An Altar for the World with Barbara Brown Taylor and Martha Sterne

A Vision for All the Saints

In January, we will welcome back to the block three beloved clergy leaders who have served at All Saints’: Barbara Brown Taylor, Martha Sterne, and Geoffrey Hoare. We will also welcome back Luther Smith, renowned theologian from Emory University.

On Sundays at 10:15 a.m. in Ellis Hall, each of these leaders will join in conversation with our rector, Simon Mainwaring, as we begin our work of casting a vision for the future of our mission and ministries at All Saints’.

Please make sure to mark your calendars and join us for this exciting series as we give thanks for the gift of Christ’s church in this place together:

January 9 | An Altar for the World with Barbara Brown Taylor and Martha Sterne

During the 1980s Barbara Brown Taylor and Martha Sterne served All Saints’ alongside Harry Pritchett as rector at a time when Atlanta faced the AIDS crisis at its height. Hear their exploration of how All Saints’ response to that crisis helped to shape the church we are today, their own ministries, and their understanding of how God invites us to love the world.

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January 16 | Church, Mission, and the City with Luther Smith

Luther Smith is Professor Emeritus of Church and Community at Emory University. One the nation’s leading theologians on the work of Howard Thurman, Luther calls the church to serve God in the world, remembering especially those who, in the words of Thurman, “have their backs against the wall.” Listen for how All Saints’ might respond to that call in the time to come.

January 23 | The Challenges of a 21st Century Church with Geoffrey Hoare

Geoffrey Hoare was the eighth rector of All Saints’, leading the parish through a turbulent season in the Episcopal Church when the denomination worked to become a more fully inclusive church for people of all sexual orientations and identities. As we look to the century ahead of us, listen to Geoffrey’s sense of the kind of challenges the future church will need to face.

We plan to record these conversations. The recordings will be available in our Video & Audio Library.

For more information, contact Simon Mainwaring at smainwaring@allsaintsatlanta.org.