The local associates of the Community of the Holy Spirit will host their annual Advent silent morning at Holy Trinity on Saturday, December 15th from 9am to 12noon. The morning will begin with Morning Prayer, including a brief meditation on the guiding themes of the four Sundays of Advent — peace, hope, joy, and [...]

The Millenium Development Goals Task Force of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta has produced a resource for Advent meditations on the MDGs. Entitled “Love Made Manifest,” it can be found at their diocesan webpage and downloaded for your use. You can also bookmark the page and follow along with them as they post [...]

During December, the book group is reading Volume 2 of the series — Opening the Bible by Roger Ferlo. The cover says, “Above all, [Ferlo] teaches the importance of respectfully approaching the Bible as Scripture: it is a book with a long history, complex traditions, and diverse authorship, and it must be read on its [...]

Books were distributed this afternoon for a new book group that has decided to read through the New Church’s Teaching Series together. What began with a few young adults wanting to know more about The Episcopal Church has grown into a group of 16 total participants, including folks from both Holy Trinity and St. [...]

Young people and adults are busy planning for the January 18-20 Teens Encounter Christ (TEC) weekend sponsored by St. John’s Cathedral. The event will be held at the cathedral — 12th & Grand on the south hill — for the second year in a row. This is a weekend where teens that have [...]

Youth from throughout the diocese will gather at the cathedral (12th & Grand on the south hill) on Friday, November 30th, for a retreat in celebration of the start of Advent.  Registration forms are available at the cathedral office or by calling Michelle Klippert at 838.4277.  The cost for the weekend is $20 for all [...]

As The Episcopal Church continues to grow into its role as an active church, in both word and deed, we’re invited to re-consider the rightful place of “evangelism” in our shared practice of Christian discipleship. What does it look like? What does it sound like? What does it feel like?
Most of us [...]

Book and a Beer
2nd Weds. of every month Nov. 14th
The book for November is “A New Kind of Christian” by Brian McLaren

We’ll meet at
The Lutheran Book Parlor
1414 W. Broadway, Spokane, WA 99201
Time = 7:00pm
All are welcome, you don’t have to drink a beer but its highly encouraged
Come whether you like the book or hate [...]

So, What’s There To Talk About? And Do We Dare Listen?
“Emergent” has become a popular, albeit nebulous, term that many are using to describe a new way of incarnating the essential message of the Christian faith. To some it is synonymous with the methodology of church-growth movement in North America. To others, the adjective closely resembles the “missional” language coined by Darrell Guder and others in The Missional Church; A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America. What exactly does “emergent” have to say that hasn’t already been said? Are these postmodern cohorts simply an amalgam of online forums, chatrooms and podcasts that refurbish the same theological content? And what, if anything, do the mainline denominations have to gain from paying attention to the passions represented in the recently released book, An Emergent Manifesto of Hope?

Whitworth University and the Presbytery of the Inland Northwest present a forum for discussion that will raise more questions that we can answer. An Emergent Mainline Dialogue will host the following speakers, who will consider the vital witness to Jesus Christ that is being made amid the cracks of the institutional church as we know it. Nuances abound. And we need to talk about them without feeling threatened. Moreover, our hunch is that mainliners may have things to teach that emerging generations still need to learn. As Philip said to Nathaniel regarding anything new that might be coming out of Nazareth, “Come and see!”

Encountering Matthew: Challenges for his Church and ours
Saturday, October 27th from 10am-3pm
St. John’s Cathedral — 12th & Grand on the south hill
Registration: $20 (includes lunch)
Dr. Leonard Doohan, professor emeritus of Religious Studies at Gonzaga University, will lead the focus of this day on the Gospel of Matthew — the first of four gospels to appear [...]