides with two weeks on writing our own prayers. Adult Formation begins September 15 at 9:30a on Sundays; please note we have an important parish gathering at Adult Forum on September 8th, the kickoff of our program year

Date --------	Topic
15-Sep	What is Prayer? Getting Started
22-Sep	Prayer in the Anglican Tradition
29-Sep	Combined Service, No Class
6-Oct	Pilgrimage 1 – Guest Speaker Mtr. Allison
13-Oct	Pilgrimage2: Making a Pilgrimage where you are
20-Oct	Pilgrimage: Making a pilgrimage to church
27-Oct	Making a Retreat/Quiet Day
3-Nov	Praying with the Saints
10-Nov	Praying with the Scriptures
17-Nov	Praying with Silence
24-Nov	Praying with the Savior (Lord's Prayer)
1-Dec	Open Forum
8-Dec	Annual meeting, No Class
15-Dec	Writing our Prayers: Journaling
22-Dec	Writing our Prayers: How to Write a Collect