A Layperson's Catechism: 6-Week Discussion Group

Facilitated by St. John's member Jesse Warr

What do you really believe?
 
Many of us have questions about how to live within our own moral parameters and peacefully with our unlovable neighbors, so let's talk about it. Join St. John's member Jesse Warr for a six-week discussion group taking place Wednesdays at 6:15pm from April 17 to May 22. We'll begin each meeting with Episcopal doctrine and discuss provocative questions to encourage participants to be candid about their own beliefs. All are welcome, including teens (with parent or guardian's permission), neighbors, and those from other religious organizations. 

A sample of questions to be discussed:

• Is there an express lane to Heaven, or do the "quick and the dead" have to wait for Judgment Day?
• Where does the Soul hang out once it leaves the body?
• If there's other "intelligent life" in the universe/s, how does our earthbound system of ethics inform how we handle contact?
• What should we infer from Jesus' assertion that "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God"?
• Can be bargain with God, change God's Mind, change His Plan for us as individuals...for the world?
• What then is the New Covenant?
• Jesus asked his closest followers: Who do you say I am? (Matthew 16-20)...Well, what do you say?