Adult Education
Saint Luke's is very excited about its upcoming Adult Education offerings. A multitude of interesting speakers are visiting Saint Luke's in the next several months and are available to all during Discovery Hour after the 8:45 service at 10:00 a.m.
To view the upcoming adult education listings as a .PDF click Here.
Education Supplements:
To help you better understand the education offerings you may have attended (or allow you to listen to those you may have missed), we're offering supplements and audio online.
Paper Supplements-
Understanding Islam (.PDF)
Audio Supplements-
Discovery Hour 10/22 (.mp3)
(to download audio, right-click and select "save-as")
Women in Islam and Radical Jihadism - Dr. Reza Mansoor (October 22)
Dr. Reza Mansoor will return for a
second presentation on Islam. This
session will focus on the elements that
have received the most critical
attention in the past few years: the role
of women in Islam and the radical and
even violent natures of the expressions of faith of
some Muslims. He will explain the appeal of these
radical expressions by addressing this question:
Why, if the teachings of the Koran claim to be
essentially peaceful and non-threatening to other
daiths, do young Musim radicals become suidice
bombers and attack the innocent?
Discovery Hour 11/5 (.mp3)
(to download audio, right-click and select "save-as")
Three Heresies-
Rev. Phil LaBelle
(November 5)
We've heard a lot of references to Early Church heresies in the past year due to The Da Vinci Code and publishing of The Gospel of Judas, but many of us don't know much about these heresies or why they were considered heresies in the first place. DUring this lecture, Phil explained some familiar heresies: Arianism — the one alluded to in Da Vinci Code which denies Christ's divinity; Valentinianism—a Gnostic heresy claiming Christ was solely spirit and only appeared human; and Marcionism—this one focuses on a God of Love to the exclusion of a God of Law and therefore rejects all of the Old Testament and parts of the New Testament. What's fascinating is that iterations of these three keep arising even today, so while part history refresher, this session will also be relevant to modern times.
Our Associate rector, Phil LaBelle, oversees the youth programs and outreach efforts. He also leads the "Come As You Are" alternative evening Eucharist at Saint Luke's. He and his wife Melissa have two children and have been at Saint Luke's for over two years.
Discovery Hour 11/19 (.mp3)
(to download audio, right-click and select "save-as")
Our Church's Way Forward - Rev. Dan Matthews (November 19)
The Reverend Dan Matthews, former
rector of Trinity Church Wall Street,
will speak on the “Way Forward for the
Episcopal Church.” Dan Matthews is
now associated with the Cathedral of
Saint John the Divine and a popular
speaker at forums across the country
on the mission of the church.
Discovery Hour 11/26 (.mp3)
(to download audio, right-click and select "save-as")
Reciting Our Creed: Belief or Perjury- Rev. David Anderson (November 26)
Have you ever wondered whether you
were perjuring yourself when you faithfully
recited the Nicene or Apostle’s
creed on Sunday morning? Our rector,
David Anderson will speak to the
question of how antique concepts in the
creeds drafted by the Church fathers in the 4th century can represent an honest statement
of our faith in 2006. David will review the creeds in
the light of our modern-day scientific and cultural
milieu so that they can become for us true statements
of what we believe about the nature of God
and God’s relationship with us.
