Adult Programs and  Christian Education
 

Adult Fellowship and Christian Education are important at Heavenly Rest! There are many opportunities to make new friends, participate in the life of the parish and engage in a wide variety of adult Christian education offerings:

  • Coffee Hour following the 10:30 Sunday morning Eucharist is an informal gathering where friends are made and information about parish events is shared.

  • Friday Flings are monthly potluck dinners hosted in the home of a different parishioners each month. There is no agenda other than to enjoy each other’s fellowship. Newcomers and long time members alike enjoy the relaxed hospitality of Friday Flings.

  • The Heavenly Rest is a gathering of 20- and 30-somethings sans children who come together for fellowship, adventure and worthwhile good works.

  • Parents and Babies is a Friday morning playtime for both mothers and their infants and young toddlers.

  • The Men’s Breakfast Group meets at a local diner every second Tuesday morning at 7:30 to eat a hearty breakfast and discuss contemporary issues facing the church.

  • The Women’s Breakfast Group meets at a local diner every second Tuesday morning at 7:30 for breakfast and discussion usually centered around a book that members of the group are reading.

  • The Rector’s Forum, held each Sunday morning from 9:30 to 10:15, offers a challenging series of lectures and presentations from the clergy and visiting speakers on the essentials of our Christian faith as expressed in the Anglican tradition.

  • Adult Christian Education happens year-round on Wednesday evenings from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. immediately follows the 6:30 Holy Eucharist. Wednesday classes include introductions to the Bible, church history, adult confirmation, and examinations of deep issues in Christian faith and doctrine.

  • Education for Ministry, currently offered on Thursday nights, is a highly structured four-year course that takes participants through the serious business of reading the Bible with understanding in the light of church history and writings in theology combined with intentional reflection on what it all means in one’s own life.

 

For more information on Adult Programs at Heavenly Rest,
contact The Rev. Tom Synan at 212/289-3400, ext. 214,
or email him at tsynan@heavenlyrest.org.