Discovery Adult Education
Discovery: Fall 2024
How we talk about God matters. The way we read and interpret the Bible—and the questions we ask about what we believe—can shape how we show up in the world.
This fall at Trinity Church, join a community where ideas become action. Together we’ll seek answers that challenge us to put faith into practice.
Sundays at 10am, join the discussion at Trinity Commons in lower Manhattan — or participate online from anywhere.
September 29–October 20: Welcoming the Stranger: Asylum, Migration, and Jesus as Refugee
In the first session of our fall season, clergy and scholars explore migration, asylum, the concept of land, and what it means from a Christian perspective to “welcome the stranger.”
- September 29: Jesus the Refugee author D. Glenn Butner, Jr., explores the holy family’s flight to Egypt through the lens of modern legal conventions impacting refugees across the globe.
- October 6: The Rev. David Ulloa Chavez, former Canon for Border Ministries at the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona, on supporting asylum seekers in our communities and The Episcopal Church’s response to the crisis.
- October 13: The Rt. Rev. Andrew Asbil, Bishop of Toronto, on migration, asylum, and Indigenous Ministries in of the Anglican Church of Canada.
- October 20:The Rev. Jorge Ortiz on welcoming the stranger in church, our spiritual home.
October 27–November 24: How to Love Your Enemy: Peacemaking and Love Across Conflict
Jesus calls us to love our enemy. Yet we live in a divided world, and it is challenging to be in relationship with those who see things differently. Throughout this election season we will contemplate what it means to love and practice peacemaking in difficult times.
- October 27: Award-winning journalist Amanda Ripley, author of High Conflict, on moving toward healthier — and fruitful — civil discourse. At 1pm, Ripley joins our Trinity Talks series to dig into ways we can help one another break out of destructive feuds.
- November 10: The Rev. Phil Jackson, Rector of Trinity Church, on how to love your enemy in times of social and political discord.
- November 17: Distinguished preacher and author the Rev. Dr. Michael Battle on South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the legacy of Archbishop Desmond Tutu in dismantling apartheid
- November 24: Speaker to be announced
December 8–22: The Love That Is God: An Invitation to Christian Faith
In the season of Advent waiting, join author Dr. Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt to explore the radical and subversive claim at the heart of Christianity: God is love. Far from abstract, Christian faith is experienced in our real-life relationships and expressed through communal love that leads us to care for one another in tangible, and unexpected, ways.
- December 8, 15: Dr. Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt
- December 22: Community Roundtable Discussion
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