SEEKING, LEARNING AND GROWING WITH OTHERS
A variety of opportunities throughout the week enrich our lives and our faith through learning and interaction with other seekers. We honor each other’s individual spiritual journeys while sharing and growing together in Christ. We value the diverse gifts of children, teens, adults and elders, learning and growing together.
SUNDAY FORUMS at 11:30 AM – Learning & Sharing
Our Sunday forums are held at 11:30 am, after our 10 a.m. worship and refreshments.
Upcoming forums:
LENTEN SUNDAY FORUMS – Sermon questions, comments, reflections, discussion
- March 4 – Sermon “Talk-Back” (John Marcantonio, preacher)
- March 11 – Sermon “Talk-Back” (Angie Rispoli, preacher)
- March 18 – Sermon “Talk-Back” (Lynne Weber, preacher)
- March 25 – Sermon “Talk-Back” (Lynne Weber, preacher)
BIBLE STUDY - 1st and 3rd Thursdays each month at 7:30 pm. We meet in Reception Room with light refreshments. All are welcome to join us at any time; everyone participates and has something to offer and to learn!
March 1 and 15 – Daniel (completing our study)
April 5 – no study – Maundy Thursday service
April 19 – Beginning our study of Ephesians
CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER
Every Saturday at 9 am a sesson of contemplative prayer is offered at All Saints Episcopal Church, 150 Park Avenue, Leonia. The 40 minute session includes gathering time, 20 minutes of silent contemplative prayer, reflections and The Lord’s Prayer. Led by the Rev. Dean Weber from All Saints and Ms. Angie Rispoli from Atonement; members of both congregations participate and all are welcome.
FRIDAY MORNING BOOK GROUP - 10:00 – 11:00 am
February 10 & 17 – The History of Love: A Novel by Nicole Krauss
February 25 – Essay on the Gospel of Luke, by Annie Dillard (from “The Annie Dillard Reader” (photocopies available from the church office.)
LENT
March 16, 23, 30 - Selected poems & music; theme: “Searching for Love in All the Right Places”
SHAWL MINISTRY – CREATIVITY, FELLOWSHIP, CARING
Prayerful knitting in the company of others! Completed shawls are blessed at an annual St. Luke’s Healing Service (in October) and distributed as needed to those who are ill, homebound or otherwise in need of comfort and strength. Learn as you do and enjoy quiet time together — meets November – April at St. Paul’s Church in Englewood and May – October at Atonement. Led by Janet Bliss and Roberta Roshong. Meets on First Mondays at 7:30 p.m.
Next date: March 5.
MINI RETREATS (“QUIET DAYS”)
Mini Retreats are opportunities to delve more deeply into a Biblical text or theme of the season. Because people have different ways of learning, we enter the story via learning, imaginative meditation, quiet time with questions for reflection, discussion, poetry and an art meditation. We end with a festive luncheon. Scheduled in advance, on Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lenten Mini Quiet Day, March 24, 9:30 am - 1:00 pm “My soul has a desire and a longing: a look at Ignatian spirituality”
RSVP to the church office, contact us here, or sign up in the Reception Room. The Reverends Lynne and Dean Weber will lead this Mini Quiet Day. Held at Atonement in the Reception Room and Church.
DISCOVERY NIGHTS
Tuesdays, February 7 and March 20 at 8 p.m. Designed for visitors, seekers, newcomers — and longtime members seeking a “refresher course” – on basic Christianity and the Episcopal Church. You’re invited for light refreshments, learning and conversation!
These two sessions have been planned for those being received from the Roman Catholic tradition into The Episcopal Church, but everyone is welcome: RSVP requested.
Tuesday, February 7, 8:00 pm – Discovery Night Topic – The Virgin Mary in the Episcopal Church. Light refreshments, all welcome.
Tuesday, March 20, 8:00 p.m. – Authority in the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion
OTHER EVENTS
SAVE THE DATE!!! Annual Adult Education Retreat – September 21-23, 2012 at Holy Cross Monastery, West Park, NY. In 2011, 16 people from Atonement and All Saints, Leonia attend our retreat, “And it was very good”: A Retreat on Creation. $200 inclusive of meals for 2 nights.
See our Ecumenical & Interreligious Page for opportunities to gather and grow with our friends in faith, including the Interfaith Women’s Initiative.
PRIVATE COUNSELING
The rector is available for private counseling for a variety of matters, as well as informal discussions about your spiritual journey. Please contact the church office and make an appointment. Phone 201-568-1763 or via e-mail: lynne.weber@verizon.net.