Fall Christian Education Series
St. Aidan's Classroom
Sundays, 9:15 am
How can we live more fully into the sacredness of our Christianity? How can we find the sacred in all that we do in our lives: in our profession, in our daily activities, in our planning for the future, in our families? How is our very living on this earth a sacrament in itself, or how can we work toward making it one? And where do we start?
September: In the Episcopal Tradition: Blessings for all Occasions.
Let’s take a look at the way Episcopalians bring the sacred into their daily lives through creating liturgies for specific and special occasions. We will look at sections of The Book of Occasional Services as well as The Book of Common Prayer and other approved liturgies
- Sept 12: Blessing of a Home, Blessing a Pregnant Woman, Commissioning of Lay Ministries in the Church, Blessings Over Food at Easter, and more. You may be surprised at the number of blessings for all occasions that our liturgy offers.
- Sept. 19: A Public Service of Healing ; Come and see how we created sacred space in our chapel for this service through color, icons, prayer stations, intercessors, and music
- Sept. 26: Blessing of the Animals: Did you know that the 2009 General Convention of the Episcopal Church included three resolutions about animals? They are “Support Ethical Care of Animals,” “Liturgy for Loss of Companion Animals,” and “ Merciful and Humane Treatment of God’s Creatures.” We will look at these resolutions and liturgies as we talk about our unique relationship to all living things, most especially our companion animals.
Coming in October: Sacred Relationships. We will offer a presentation from the Colorado Episcopal Foundation; a workshop entitled “Where is your testament in your last will & testament; and sessions in honor of Mental Illness Awareness Month—continuing the conversation we began in Lent.
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