Thursdays from 12:00-1:00 PM (2/20, 2/27, 3/6, 3/13)
Upper House 

By reading short stories and one novella by 20th- and 21st-century American writers, we will walk alongside characters who are wrestling with moral issues that confront us today. What do we owe one another and ourselves? How should we face birth and death, and moments of profound joy and tribulation in between?

During Saturday’s Summit at Upper House, gifted speakers, artists, panelists, and break-out leaders will challenge, encourage, and inspire us as we consider our 'faithful next step' in pursuing justice. Together, we will deepen our understanding of poverty as the antithesis of justice and discover ways God may be calling each of us to address the injustice of poverty.

We invite you to join this learning community for four weeks in Lent to follow the likes of Comer and East back to the early church. In our group we will explore the doctrine and practice of Antony the Great (ca. 251-356 CE), a hero for the early monastic movement. Our discussion topics will include the relationship between Christians and non-Christian culture, the theology and practice of spiritual disciplines, and the nature of salvation. From reading to discussing to enjoying light refreshments, we will savor the richness of our history and what it offers us today.

Please join us for a Friday Night Lecture led by scholar and author Karen Swallow Prior, who will explore the connections between art, beauty, and the evangelical tradition. This sometimes-complicated relationship has important things to teach us about both art and the beautiful. She will also explore the human appetite for beauty and how it's all too easy to fill that appetite with poor substitutes. One such substitute is often branded as “evangelical” art and characterized as sentimental: It might produce good feelings, but does it satisfy our desire for the beautiful?