Events

 

The upcoming Annual Retreat and Synod will take place Wednesday through Saturday, April 23-26, 2008 with a quiet day on Tuesday, April 22, 2008.

 

It will be held at the Mountain Retreat of St. John the Baptist in New Baltimore, Pennsylvania. Directions

 

Our retreat teacher will be:

The Revd Dr Lee C Barrett, III
Professor of Systematic Theology
Lancaster Theological Seminary
Lancaster, Pennsylvania

 

His topic will be "Reflections on Karl Barth and the Renewal of Mercersburg Theology"

Additionally, the following is scheduled for enlightenment and discussion:

 

        Film: The Village

                   dir. M. Night Shyamalan

                   Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone, 2004

     

             (This film is available as a DVD and VHS. If you are renting or purchasing the

            DVD, I suggest the widescreen (letterbox) version.      Sr. Rev. Selena L. Blackwell)

 

        Study book: Who Do You Say That I Am?: Christology

                              and Identity in the United Church of Christ

                           by Scott R. Paeth

                           United Church Press, 2006

 

        Spiritual reading: The Pastor: A Spirituality

                                    by Gordon Lathrop

                                    English Press, 2006

 

 

Additional information regarding the order of retreat, registration and cost, will be handled through ground mail.