“You never outgrow your need for spiritual growth.”
Wednesday Night Live will happen every Wednesday evening from January 28 to April 1 in the Parish house.
The evening typically begins at 5 pm with a Healing Service in the Chapel followed by a light supper, provided by Gregg's, served by a volunteer team (a different team each week) in the Parish House. After dinner, church musicians lead a hymn sing followed by group education and discussion sessions on topics including Bible study, parenting matters, stress management, and other contemporary topics. Every effort is made to end the program at 7:30 pm to allow families to return home for school night preparations.
Who’s it for? Everyone! Newcommers, Oldtimers, everyone in between, all are welcome and invited.
What’s the reason for it?
- To provide a mid-week fellowship break for parishioners
- To offer fellowship and community
- To provide a mid week spiritual lift
- To provide a time for adult education and spiritual formation
- To offer time for kids and adults to be together and enjoy each other’s company in relaxed ways at church
- To offer growth opportunities in Christian discipleship and spiritual friendship.
Background: During the Dark Ages -- from the fall of the Roman Empire and for hundreds of years thereafter – average Christian folks were illiterate, uneducated, superstitious, and apparently content to remain that way. The Christian Church went into the void and did the easy thing. They adopted the practice of treating adult Christians like children, and over time just about everyone bought into the idea that being a Christian was all only about getting your soul saved by obeying the rules and taking the sacraments – a passive and often superstitious approach to faith and Christian living.
Mind you, it wasn’t always that way. During the first few centuries of the Christian Faith, the members of the fledgling Church were encouraged to take on a much more active and personally responsible approach to faith – discipleship to Christ. They met together on a regular basis, and as a community, discussed what it meant to follow Christ in their walks of life, shared food and fellowship, and prayed for each other. In fact, not only was that how Jesus trained His first disciples, those practices became the pattern of life in each of the early Christian churches from the very start. The Book of Acts tells us that, after the first mass conversions took place on the Day of Pentecost; “They devoted themselves to the Apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of Bread and the prayers.”
That’s what Wednesday Night Live tries to replicate – in order to strengthen each of us to follow Christ in our various walks of life.
~ Phil
What’s going to happen?
Naturally parishioners will come and go as they need to & you don’t have to take part in all activities to enjoy some of them.
5:00 – Eucharist with Healing Prayer (Chapel)5:30 – Dinner (Parish Hall)
6:15 – Joyful Noises
6:30 – Breakout Groups (and childcare)
- "Blessed Are You: Beatitudes in Real Life with Nini Jacobs more info
- Yoga with Suzie Lahey
- “Religious Denominations in America Today” with Fred Nestrock
- “Financial Management”
- “The Bible and the Daily News” with Phil Tierney
How to shape current events rather than be shaped by them.
Where will it be? In the Parish House
What will it cost and how do I sign up?
Voluntary contributions for dinner will be gratefully received.
Reserve a place for dinner now, so we’ll be sure to have enough.
Sign up with Debbie at the Parish Office – 294-4357 or submit online below
No later than Monday of the week of the dinner please
Group info
(Kerygma Bible Study Series)
Led by Ninni Jacob
Have you ever wondered what "beatitude" or "blessed" means? Do you know how many beatitudes there are? How do they apply to our lives today? This study will examine the Beatitudes in the context in which they were written, and in the light of the Old Testament, and explore the contemporary implications of these powerful words. As participants we will discover fresh understanding and insights to enrich our faith.
Volunteer Teams
In order for our Wednesday Night Live community to operate, we are in need of volunteer teams to "host" each week. Usually our hosts are "regular" WNL attendees, but newcomers to the St. Paul’s community or to WNL are always welcome to host. (Hosting is a great way to meet people!) A team of two, three or four people are asked to host one Wednesday evening per season. Just one evening! The team is given advice and detailed, written instructions for guidance. The team organizes the serving tables, serves the meals, replenishes needed items, cleans up and closes the kitchen. We need hosts for the spring session of WNL. Just one evening per team. If you have a team (or a group of friends), or would like to be “hooked up” with a team, please call Susie Leahy or come to the first session and sign up there. We look forward to sharing our Wednesday evenings with you!