APOSTLES’ CREED CHAPEL SERIES Explore with us the themes of the Apostles’ Creed. The creed is the most universal statement of faith, and the proclamation on the main talking points of the Christian church through the centuries.   Praying with the Psalms: A Musical Journey Into Jewish Liturgy with Rabbi Laura Duhan Kaplan and the musicians …
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The Spirit in the Trinity: Mystical Theology VISITING SCHOLAR: Dr. SARAH COAKLEY University of Cambridge The project of this lecture is a bold one: it argues that the divisive problems over the filioque might never have arisen if the Holy Spirit’s radical equality with the Father and Son had not been already implicitly undermined by the …
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BELLINGHAM FALL 2018 SERIES  Workshop registration fee: $35USD per workshop (includes lunch) Early Bird Special: Register for all 4 workshops by August 31, 2018 for $120USD Faith Lutheran Church 2750 McLeod Rd Bellingham, WA, USA  98225 1-360-733-3970 To register please email Pastor Sharon Swanson, [email protected].   Do Justice, Love Mercy The Rev. Dr. Patricia Dutcher-Walls Friday, …
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W. Don McClure Lecture in World Mission and Evangelism Speaker Jehu J. Hanciles, D.W. and Ruth Brooks Associate Professor of World Christianity, Candler School of Theology, Emory University Date Oct. 2, 2018 11:30 a.m. Chapel Service. Scripture: Acts 6:1-7 4:00 p.m. Public Lecture: “Christian Unity and Witness in a New Age of Migration”  An ASL interpreter will be …
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AFTER CHURCH HISTORY: CAN CANADIAN CHRISTIANS EVANGELIZE?   WITH BISHOP WILL WILLIMON MON., JULY 16 • 7 PM • ST. MARY’S KERRISDALE ANGLICAN CHURCH   Considering the church’s sins in mission and evangelism (the residential schools, the connection between imperialism and mission, etc.), should today’s Christians evangelize and be in mission? A post-colonial, post-imperialist, unapologetic apology …
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THOMAS MERTON: ONE FOOT IN THE WILDERNESS, ONE FOOT IN THE WORLD   WITH JIM FOREST In partnership with the Thomas Merton Society of Canada THURS., JULY 12 • 6 PM RECEPTION • VST ATRIUM 7 PM LECTURE • CHAPEL OF THE EPIPHANY   Thomas Merton was a Trappist monk living in solitude, without phone, radio …
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  PROPHETIC PRESENCE IN A WORLD OF FLUX: WALKING WITH THE RADICAL JESUS   WITH PHILIP CLAYTON In partnership with the West Coast Centre for (r)Evolutionary Theology TUES., JULY 10 • 7 PM • ST. ANDREW’S WESLEY UNITED CHURCH   We feel on our shoulders, and in our hearts, the weight of a planet in crisis. While some …
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Rhythm of Justice Third Annual Lecture and Community Conversation on Race and Faith How can our faith and civic communities inspire prophetic action against the social injustices of our day? Join us as we explore the prophetic power of the spoken word, reclaim our voices, and embrace the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther …
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13th June – 13th June 2017 7.30pm for 8pm Join our second Political Writer in Residence of 2017 for an evening considering Europe’s future. James Kirchick, author of The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues and the Coming Dark Age, argues that though Europe was once the world’s bastion of liberal, democratic values, it is now …
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