A Labor Day Conversation
This discussion will start with a few readings from Scripture and modern voices on work and rest. We’ll then consider the variety of messages we receive about productivity, value, and sabbath.
This discussion will start with a few readings from Scripture and modern voices on work and rest. We’ll then consider the variety of messages we receive about productivity, value, and sabbath.
Calvary Companions: Women’s Bible Study, Tuesday mornings, 8:00 - 9:00, Barth House, 409 Patterson on the University of Memphis campus Join the Rev. Katherine Bush and women of all ages and stages of life for a weekly conversation about the Bible and the way we live. Participants should bring their morning beverage of choice, a Bible, … Continue reading "Calvary Companions: Women’s Bible Study"
Who is my Neighbor? Readings On Empathy and Otherness in a Time of Division Wednesdays, 6:15 - 7:15 The stories in the first chapters of Genesis frame the brokenness of the world in terms of estrangement. Humans are estranged from God, men from women, people from their own bodies, from the earth, from their labor. … Continue reading "Who is my Neighbor: Wednesday Night Discussion with Ardelle & the Rev. Scott Walters"
Sacred Ground Wednesday evenings, 6:15 - 8:15 Sacred Ground is a soul-shaping, perspective-changing series of conversations about race and faithfulness. This carefully created, eleven-session curriculum offers readings, videos, and rich discussions to open up new ways of thinking about where we’ve been and where we are going. Calvary is offering two opportunities to participate in … Continue reading "Sacred Ground: Wednesday Evenings with Katy Leopard and the Rev. Katherine Bush"
Thursdays, 8–9 a.m. at Barth House, 409 Patterson St. The Baguette Brothers Bible study meets every Thursday morning from 7:30-8:30 a.m. at the Barth House Episcopal Center. The group reads and discusses the Gospel passage for the upcoming Sunday to prepare for worship and deepen our understanding of scripture. All men are invited. Come join … Continue reading "Baguette Brothers"
Thursdays at noon, Scott Walters, Gleanings, on Zoom Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson Join an online conversation group called “Gleanings” this fall as we read slowly through novelist Marilynne Robinson's Reading Genesis. Copies of the book are available at novel bookstore or wherever you buy books. (Click HERE for a New York Times review by … Continue reading "Gleanings"
This Sunday, Sarah Zewde, founder of Studio Zewde in Harlem and assistant professor at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, along with landscape designer Jessica Lock and poet Joshua Bennet, will be in Memphis exploring a possible partnership with Calvary and other community stakeholders in the design of a civic memorial space on the site … Continue reading "Scott Walters hosting Zewde Studio: Civic Memorial Spaces"
Come explore your faith with friends old and new at Pub Theology. Sept. 9 Topic: Books, fear, and knowledge The format is simple: drinks, conversation, and God. Come bring your questions and curiosity, and pull up a chair. Be ready to engage with people of varying religious traditions, philosophical perspectives, and life experiences. You’ll be able … Continue reading "Pub Theology"
Calvary Companions: Women’s Bible Study, Tuesday mornings, 8:00 - 9:00, Barth House, 409 Patterson on the University of Memphis campus Join the Rev. Katherine Bush and women of all ages and stages of life for a weekly conversation about the Bible and the way we live. Participants should bring their morning beverage of choice, a Bible, … Continue reading "Calvary Companions: Women’s Bible Study"
Who is my Neighbor? Readings On Empathy and Otherness in a Time of Division Wednesdays, 6:15 - 7:15 The stories in the first chapters of Genesis frame the brokenness of the world in terms of estrangement. Humans are estranged from God, men from women, people from their own bodies, from the earth, from their labor. … Continue reading "Who is my Neighbor: Wednesday Night Discussion with Ardelle & the Rev. Scott Walters"