Sunday Mornings

Sunday Mornings

All Adult Formation Sunday classes meet 10:20-11 a.m.

April 22: The Earth Stewards Celebrate Earth Day

Sunday, April 22, 2012 • Ellis Hall

Sunday School on April 22 will feature Ed Taylor, Indian Ridge Farm and Georgia Organics Treasurer and Gina Hopkins, Restaurant Eugene and Georgia Organics President in Ellis Hall. Both are active in the effort to bring good local food to everyone in Georgia. They’ll share how this work links to spirituality and what we as Christians can do to help.

Maria Mayo

Sunday, April 29, 2012 • Ellis Hall

Maria Mayo will speak about her life in Atlanta, her experience as a victim of violence, and the questions and struggles that led into her research on forgiveness. Maria’s dissertation focuses on forgiveness in the context of the New Testament, the criminal justice system, and post-apartheid South Africa. What does the Bible actually say about forgiveness? Are Christians called to forgive even under the ugliest of circumstances, when there is no possibility of repentance or repair? Are there limits to forgiveness, and where are they? Using her own experience as a touchstone, Maria locates moments of forgiveness that push beyond traditional definitions and open up alternate possibilities for victims.

Maria Mayo, M.Div., M.A., is a Ph.D. candidate at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, where she is writing a dissertation on the ideology of forgiveness in the Department of Religion. Maria served as the co-editor of the Feminist Companion to the New Testament series from 2004 to 2010, and was a research fellow in 2004 at the Auschwitz Jewish Center in Oswiecim, Poland. Maria is a frequent contributor to the religion section of the Huffington Post. She lives in Nashville, TN, where she is an avid cyclist and triathlete.

An Introduction to Bhutan

May 6, 2012 • Ellis Hall

The Kingdom of Bhutan is a landlocked state at the eastern end of Himalayas, bordered on three sides by India. Over the last few years, we have hosted several refugee families from this tiny country. Suk Tamang is a member of our most recent refugee family. He was in a documentary about the expulsion of the Nepali-speaking people from the Bhutan. He is going to share this video and talk about his experiences. Please join us for this very special opportunity to learn more about the country, its people and the plight of political refugees.

May 13: Rector’s forum, Ellis Hall

For more information on any of our ongoing and discussion groups please call the Rev’d Noelle York-Simmons at 404-267-4276 or email The Rev’d Noelle York-Simmons.