2025-2026 Faith Forums

January 11: Listen - Share - Act: Creating Deeper Relationships through House Meetings - 11:45 am - 12:45 pm (Lichtenberger Room) Gathering with a loving community becomes more important in troubled times. It nurtures, heals, restores, and encourages us to live in real hope and with a sense of purpose and agency. In January, we are starting a series of facilitated house meetings to help people connect more deeply with each other, hear what is on our hearts, and discern together how we can act together to help the wider Boston community in these challenging times. Come and explore how we can share stories with each other and find meaningful ways to act together on our shared concerns and values as people of faith at this forum with lay leaders and the rector who have been involved in interfaith community organizing. 

January 25: Inclusive Language & Worship at St. Paul’s: A Community Conversation, led by Rev. Dr. Elise Feyerherm (11:45 am - 12:45 pm, Lichtenberger Room) Come for a parish-wide conversation on inclusive language in our worship at St. Paul’s. Rev. Feyerherm, who is an expert in liturgy, will help provide the theological framework and facilitate the conversation.

February 8: Jointly sponsored with Temple Beth Zion: Interfaith Work for Dialogue and Peace in Israel-Palestine (11:45 am - 12:45 pm, Sanctuary) Join us for a special event with Rabbi Leora Ezrachi-Vered and Father (Abuna) Saba Haj of Spirit of the Galilee, an organization dedicated to advancing pluralism, mutual understanding, and cooperation among the diverse denominations, religions, and cultures of the region—Arabs and Jews alike. Rabbi Earachi-Vered and Father Haj will join the 10:00am Sunday service at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (15 St. Paul’s Street, Brookline, MA 02446), together with Rabbi Claudia Kreiman (Senior Rabbi of TBZ) and the TBZ congregation. We will gather for prayer at 10:00am and continue after the service at 11:45am for an in-depth conversation about interfaith dialogue in the Holy Land. All are warmly welcome

April 12: Creating a Trauma-Informed Sacred Space: Conversation with Rev. Julia Matallana author of Sanctuary of Healing: Transforming Churches into Trauma-Informed Spaces (11:45 am - 12:45 pm, Lichtenberger Room) Join Rev. Matallana for this special discussion of how churches can transform their sanctuaries into a trauma-informed sacred space that facilitates healing.

Intro to Episcopal Tradition Class

Christian Faith and the Episcopal Church

Join us on Zoom for conversation, reflection, and prayer as we explore the Christianity in the Episcopal/Anglican tradition.

We’ll be drawing on the book Walk In Love: Episcopal Beliefs and Practices, by Scott Gunn and Melody Shobe. Participants are encouraged to read the book in preparation for our discussions, but it is not required. Further information can be found here and links to recordings of previous sessions can be found here.

Meeting Dates for Fall 2025

Meetings occur on Zoom. Message our office for the link

October 1

October 15

October 29

November 12

December 10

CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICE

2nd and 4th Saturdays of the Month

Starts in January 2026

A contemplative practice group at St. Paul's, the group is for people who would like to explore regular contemplative practice and study in some depth both the theological and practical aspects. Beginning in January, the contemplative practice group meets on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm in the Lichtenberger Room. Our approach incorporates basic Buddhist meditation practices as preparation for Christian contemplative prayer that uses a sacred word as an aid (this is an ancient Christian practice - for more information, see Martin Laird’s Into the Silent Land). The aim is to help us deepen our intimate connection with the divine in a fully embodied way, so as to empower our ministry in the world. For more information, please contact Rev. Won-Jae Hur at rector@stpaulsbrookline.org