Adult Formation
Exploring Your Faith
We at Saint Andrew's are committed to deepening our faith through lifelong learning. We offer Adult Formation Programs for groups both on campus and off and we offer resources and materials for individual study and learning. We also advertise and support formation opportunities being offered by other groups here in Madison. Be sure to check this page on a regular basis for updates, announcements and resources!
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The Sunday Forum
The Tuesday Morning Women's Bible Study
Wednesday Morning Dawn Patrol Bible Study
Wednesday Night Book Group
The Sunday Forum Presents
The Sunday Forum meets from 9:30 – 10:15, in the parish Hall, on Sunday mornings. We gather for coffee and conversation, waiting for the kids and parents who are Singing with Mr. Stancer at Grace Notes to come downstairs. Then, after an opening prayer, we dive into the topic for the day.
This fall’s Sunday Forum Schedule features a two part conversation designed to help us talk about, and share our faith with the people we love: children, grandchildren, parents, siblings, neighbors, coworkers… Sharing our faith, telling our story, reinforces our own sense of identity as children of God, and it opens doors in other people to explore and share their own story. In the process relationships are deepened, bridges are built, and we find ourselves standing on common ground! The first part of the conversation will focus on a prayer that helps us to see and recognize God at work in our lives and in the lives of others. The second part of the conversation focuses on our ability to tell the story of our own spiritual journey. There is more about each of the conversations in links below!
The Sunday Forum this fall will also include presentations by the Outreach Committee, highlighting the ministries we support through our monthly Outreach InGatherings, and opportunities for us to become involved in the life of the community in which we live and move and have our being.
September
8 Homecoming!
15 Welcome Back! A review of the summer’s happenings and a preview of things to come!
22 An Outreach Presentation (Topic TBA)
29` A presentation of the draft budget for 2020
October
6 A Simple Prayer that Changes Everything
13 A Simple Prayer that Changes Everything
20 An Outreach Presentation (Topic TBA)
27 Sharing Our Faith
November
3 Sharing Our Faith
10 MEGA for SEGA (Outreach Presentation)
17 Annual Meeting
24 Advent Wreath Workshop
December
1 Sharing Our Faith
8 Sharing Our Faith
15 Christmas Cookie Sale (Outreach Presentation)
22 A Time of Christmas Fellowship
29 No Forum This Sunday
This fall’s Sunday Forum Schedule features a two part conversation designed to help us talk about, and share our faith with the people we love: children, grandchildren, parents, siblings, neighbors, coworkers… Sharing our faith, telling our story, reinforces our own sense of identity as children of God, and it opens doors in other people to explore and share their own story. In the process relationships are deepened, bridges are built, and we find ourselves standing on common ground! The first part of the conversation will focus on a prayer that helps us to see and recognize God at work in our lives and in the lives of others. The second part of the conversation focuses on our ability to tell the story of our own spiritual journey. There is more about each of the conversations in links below!
The Sunday Forum this fall will also include presentations by the Outreach Committee, highlighting the ministries we support through our monthly Outreach InGatherings, and opportunities for us to become involved in the life of the community in which we live and move and have our being.
September
8 Homecoming!
15 Welcome Back! A review of the summer’s happenings and a preview of things to come!
22 An Outreach Presentation (Topic TBA)
29` A presentation of the draft budget for 2020
October
6 A Simple Prayer that Changes Everything
13 A Simple Prayer that Changes Everything
20 An Outreach Presentation (Topic TBA)
27 Sharing Our Faith
November
3 Sharing Our Faith
10 MEGA for SEGA (Outreach Presentation)
17 Annual Meeting
24 Advent Wreath Workshop
December
1 Sharing Our Faith
8 Sharing Our Faith
15 Christmas Cookie Sale (Outreach Presentation)
22 A Time of Christmas Fellowship
29 No Forum This Sunday
The Tuesday Morning Women's Bible Study
Women's Bible Study will resume this fall. Stay tuned for more details.
The Women's Bible Study begins each program year in September with a potluck brunch in the parish hall. We start at 9:30 a.m. and go until 11:00 a.m. Child care will be provided. We will gather to share a meal and catch up on the summer's activities.
Our weekly gatherings begin with the scheduled text, and we attempt to apply its lessons to our lives. There is no "homework" and no need to attend every week.
Feel free to invite friends and neighbors. Over the years we have been enriched by participants who are outside of St. Andrew's and often outside of the Episcopal tradition.
For further information, contact Ritchie Rheaume (608-249-7763) or (krheaume@charter.net)
The Wednesday Morning Dawn Patrol Bible Study Group
Dubbed "Dawn Patrol" by John Alexander who first called us together some 25 years ago. About ten of us (from Saint Andrew's and other places) meet for Bible study from 6:30 to 7:30 am every Wednesday.
We meet in the bar off of the lobby of the InnTowner Motel at the corner of University and Highland. Coffee is available on arrival; breakfast available from the buffet or menu. We begin with a brief prayer said in unison. Then Our study is self-led and discussion is lively, benefiting from a variety of translations and diverse perspectives.
We take turns reading a small portion (usually much less than a chapter, or in the case of the Psalms, only one) and then talk about it. Typically our group includes people who might be considered "liberal" and others perhaps more "conservative"--leading to interesting but always respectful discussion.
While there is a core that has been coming for many years, some lovers of the dawn, or not so much lovers, are welcomed and always appreciated.
Please try us; You need make no special preparation. Just bring a Bible, and if you have an unusual one, all the better: comparisons of translations have led to some of our most interesting discussions and learning.
Though only men are currently participating, in the past women have joined us and are welcome.
Contacts:
Barry Greenberg at 831-3857 or ebgreenb@gmail.com<mailto:ebgreenb@gmail.com>
Tim Size at 231-1721 or timsize@rwhc.com<mailto:timsize@rwhc.com>
The Wednesday Night Book Group
Following the Mid Week Eucharist – on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month!
Wednesday evenings, October 3, 17 and 24, from 7:00 – 8:30 pm, Father Andy will offer an opportunity to gather for study and conversation around the book chosen for this year’s Diocesan Read, Waking Up White and Finding Myself in the Story of Race, by Debby Irving.
Depending on the size of the group we will either gather in the Parish Hall or in the Associates Office/Conference Room.
Moving forward we will discuss books covering a variety of issues from Episcopal 101, to Biblical studies, to current events.
Watch the Friday eNews and Bulletin Announcements for more information!
Wednesday evenings, October 3, 17 and 24, from 7:00 – 8:30 pm, Father Andy will offer an opportunity to gather for study and conversation around the book chosen for this year’s Diocesan Read, Waking Up White and Finding Myself in the Story of Race, by Debby Irving.
Depending on the size of the group we will either gather in the Parish Hall or in the Associates Office/Conference Room.
Moving forward we will discuss books covering a variety of issues from Episcopal 101, to Biblical studies, to current events.
Watch the Friday eNews and Bulletin Announcements for more information!