Age Range: Adults
Days/Times: Thursdays 9:00–10:00 AM (Except July–August)
Description: Connecting with each other in meaningful conversation can make your day more meaningful. One dynamic and welcoming small group at St. Andrew is the Pastor’s Book Study. Alternating between St. Andrew pastors, share in conversation, learning and community building as we read and discuss “The Amen Effect.” In a time of loneliness and isolation, social rupture and alienation, what will it take to mend our broken hearts and rebuild our society? Rabbi Sharon Brous makes the case that the spiritual work of our time, as instinctual as it is counter-cultural, is to find our way to one another in celebration, in sorrow, and in solidarity. To show up for each other in moments of joy and pain, vulnerability and possibility, to invest in relationships of shared purpose and build communities of care. Brous contends that it is through honoring our most basic human instinct— the yearning for real connection— that we reawaken our shared humanity and begin to heal. This kind of sacred presence is captured by the word amen, a powerful ancient idea that we affirm the fullness of one another’s experience by demonstrating, in body and word: “I see you. You are not alone.”
Date/Time: Thursdays from 9:00-10:00 AM in Room 207 for eight weeks beginning January 8. Books available for purchase for $21 at the reception desk or from your favorite bookseller.
Contact: Pastor Matthew or Pastor Peter