Adult Formation

St. Georges offers a comprehensive adult formation program that includes Bible and theology, spirituality and pastoral care, the impact of arts and literature on our lives, and practical ways to live out our commitment to our Baptismal promises. Information about the adult formation offerings each week can be found in our weekly parish e-mail The Weekender, The St. Georgian, our monthly newsletter and here, on our Web site.

Small Groups
Small groups provide an opportunity for members of St. Georges to gather to discuss issues of faith and life in a prayerful and reflective atmosphere, and to have fellowship with others on a more intimate basis than is possible in our large Sunday morning celebrations. Whether ongoing or for a defined period of time, small groups create an environment in which to learn and live out the church’s core values of spirituality, community, and  justice.

Many small groups meet for six to eight weeks around a particular topic, often reading and discussing a book together. Other groups meet on a regular and on-going basis.

New small groups are announced on the website, in our parish newsletter and our weekly email “The Weekender.” Some groups require pre-registration and are limited in size to eight to ten people. Most groups meet on weeknights; a few meet on Sundays or weekday mornings. Most groups meet at the church. Others are hosted by parishioners in their homes.

You do not have to be a member of St. Georges to join a small group.

For more information contact Gay Rahn.

Pilgrims
Pilgrims is a program of lectures, discussion and small group meetings for those seeking confirmation in the Episcopal Church and those wishing to reaffirm their confirmation. The class is designed for those who are seeking to enter more deeply into membership and discipleship in the Episcopal Church.

Following the liturgical year from Advent through Pentecost, participants discuss significant issues of Christian faith, practice and theology within the framework of the Church’s teaching and worship; its understanding of sin, evil and forgiveness; personal and social ethics; and the call to be agents of justice and peace in the world.

The program begins each January and concludes with confirmation in the Spring.  For more information, see our Newcomer's page.

Via Media
Do you have friends who see Christianity as claustrophobic and phobic-full of answers to everything, presenting a world divided between "us' and "them," with a view of Biblical truth frozen in first-century Palestine? Want to show them a Christianity that is living, breathing, pulsating, evolving, rooted in ancient truths but growing with new understandings of the world?

Invite them to an eight-week mid-week evening series of conversations over supper discussing the most basic questions of faith, "What is God?" "Who is Jesus?" and "What does it mean to admit being a Christian?" This series is good for any of us who have been around for a while but want to know more about an Anglican way of being Christian in the world based on scripture, tradition, reason and human experience. Dates will be listed on the web site and in the weekly email “The Weekender.”