Under the direction of Father Rick, in concert with lay leadership, we offer a robust program of Adult Spiritual Formation and Prayer with opportunities for everyone. For more information, click here.
In the Winter of 2026 we offer sessions of our Wednesday Bible Study; Friday Lunch and Learn; our Men’s Spirituality Group; and our viewing and discussion of the series, The Chosen.
Join us, via Zoom, for Sunday Evening Prayer at 7 PM; Wednesday Bible Study at 6:30 PM: and Friday Lunch and Learn. Our Men’s Spirituality Group gathers in the Parish Hall on the second Saturday of each month.
Lunch with The Chosen: Led by – Blair Lord
Come and see! We invite you to our viewing and discussion of episodes of The Chosen on the first Sunday of each month. As the first multi-season show about Jesus’s life, The Chosen delves into gospel stories by portraying the life of Jesus through the eyes of those who knew Him. Join us to watch and discuss how the show explores the time, place, and people of His earthly ministry. We will convene in the Parish Hall directly after the 10 AM service.
This is a bag lunch event, so be sure to bring your loaves and fish!
Friday Lunch & Learn
12 Noon via Zoom beginning Friday, September 18th
Beginning Friday, September 18th – Friday December 18th, we have a unique formation opportunity at St. Edward’s. Twelve sessions of discovery through the travelogue and spiritual roadmap of Travel Like a Hero led by the author, Rick Bauer!
For anyone who attended the book launch this spring, you got a taste of Rick’s journey – through a great conversational program – of the experiences, people, places, wisdom teaching, and sufferings that can happen to anyone – everyone – in a lifetime. In sharing his journey, Rick makes it very accessible for us to be open to conversations about our shared human experience. Our lives are journeys that matter, as we navigate a path to heal, inspire, and bless others. Travel Like a Hero is, at its heart, an exploration of what it means to live thoughtfully and courageously in a complex world. We couldn’t think of a better person as our guide than Father Rick!
This chapter-by-chapter program is designed to offer participants clear, usable wayfinding tools for everyday life. It is our hope to have 20 participants (invite people you know!) in this 12-week session. We request participants to sign up on the sheet in the narthex. The reading schedule and a workbook will be provided by Sunday, September 13 in your parish mailbox. We have book copies in-house and they are also available on Amazon and Audible.
Wednesday Bible Study
Wednesday Bible Study at 6:30 PM, via Zoom.
Roadmap, myth, or history? An accessible review of The Book of Revelation for today’s audience. Conversations with Scripture: Revelation is the first book in the Anglican Association of Biblical Scholar Study Series. Written in accessible language and sensitive to those who have little or no experience in reading the bible, each book in the series focuses on exploring the historical and critical background, as well as how the biblical texts written centuries ago can still speak to readers today.
Frederick W. Schmidt, also the series editor, explores the approaches that have dominated the interpretation of John’s Apocalypse and offers the reader an accessible means of understanding and evaluating them. With this grounding in hand, Schmidt explores how Revelation can shape our understanding of God, and nurture our spiritual lives in unexpected ways. Leaving behind left-behind theology, Schmidt offers instead an approach that allows this obscure, almost opaque text to speak to us anew about God, faith, hope, and justice.
Topic: St. Edward’s Bible Study – Conversations with Scripture: Revelation
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Saturday Men’s Spirituality Group: 2nd Saturday of each month, from 8 AM – 10 AM: Join us at St. Edward’s, in the parish hall, in partnership with Saint James Episcopal Church, for two hours of fellowship, including Morning Prayer. Coffee and donuts will be served.
We all have spiritual gifts that we have received, and those which we can give. Our first spiritual gift was the one we received from God in the form of our first breath. And whether we realize it or not, we all possess spiritual gifts from God that are meant to be used in His service.
Recognizing, and then giving, your spiritual gifts are vital to the successful mission and ministry of a parish. The Body of Christ is made up of many members. As Christians, we are all ministers of the church and we all possess unique gifts, given by the Spirit, that allow us to carry out the Great Commission.
The Commissioning of the Disciples
Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:16-20)
What are your Spiritual Gifts? Below you will find two resources that can help you determine your Spiritual Gifts Inventory. This is a wonderful way to begin your participation in ministry. We need your unique gifts to help us accomplish the ministry and mission of St. Edward’s! By starting your journey of discipleship and spiritual practice with this exercise, you will discover how you can best serve in a ministry that connects with you.
We hope you enjoy this exercise of discovery as you learn what makes you unique, and inspires you to travel with your fellow Episcopalians as we follow Jesus “into loving, liberating and life-giving relationship with God, with each other, and with the earth.”
Click here to download your Spiritual Gifts Inventory Exercise
Click here to download your Gifts and Talents Inventory worksheet
Please contact the parish office to learn more about the various ways you can serve, in ministry, at St. Edward’s.
Lenten Silent Retreat 2027
Mariawald Renewal Center
February 10 -13, 2027
We have taken a hiatus from holding a Lenten Silent Retreat for 2026. Our next Lenten Silent Retreat will begin on Ash Wednesday, 2027. The dates are February 10 – 13. Led by Father Rick and Bob Mosebach, this self-directed retreat will be an interesting opportunity of deep reflection as we begin our Lenten journey. We are seeking a minimum of 10 participants for the retreat next year. Mark your calendars!
To view our 2025 retreat booklet, click here.
