Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Updated Confirmation Class Dates: Fall

Confirmation Class Dates: Fall

Assignment: Write your own Creed due on Nov. 15

Class II - Sunday, November 15 (9:15 AM) ~ Bible 101
Assignment: Birth Narrative Reflection

Class III - Sunday, December 6 (9:15 AM) ~ Book of Common Prayer 101
Assignment: Reflection on the Eucharist

Interfaith Movie with Food

A famous picture of the monk Thomas Merton with the Dali Lama.

We continue our exploration and understanding of other faiths on Saturday, November 7 at 6 PM.

We will watch Kundun, eat Tibetan food and discuss Buddhism.

More on the movie here and here.

More on Buddhism here and here.

More on Tibetan Buddhism and the Dali Lama here and here.

Fall Study: Week V

Thomas Jefferson

The readings for Week V:

Syllabus of an Estimate of the Merit of the Doctrines of Jesus

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Adams

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson Smith

The Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom

The Jefferson Bible (The Life & Morals of Jesus of Nazareth) - optional

Thomas Jefferson on Wikipedia (optional)

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Confirmation Class Dates: Fall

Class I - Sunday, October 4 (9:15 AM) ~ This I Believe
Assignment: Write your own Creed

Class II - Sunday, November 8 (9:15 AM) ~ Bible 101
Assignment: Birth Narrative Reflection

Class III - Sunday, December 6 (9:15 AM) ~ Book of Common Prayer 101
Assignment: Reflection on the Eucharist

Monday, October 5, 2009

Fall Study: Week I

Our Fall Study on the Faith of the Founding Fathers & Mothers of our country.

Day I: Myth Busting & Setting the Scene

Remonstrance of the Inhabitants of the Town of
Flushing to Governor Stuyvesant, December 27, 1657


Next week: Benjamin Franklin

Confirmation: Assignment #1

Write your own creed - Due November 8

Your creed is your statement of faith - what you believe in.

It can look like a traditional creed:

Look here for the Nicene Creed.

Look here for the Apostles Creed.

Look here for a contemporary Celtic Creed.

or you can write in the style of "This I Believe:"

Albert Einstein


Sara Miles

Tarak McLain

The importance of this reflection is for you to begin to think about your faith and what you believe in.

It should fit on one side of a piece of paper.