Theology on Tap Postponed: We had hoped to start off our season with Theology on Tap in October, but have decided to wait a month to allow the current number of cases to recede. Stay tuned for an announcement of our November plans.
We had hoped to start off our season with Theology on Tap in October, but have decided to wait a month to allow the current number of cases to recede. Stay tuned for an announcement of our November plans.
Theology on Tap seeks to create a “low pressure” environment for conversations about faith, ethics, politics, and life today. We encourage anyone to attend, whether Episcopalian or not.
We will have this month’s theology on Tap in Tower Grove Park at the “Tunica Picnic Area” near the center of the park, and the big lawn where yoga happens during the Farmer’s market. Click here for a map.
This special edition of Theology on Tap will be a way to say a fond farewell to two of our favorite presenters. The Rev. Dr. Adam Ployd and the Rev. Dr. Ben Sanders will both be with us. Both have accepted calls that will take them from St. Louis this summer.
Together we will reflect on the challenge of being a person of faith committed to change in St. Louis. We will theologize about this moment in this place. What is God’s call to faithful St. Louisans in the months and years ahead especially around questions of race, equity, and building spiritual community?
This event is BYOE (Bring your own everything). You’re welcome to bring some food and a beverage of your choice (following park rules, note that glass bottles are prohibited.). There will be limited picnic table seating, but we encourage you to bring your own chair as well. We will follow Holy Communion’s outdoor gathering protocols, and ask that you check your symptoms before you come and keep physically distant from folks not in your own household. (Masks are optional for the vaccinated). Feel free to order and pick up some food and a beverage from our partners at Schlafly.
We ask you to register for purposes of contact tracing.
One of the things we miss most about Theology on Tap in person is the back and forth discussion. In the pandemic online world, we can still hear from speakers, but it has been hard to create room for discussion. We want to invite you to recreate that space with us.
Use the comments on Youtube or Facebook to share your thoughts and ask a question. We know, we know, midwesterners hate drawing attention to themselves, but we have designed this format specifically so we can hear from you. Please think of a question beforehand, ask during the presentation. What have you always wanted to ask a Jewish leader?
Consider creating your own “table” to talk with friends after the presentation. You could use Zoom, Google Meet, Facebook Rooms, or your own favorite video chat. Invite a group of friends to watch with you (live, or later on), and sign in to talk.
Here are the discussion questions. Who do you want to talk with?
Click here to read more about our new format.
Maharat Rori Picker Neiss serves as the Executive Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of St Louis. Prior to that she was the Director of Programming, Education and Community Engagement at Bais Abraham Congregation, a Modern Orthodox Jewish synagogue in University City, MO.
Maharat Rori and the Rev. Mike Angell will dialogue together about what it means to be a person of faith in today’s America. Christianity and Judaism share many perspectives, and the important differences in our history, especially the violent history of Christian anti-Semitism, mean that our two faiths have important differences.
We will stream the conversation live on the Theology on Tap Facebook Page, the Holy Communion Facebook Page, and the Holy Communion Youtube Channel. We would love for you to ask questions and share comments in any of the channels. Please click here, to allow our streaming provider “Streamyard” to send us your name when you ask a question of Facebook. (Youtube doesn’t require this step).
we’re going to try something new for Theology on Tap….
On Wednesday February 10th, we’re going to try something new for Theology on Tap. While we are still in an online space, we have noticed that far more people are participating in Theology on Tap by watching our online stream through Facebook or Youtube. We’re going to embrace that direction.
February 10th, we will launch a new program “Interfaith Conversations.” For the months of February and March, we’re going to go live twice per month on Facebook and Youtube. The Rev. Mike Angell will speak with leaders in various religious movements about the role of faith today. You can watch live on Youtube, or on Facebook, and you can interact. We’ll be able to take questions, and see your reactions in real time.
Consider hosting a “watch party” with us. Invite a group of friends to watch live, to ask questions, and THEN sign organize a Zoom to talk about what you heard. We’ll make questions available for group discussion, but feel free to break off on your own.
We are excited about the possibilities offered by this new format, while we are still looking forward to the day we can safely gather again in a pub.
The Church has changed. The church is Changing
Theology on Tap seeks to create a “low pressure” environment for conversations about faith, ethics, politics, and life today. We encourage anyone to attend, whether Episcopalian or not.
Since we cannot meet indoors safely, we will have this month’s theology on Tap in Tower Grove Park at the “Son’s of Rest Pavilion.” The largest of Tower Grove’s pavilions, it is located near the southeast corner of the park, near the Stupp Center.
This month The Rev. Dr. Ben Sanders of Eden Seminary will lead our discussion. The Sons of Rest Pavilion, where we’ll meet, is very close to the place where a Cristopher Columbus statues stood until a few months ago. We’ll talk about the moments of the Black Lives Matter movement, our international conversation about race and human rights. We’ll ask together whether removing a statue was a goal in and of itself, or a step in an ongoing process.
This event is BYOE (Bring your own everything). You’re welcome to bring some food and a beverage of your choice (following park rules, note that glass bottles are prohibited.). There will be limited picnic table seating, but we encourage you to bring your own chair as well. We will follow Holy Communion’s outdoor gathering protocols, and ask that you check your symptoms before you come, wear a mask and keep physically distant from folks not in your own household. Feel free to order and pick up some food and a beverage from our partners at Schlafly.
Registration is required, and there are limited spaces. Reserve today.
Take some time to introduce yourself. Say how you decided to join the conversation tonight.
1) What is “peace” to you? What images, sounds, spaces, places, people, smells etc do you associate with peace? Have you ever been in a place or time where you couldn’t find peace? What was that like?
2) Mike states that to know peace, we have to be willing to face uncovering. Name a time an injustice, big or small, was uncovered for you.
3) Mike talks about glimpsing peace in our work at Laundry Love, on Gun Violence, and in El Salvador. Where have you glimpsed “the world as it should be?” How can more people have access to these glimpses?
UPDATE: This event will now be held online using Zoom. Please register, and a Zoom Link will be sent to you.
Theology on Tap seeks to create a “low pressure” environment for conversations about faith, ethics, politics, and life today.
This month The Rev. Mike Angell will be the featured speaker, and Hannah Shanks will serve as the guest host. Mike will be talking about his new book “How Can I Live Peacefully with Justice?” available now from Church Publishing. (This event will also be the public “book launch.”) We will talk about the work to re-define peace. Our rector argues, following Dr. King, Romero, and even Jesus, that peace from a Christian perspective is not best understood as the absence of conflict, but the presence of justice.Join us and bring friends and your questions!
Feel free to order and pick up some food and a beverage from our partners at Schlafly.
Registration is required, and there are limited spaces. Reserve today.
What are some of the “familiars” from your childhood that you miss?
Anne Lamott says that prayer comes in the form of “help” “thanks” and “awe”. How have these prayer forms sustained you in times of crisis?
How is your body, mind and spirt fed in uncertain times?
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