Learning to Walk with God in the World
A Young Adult Discernment Program - 10.3.20
Where
This is an online event.
A Zoom link will be sent to all registered participants in the week leading up to the event.
Contact
Martha Gardner
Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
mgardner@diomass.org
Isaac Martinez
St. Paul's Church, Brookline
imartinez@stpaulsbrookline.org
More Information
This event is offered free of charge to all participants because the Young Adult Ministries budget of the Diocese of Massachusetts is covering the cost. If you would like to contribute to the cost of this event, you can do so online, designating “Youth Adult Ministries” in the comments box.
Vocation is the work that God creates and calls each of us to do. More than a career, vocation is how we live into who we are created to be with our whole selves. Discernment, on the most basic level, is figuring out what our vocations are and how to concretely live them, in big ways and small.
Discernment has been largely appropriated by the church to describe the process of exploring ordained ministry, but in fact, discernment – attending to God’s will in our lives and life decisions – is a practice that should be at the heart of every Christian’s experience. Practices of discernment help us to listen to our lives and sort out where the Holy Spirit may be active. For more information about vocation and discerment, check out this introductory video.
Join us for an online retreat for young adults (ages 18-39) in the Diocese of Massachusetts facilitated by Dr. Kathy Staudt, that will introduce practices of discernment.
Registration available through September 25th.
About our speaker
As a college and seminary teacher, spiritual director and writer, Dr. Kathleen Staudt (Kathy) has taught at the University of Maryland, College Park, Wesley Theological Seminary and Virginia Theological Seminary. Her teaching years deepened a lifelong passion for working with adults in their 20s and 30s, especially as people in this age group find meaning and purpose in their lives by exploring questions of vocation. She delights in the unique and particular ways God calls each of us to serve and support what Verna Dozier has called “the Dream of God.” She has facilitated a multiyear ecumenical Bible study program for young adults, and she offers frequent retreats and workshops on Christian vocation, writing and prayer in Virginia Seminary’s Lifetime learning program and at churches and retreat centers in the DC metro area. To learn more about Kathy, please go to kathleenstaudtpoet.com.