Exciting things are afoot at Trinity!
First, on Sunday, October 30, join us after the 10:30 service for the first meeting of the 20s & 30s Fellowship. If you’re a young adult at Trinity — student or not, single or partnered, with kids or without — you’re invited to participate in our group for fun, fellowship, and service.
Our first gathering will be an interest meeting to talk further about what we want to do this year. Lunch will be provided, so come on out and meet other young adults in our congregation. Contact me or Angel with any questions.
Second, our Theology Book Club returns on Monday, November 7, at 7pm on Zoom. We’ll read Fully Alive: The Apocalyptic Humanism of Karl Barth by Stanley Hauerwas. Find out more about the book here.
Living through an apocalyptic time, Swiss theologian Karl Barth influenced Christianity in the twentieth century profoundly. He publicly rejected Hitler’s Nazism, advocated on behalf of workers and laborers, and ministered to prisoners. Barth was named by Pope Pius XII as "the greatest theologian since Thomas Aquinas" and in 1962 even appeared on the cover of Time magazine. In Fully Alive, one of America’s best and most provocative theologians, Stanley Hauerwas, demonstrates that Barth’s radical theological perspective is particularly relevant and applicable to the challenges of our own time.
Hauerwas argues that Barth’s engagements with the social and political struggles of his day can help us see what it means to be fully human in the twenty-first century. The ecclesiastical and the political were inseparable for Barth; similarly, Hauerwas shows why it is crucial for theological claims to produce insights that make it possible for our lives to be well lived. Including chapters on race, disability, and the church in Asia, Hauerwas shows how Barth’s political theology can be read as a training manual that can help us maintain our humanity in a world in crisis.
Third, the Episcopal 101 class will be held during Advent for newcomers, as well as everyone who would like to learn more about who we are and what we believe as Episcopalians.
Stay tuned for more information!