Such Great Heights

Join us today at 5:00 for the first SGH-Chistian Formation meeting at church!  Hosted by Mary Kay Huss and Sarah McDermott.  This is just the beginning…let us know what you want to see at St. Paul’s in Christian Formation for all ages!

I think we have 3 separate but related issues regarding our Christian formation:  1) Content; 2) Structure; 3) Timing.  With 3 worship services and an education hour, Sunday mornings feel rushed with little to no time for visiting and catching up with our church family.  Can we “open up” Sunday mornings a bit?  There are several possibilities that occur to me (and, I’m sure, there are others):  1) Structure Sunday mornings so that one Sunday a month has no education hour but a social hour designed to entice folks to come early or stay late for the opportunity to participate 2) Move the education hour to an evening 3) Have 2 Sunday morning worship services to create more space in the morning schedule.

Also, we have tried having choices for Christian formation - lecture format with Q&A and various small group options.  I think this is the ideal but we need to do what we can to insure an adequate attendance at the lecture where the speaker has invested a great deal of time in preparation.  The main issues, I believe, are timing and, most importantly, content.  There has always been a large group of parishoners who want to be intellectually and theologically challenged.  This is part of St. Paul’s DNA and one thing we are known for.  Let’s strengthen the content of our Christian formation classes

Well, let me get started by saying I wish that Christian Formation was something that everyone, kids and adults alike, looked forward to each week.  I’d like the adults to have the community of close faith and caring that the YAC group has!  I think that small group learning is a place to start!