Faith in Action: Missionary Work in Tanzania
October 25, 2021
Fr. Tim Coday updates the community on his ministry in the Tanzanian missions, especially his work at the Malongwe health facility. He will show photographs and videos and tell lots of stories.
Taizé for October: Caring for God’s Creation
October 7, 2021
We gather in October to praise our Maker, the One who loved the world into being, the One who breathes life into all things that live and made us stewards of creation. An icon of St. Francis, patron saint of ecology, will help focus our meditation.
Respect Life Challenge: A Call to Action
October 30, 2021
Join the Renewal Center on Saturday mornings in October for a series of discussions marking Respect Life Month. Meet people active in ministries that defend the “incomparable and inviolable worth of every human life.” Topics include: elder abuse, gun violence, mothers of homicide victims, the death penalty and more. An in-person and Zoom event.
Repairers of the Breach: Reconciling Division, Healing Community
September 25, 2021
Like the early church in Corinth, we struggle with division and disunity, but St. Paul tells us that we have been given “the ministry of reconciliation” (2 Corinthians 5, 18). This day of reflection will explore what that means and what we need for that ministry.
Nature’s Revelation: ‘Every Common Bush Afire with God’
September 18, 2021
Our verdant 30-acre campus will be a prayerbook for a guided meditation on the power of God’s creation. Then we’ll give expression to our brush with the Divine through art: drawing, painting, dancing, poetry, journaling, music, photography — however the Spirit moves you.
Mystic Chocolate for Body and Soul
September 1, 2021 – September 29, 2021
God’s grace is rich, extravagant and luscious. What better metaphor for God’s grace than chocolate! This chocolate-themed study series will help us learn more about God’s abundant grace while building relationships with other women.
Taizé for September: Prayers for the New School Year
September 2, 2021
On Sept 2, we gather to prayer that Christ the Teacher will send the Holy Spirit for this new school year. We need the Holy Spirit not just in our classrooms, but in our daily circles of activity: in family life, at work, at church and in our social activities. Come, Holy Spirit, come.
Natural Connections: An immersion experience for youth
August 4, 2021
First, we’ll explore our relationships with nature using the trails, trees and flowers on our campus, and then we’ll express that experience in painting.
Taizé for August: Uniting Divided Communities
August 5, 2021
We gather in August to pray for unity in this time of division and discord in our church, country and world. On Aug. 5, we will pray for unity and recommit ourselves to working for reconciliation and peace in our communities.
Taizé for July: For healing and renewal
July 1, 2021
In-person offerings resume July 1 with an ecumenical, meditative prayer experience using music, chants and scripture. The service will also be live-streamed. The theme: prayers for healing and renewal.