February Adult Offerings
a Commitment in your Community leads to Connection
These and all adult offerings will resume in April after the Lenten season. See the Lenten series offerings in this issue and make an adult ed commitment that connects you to your community!
Adult Bible Study
Led by the Reverend Mary Jayne Ledgerwood
Wednesdays, February 1, 8, 15 from Noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Smoot Conference Room
Working from home or need to get away during your lunch hour? Bring a brown bag lunch, then join in the discussion at 12:15 as we unpack the upcoming Sunday lectionary. Come and be fed! Note: February 22 is Ash Wednesday; February 29 is part of the Lenten series.
Faith & Science
Led by Rich Wagner
1at Monday, February 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Matthews Library
Scientists, skeptics, seekers … all are welcome to participate in this continuing discussion. Neither previous participation nor knowledge of science is necessary.
Women in Faith
Offsite at Ah Love Oil!
3rd Tuesday, February 21 at 7:30 p.m.
Spend Fat Tuesday with your Christian girlfriends! Meet at Ah Love Oil in The Village at Shirlington, 4017B Campbell Avenue. Visit http://www.ahloveoilandvinegar.com/.
Men in Faith
Led by Kevin Swanson
3rd Thursday, February 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the Smoot Conference Room
Men, come for conversation, fellowship, and a light dinner. Bring a friend; make a friend!
Faith & Work
Led by Rick Burdick
4th Thursday, February 23 from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at Rick’s office:
Akin Gump, Robert S. Strauss Building, 1333 New Hampshire Ave., NW,
Washington DC 20036, across from the Dupont Circle Metro Station; also, parking is available in the building. Check in at the guard’s desk and come to the 10th floor.
Over breakfast discuss how our faith informs our practice in the workplace.
Women’s Lenten Retreat -- Register by February 10!
Friday-Saturday, March 2-3
Into the Wilderness, the St. John’s Women’s Lenten Retreat is an overnight at The Manor House at Meadowkirk, www.meadowkirk.org, in Middleburg from Friday evening, March 2, to Saturday, March 3 at 2:00 p.m. led by the Reverend Kate Jenkins, Associate Rector at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Richmond. “I love Lent,” says Kate, “because I have come to see it as a time that is somehow outside of time, a journey on which we ride, suspended between the place we have left and the place we have not yet arrived.” To register contact Margaret Kerfoot, 703-821-8811 or damdam5@verizon.net; cost is $150.
If you would like more detailed information or to be added to the email list for any of our Adult Christian Education & Formation programs, contact Kim Clark-Pakstys, at 703-848-0004 or the Reverend Mary Jayne Ledgerwood, 703-356-4902, extension 22.
