Sunday Evenings for all Ages- Behold the Beauty of the Lord: Reflections on Art and Soul

These evening presentations will explore the place of beauty in Christian life and worship, suggesting that our own experience of the beautiful in art or nature can lead us to a deeper awareness of the presence of God in our lives.  Using examples as various as personal memories, children’s book illustrations, stained glass windows, Impressionist paintings, and Orthodox icons, we will ponder the ways in which the beauty of the Lord pervades the world—and how that awareness can transform our perception and our faith.

June 22 - "Behold the Beauty of the Lord" on the Scandal and the Sacrament of Image

June 29 - From a nightlight on a train to the windows of Ste. Chapelle: on light, vision and perception.

July 6- From a dock on a lake to Caravaggio's Calling of St. Matthew: on awareness and vocation.

July 13 - From the Dawntreader to Rublev's icon of the Trinity: on transformation, love, and union.

July 20 - From Homer to the Hermitage: on beauty and justice.

6:30 - 8:00 Program:
        Adults with Deborah Smith Douglas
        Children/Youth with Thomas Murphy

WEDNESDAY EVENINGS FOR ADULTS

_{Elements of Mystery: Salt and Light; Oil and Water; Bread and Wine (Holy in Ordinary)}

Salt and light, oil and water, bread and wine—from the beginning of human history, these basic substances have been at the heart of daily life, mythology and cultic practice, cultural identity, economy and commerce, science, even national security.  All these substances have also always been crucial to Christian faith and practice. These presentations will explore the chemistry and history as well as the sacramental theology of these common things to enrich our understanding of Creation and the incarnation

June 25  Introduction: What are these things? Why are they holy? How do these bless us? What do the insights of science, anthropology and scripture have in common? Journeying from The Sacred and the Profane to the altar

 July 21  Light of the World, Salt of the covenant

 July 9  Oil of anointing, Water of blessing

July 16 Bread of gladness and affliction, Wine of astonishment 

 

            5:45  Eucharist

            6:30 – 8:00 Program for adults with Deborah Douglas

            * Nursery provided for program

There is no cost for the presentations.  A nursery is provided each evening.  The series is made possible through a sabbatical grant from the Lilly Foundation.