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ADULT FAITH FORMATION - 2012

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Sunday Morning Bible Study

LEADERSHIP: Kathryn Ransdell

Sunday morning Bible Study Looking for a place to engage Scripture with your head and your heart, while learning some Bible basics and delving into some theological depths? We study the Scriptures that are designated in the Revised Common Lectionary for that Sunday's worship.
Time: 8:45 A.M. – 10:00 A.M.



BUDDHIST MINDFULLNESS &
CHRISTIAN PRAYER

buddhist mindfulnessBringing together meditation and contemplation techniques which come from both the Christian and Buddhist traditions, our small Christian Prayer and Buddhist Mindfulness group meets once a month under the leadership of Judith Rees-Thomas, Mark Boyter, and Rev. Gary Paterson. Judith brings with her a long practice of Christian Prayer and Meditation in the tradition of Jon Kabot-Zin; Mark brings his knowledge of both Zen and Vipassana Buddhist practice; Gary brings influences of the Taize community, as well as a more formal, Christian grounding. Practice includes sitting meditation, visualization meditation, walking meditation, Taize singing and on occasion chanting. Previous meditation experience is not needed, and newcomers are always welcome. For those that do come from a meditation tradition, please feel free to bring along your meditation cushion or bench.

 

WALKING THE LABYRINTH

This is an ancient meditation/prayer practice, one that became very popular in Europe when pilgrimages to the Holy Land were no longer possible. Instead, folk would travel to cathedrals and holy sites in Europe … and often there was a Labyrinth, marked in the floor of a particular cathedral, a pattern which circled round and round, finally bringing the walker into the middle of a circle, and then out again. Chartres became the best known of these locations.

There is a Labyrinth at our neighboring Anglican church, St. Paul's. We have been able to reserve the Labyrinth for St. Andrew's-Wesley on the third Thursday of each month. We will gather at St. Paul's, at 7 p.m.; there will be some words of explanation and introduction, which will vary, depending on the experience of those who gather.

  • When: third Monday of each month
  • Time: 7:00pm
  • Where: St. Paul's Anglican Church, corner of Jervis and Pendrell
  • Cost: By donation on the specific evening (to St Paul's)

Kundalini Yoga Classes

Thursdays, September-June 7 pm - 8:30

Drop in Fee: by donation (suggested $10 per session)

With Kundalini Yoga instructor, Adpurkh Laura Stobie

For more information contact Doris at ellenkiz@hotmail.com

To Register

Please register for programs in one of these ways:

  • Online by e-mailing our registrar: aff.staw@telus.net
  • by signing up at the information table in the Narthex after Sunday worship

    Program Costs

    Unless mentioned, all the programs on this page are offered free of charge. Where a program is centred on a book, the cost of the book is indicated.

    For More Information

    For information about church location, office hours, parking, worship times, and other events please contact the church office: office.staw@telus.net Tel: (604)-683-4574