Monday Evening Study - 7:00 p.m.
We will be studying Diana Butler Bass' popular book titled Grateful this fall.
We all know the joy of a surprise gift, good news, or a great achievement -- all of those things eliciting feelings of gratitude. But these days, full of grief, worry, and uncertainty did not easily nurture a sense of thanks. Indeed, they seem to be gnawing away our hearts and our hopes. So what of gratitude now? When we don't feel grateful? In a 6-part course based on her recent book, Grateful, Diana Butler Bass takes us into a journey to understand what gratitude is, how it can strengthen us as individuals and in community, and the surprising ways in which it subverts hopelessness and injustice. In addition to lectures and mini-practice sessions, Diana will be joined by other writers in conversation about how giving thanks has made a difference in their own lives.
In this course, participants:
The Rev. Patti Sachs will be leading the online study through Zoom. If you would like to participate, simply email her at patti@st-margarets.org and let her know so you will get the link to participate. You can order the book on biblio.com or Amazon.com
We all know the joy of a surprise gift, good news, or a great achievement -- all of those things eliciting feelings of gratitude. But these days, full of grief, worry, and uncertainty did not easily nurture a sense of thanks. Indeed, they seem to be gnawing away our hearts and our hopes. So what of gratitude now? When we don't feel grateful? In a 6-part course based on her recent book, Grateful, Diana Butler Bass takes us into a journey to understand what gratitude is, how it can strengthen us as individuals and in community, and the surprising ways in which it subverts hopelessness and injustice. In addition to lectures and mini-practice sessions, Diana will be joined by other writers in conversation about how giving thanks has made a difference in their own lives.
In this course, participants:
- Explore the definitions and structures of gratitude, and how what we think about gratitude shapes our actions;
- Learn practices of gratitude that open us to new levels of awareness and awakening;
- Discover the power of collective gratitude practices for your community or organization;
- Understand gratitude in relationship to difficult circumstances and injustice; and
- Uncover how gratitude becomes the soil for genuine creativity for individuals and communities.
The Rev. Patti Sachs will be leading the online study through Zoom. If you would like to participate, simply email her at patti@st-margarets.org and let her know so you will get the link to participate. You can order the book on biblio.com or Amazon.com
Thursday Morning Book Study - 9:00 a.m.
Our Thursday morning book study group continues its work through “Vintage Saints and Sinners” by Karen Wright Marsh with Zoom meetings.
Narrating her own winding pilgrimage through faith, Karen Marsh reveals surprising lessons in everyday spirituality from these "saints"―folks who lived and breathed, and failed and followed God. Told with humor and vulnerability, Vintage Saints and Sinners introduces us afresh to twenty-five brothers and sisters who challenge and inspire us with their honest faith.
All are welcome to join Thursdays at 9:00 a.m.! Email the Rev. Patti Sachs at patti@st-margarets.org to let her know you wish to be added.
Narrating her own winding pilgrimage through faith, Karen Marsh reveals surprising lessons in everyday spirituality from these "saints"―folks who lived and breathed, and failed and followed God. Told with humor and vulnerability, Vintage Saints and Sinners introduces us afresh to twenty-five brothers and sisters who challenge and inspire us with their honest faith.
All are welcome to join Thursdays at 9:00 a.m.! Email the Rev. Patti Sachs at patti@st-margarets.org to let her know you wish to be added.
Senior Sessions - 2nd & 4th Tuesday of the month
Our seniors 65 and older are welcome to join our clergy-led Senior Sessions, the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at 10 a.m. through Zoom.
The hour consists of a discussion of the upcoming Gospel lesson of the week and a sharing of joys and concerns.
Contact the Rev. Patti Sachs at patti@st-margarets.org if you would like to be added to the group and receive the Zoom link.
The hour consists of a discussion of the upcoming Gospel lesson of the week and a sharing of joys and concerns.
Contact the Rev. Patti Sachs at patti@st-margarets.org if you would like to be added to the group and receive the Zoom link.