Meet Me in Latte Land, Louie . . .
I'm taking off tomorrow for Seattle where I will be teaching a Called & Gifted workshop at Blessed Sacrament Church in the University District this coming weekend, February 2/3.
Blessed Sacrament is a beautiful and remarkable community and the place where we began the Institute nearly 10 years ago. It is also a parish committed to evangelization and becoming a house of formation for lay apostles and is filled with a large number of smart, sassy, and creative intentional disciples. It's too bad that it is only early February, because spring in Seattle can be intoxicating.
But the weather is supposed to be in the mid 40's and *CLEAR* which for a Seattle February is stunning! I'll be able to see the mountains!
This will be our 300th live Called & Gifted workshop. It is a lovely thing to do so where we started. If any ID readers are in the area, feel free to check it out and come up and say hello!
posted by Sherry W @ 4:32 PM
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Amy Welborn asks:
Can you even imagine the ethos of Protestant Sunday School for adults had even the slightest foothold in Catholic churches?
I reply:
Yes, I can because it has here, at Blessed Sacrament Church in Seattle where we started the Institute and where I will be teaching the Called & Gifted this weekend.
http://www.blessed-sacrament.org/
They routinely have large adult Sunday School classes (60 or more depending upon the subject and speaker) in addition to evening classes on the St. Thomas, the Bible , Exploring Catholic beliefs, etc.
The only parish I've ever been to where you can overhear two adults in the back of the Sunday School class debating variant readings of Ireneaus.
It can happen. In Blessed Sacrament's case, its a combination of a historic (and beautiful) Dominican church, a nearby major university, and a very large population of intentional disciples in the parish who come from around the area to attend. Some are professors at local universities, some are underemployed average joe and janes who just are intellectually curious. (historically, Blessed Sacrament is one of the poorest parishes in the city)
Lots of gifted teachers and lots of parishioners with the charism of knowledge . . .
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