Formation at St. Peter’s

All formation hours will be held in the Lower Parish Hall at 12:30pm.

September 22, 2024
Sources of Transformation

Join fellow parishioners as we kick off our program year with a parish-wide forum on Sources of Transformation. This is a model taught in the College for Congregational Development intended to aid congregations in naming their particular charisms and reflecting on areas of growth in our practices of transformation.

October 6, 13, 20, 2024
Introduction to Luke

Fall is nearly upon us and that means our liturgical year is in its final stretch! Beginning Advent 1, our lectionary cycle begins again and our primary Gospel changes from Mark to Luke. To help us prepare for this change, formation hours during October will introduce us to major themes and narrative scope of the Gospel according to Luke. Join us in the Lower Parish Hall during coffee hour for this three-week discussion.

November 10, 17, 2024
Parish Forum –
Life in Community and Mutual Care

This two-part series will take us back to the Sources of Transformation model we learned at the start of the program year and will do a bit of a deeper dive into the part of the model called “Life in Community.” Intern Jessica Thompson will guide us in reflecting on what it means to be community and the mutual care that characterizes our identity as a local expression of the Body of Christ.

December 1, 8, 15, 22, 2024
Advent Series – Devotional Practice

We often think of Lent as the primary season of preparation in our Christian year. Historically, however, Advent is also a time of fasting and preparation, an intense period of time in which we prepare for Christ’s coming again. Though popular practice has made this about preparing for Christmas, traditionally the scope is much larger, more cosmic. This year, during Advent, we will use material developed by Richard Foster and the Renovare group to learn about and engage in spiritual practice.