A book discussion on: Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding Church by Rachel Held Evans.
“Like millions of her millennial peers, Rachel Held Evans didn’t
want to go to church anymore. The hypocrisy, the politics, the gargantuan building budgets, the scandals–church culture seemed so far removed from Jesus. Yet, despite her cynicism and misgivings, something kept drawing her back to Church. And so she set out on a journey to understand Church and to find her place in it.”
Evans asks us to follow her journey as she finds her home in the Episcopal Church. Her insights center around the sacraments of baptism, confession, holy orders, communion, confirmation, anointing the sick, and marriage,. These seven sections each contain several short chapters sharing her discovery of the beauty and grace of “being church.” The class will be led by Lori+, Ken+, Anna Horen and Janet Fischer.
“Evans has written a zinger of a book. Grounded in the deep things of faith, she writes in a vivid style and transposes the claims of faith into a compelling concrete narrative. Her book is a forceful invitation to reconsider that faith has been misunderstood as a package of certitudes rather than a relationship of fidelity.” –Walter Brueggemann.
Where and When: Sunday mornings, October 11 – December 20, 9:15-10:15am (between services) in the Education Room.
Please purchase the book in your preferred format from your favorite book seller. It is less than $10 in both paperback and as an ebook. It is highly recommended that you read the book for the class.
CLASS SCHEDULE:
| Date | Section | Chapter (READ BEFORE CLASS) | Facilitator |
| October 11 | Prologue, Dawn
Part 1, Baptism |
Prologue
1 – Water 2 – Believer’s Baptism |
Ken |
| October 18 | Part I, Baptism | 3 – Naked on Easter
4 – Chubby Bunny 5 – Enough 6 – Rivers |
Lori |
| October 25 | Part II, Confession | 7 – Ash
8 – Vote Yes on One 9 – Dirty Laundry |
Janet
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November 1 |
NO MEETING
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| November 8 | Part II, Confession | 10 – What We Have Done
11 – Meet the Press 12 – Dust |
Anna |
| November 15 | Part III, Holy Orders | 13 – Hands
14 – The Mission 15 – Epic Fail 16 – Feet |
Ken |
| November 22 | Part IV, Communion | 17 – Bread
18 – The Meal 19 – Methodist Dance Party |
Lori |
| November 29 | Part IV, Communion | 20 – Open Hands
21 – Open Table 22 – Wine |
Janet |
| December 6 | Part V, Confirmation | 23 – Breath
24 – Wayside Shrines 25 – Trembling Giant 26 – Easter Doubt 27 – With God’s Help 28 – Wind |
Anna |
| December 13 | Part VI, Anointing of the Sick | 29 – Oil
30 – Healing 31 – Evangelical Acedia 32 –Whole Business w Hearst 33 – Perfume |
Ken |
| December 20 | Part VII, Marriage
Epilogue, Dark |
34 – Crowns
35 – Mystery 36 – Body 37 – Kingdom Epilogue |
Lori |