Want to enroll in this journey called Commit ?

Sunday evenings from April 6th – May 11th 2008
 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Dinner is provided, and babysitting is available by advance request.

What would it mean to live more deeply into your Baptismal Covenant?

Commit is an opportunity to participate in a warm, supportive community exploring the big questions about who God is and what it might mean for you personally to live more deeply into who you are in Christ. The journey is structured around the Baptismal Covenant (Book of Common Prayer, p. 304). Participants wrestle in small groups with what Christian faith means in their lives. The themes of God as Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer are explored in experiential terms, with a special emphasis on being forgiven and forgiving others. Participants grapple with the possibility that they become true persons only in relation to God and their neighbors. Each week a set of brief readings expose you to a diverse set of views from some of the giants of Christianity and Anglicanism from the first century through the present day.

Each Evening…

We begin with a brief prayer, after which everyone gathers with their table group (the same group each week) for a meal, informal conversation, and sharing around one or two questions raising themes for the evening and designed to encourage telling stories from your own life.

Over dessert, the Rev. Tricia de Beer delivers a very brief talk inviting connection between what we confess and commit to in the Baptismal Covenant and our own lives as 21st-century seekers.

This is followed by deeper conversation at tables, returning to the evening’s theme, discussing brief readings for the week that are excerpts from Scripture, pre-20th-century tradition, and contemporary Christian writers, and exploring how it relates to our own experiences.

Each evening closes with another brief prayer and a dismissal.

NOTE: We welcome everyone to join us! Commit follows naturally after the Connect course, but we welcome newcomers, as well as veterans of our Connect class.

Learn more at www.connect-course.org/commit .