Lives of Courage & Faith Lenten Series

The times are difficult.   They call for courage and faith. – Thomas Merton

Lives of Faith and Courage is a series where we will learn about five very different, inspiring and faithful individuals and learn how they respond (or have responded) to various world challenges with amazing vision, imagination and action.   Some of these individuals are still alive, others have died.   Some of these individuals are well-known, others are not.

The format of each session will involve a presentation and a discussion.   We will end with a brief time of worship and prayer in the form of Compline.   All are welcome – please invite friends and neighbors who might be interested!

The schedule for our Lenten evenings will be:

• Simple dinner in the Undercroft, 5:15 – 6 pm
• Program in the Meeting Room, 6-7pm
• Compline, 7-7:15pm

Please come for any or all parts of the evening.

• Tuesday, February 23, The Rev. Canon Edward Rodman, presented by Craig Hammond.   Ed has been a rare force, sometimes a hurricane, who has made a huge impact on both my life and the work of the Episcopal Church over the past 50 years. We were classmates at the Episcopal Theological School (now EDS) in the mid sixties. We shared interests, our studies, collaborated on our senior research paper, split off from one another over black power in the civil rights movement, and have come back together to share a lifetime of friendship. We’ve come together in grief and in celebration. He’s been a visionary, a pastor, a teacher and mentor, and a brother. It is an honor to speak of him during these forty days we share with our Lord In prayer, contemplation and preparation.