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The Adult Forum for 2009-2010, Jerusalem the Golden: The Holy in Space and Time, examines the place of Jerusalem in our continuing encounter with God and our understanding of The Holy. The Adult Forum takes place on Sundays, from 10:05 to 10:50 a.m., in Keith Hall. All parishioners, guests, and visitors are welcome.
2009-2010 Forum CalendarPart I: An Introduction, explores our understanding of The Holy as found in Scripture and experience.
Sep 13: Approaching Holy Scripture Ronald Conner
Sep 20: The Call of the Holy Kathleen Staudt
Sep 27: Homecoming Sunday No Session
Oct 4: The Idea of the Holy in the Old Testament Susan Bond
Part II: A Holy Place in Scripture, examines the association of The Holy with the city of Jerusalem as found in various Old and New Testament readings.
Oct 11: David and the Ark Ronald Conner
Oct 18: Lamentations and the Holy City Kathleen Staudt
Oct 25: Jerusalem in the OT Stephen Cook
Nov 1: Jerusalem in Revelation Ronald Conner
Nov 8: Jerusalem in the NT Jeffrey Hensley
Nov 15: The Idea of the Holy Jeffrey Hensley
Nov 22: Holiness in the NT Lloyd Lewis
Nov 29: No Session
Part III: A Holy Place in Tradition, examines the place afforded to Jerusalem in Christian understanding, and the meaning of a New Jerusalem for Christian eschatology.
Dec 6: Jerusalem and the Pre-Nicean Fathers Ronald Conner
Dec 13: Cyril of Jerusalem Ronald Conner
Dec 20: Holy Week and Jerusalem Ronald Conner
Dec 27: No Session
Jan 3: No Session
Jan 10: Theotokos and Jerusalem Ronald Conner
Jan 17: Jerusalem in Hymnody Kathleen Staudt
Jan 24: Constantinople: The New Jerusalem Ronald Conner
Jan 31: Cluny and the Rise ofChristianitas Ronald Conner
Feb 7: Annual Meeting No Session
Feb 14: Joachim d’Fiore Ronald Conner
Feb 21: Pilgrims Progress Kathleen Staudt
Feb 28: Jerusalem in Protestant Theology Jeffrey Hensley
Part IV: A Holy Place in Experience, explores the continuing importance of Jerusalem in fact and imagination.
Mar 7: Jerusalem in Fact and Imagination Susan Bond
Mar 14: Church of the Holy Sepulcher Ronald Conner
Mar 21: Going Up to Jerusalem Kathleen Staudt
Mar 28: Palm Sunday No Session
April 4: Easter Sunday No Session
April 11: Egeria’s Journey Ronald Conner
April 18: A Holy, Complex and Enigmatic City Stuart Kenworthy
April 25: Jerusalem, Jerusalem Susan Bond
May 2: Jerusalem in Poetry Kathleen Staudt
May 9: Summary Conner, Staudt, and Hensley
Speakers
Continuity for the 2009-2010 series is provided by three popular speakers: The Rev. Dr. Ronald P. Conner, Dr. Kathleen H. Staudt, and Mr. Jeffrey Hensley. Dr. Conner, (S.T.M. General Theological Seminary; Th.M. Princeton Theological Seminary; D.Min. Drew University; Th.D. Boston University), serves as Priest Associate at Christ Church, Georgetown, and as Chaplain of the Washington National Cathedral. Dr. Staudt, (A.B. Smith; Ph.D. Yale), teaches theology, spirituality, and literature at Virginia Theological Seminary, Wesley Theological Seminary, and the University of Maryland. Mr. Hensley studied theology at Yale, and has lectured at Christ Church, Georgetown, and other area parishes, for several years.
We also welcome the return of several popular guest speakers: Susan Bond, Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies, George Mason University; and from Virginia Theological Seminary, The Rev. Dr. Stephen L. Cook, the Catherine N. McBurney Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature, and The Rev. Dr. Lloyd A. Lewis, Jr., the Molly Laird Downs Professor of New Testament.
Short Course and Reading Groups
Various program offerings are made available throughout the year. Announcements concerning these offerings, as well as Quiet Days and Evenings, will be posted on this web site and listed in weekly Service Leaflets.
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