Adult Education

Sunday Adult Christian Formation Schedule - Fall 2011: 9:00 am - 10:00 am (mostly in the Parish Hall)

• Sept. 25 - No Adult Christian Formation.
  
• Oct. 2 - Congregational Meeting about our Future in Ministry at St. John's. Presentation during the 10:30 am service, with a discussion afterward.
• Oct. 9 - Strategic Planning for Growth - The Rev. Canon Dan Smith
• Oct. 16 - History of St. John's Parish, part 1 - Bryan Cather
• Oct. 23- Morning Service CANCELLED DUE TO ROCK N ROLL Marathon in front of St. John's. 5 pm Service will take place in the Main Church. We need volunteers to staff the water station near St. John's. Contact Pastor Teresa at teresa@towergrovechurch.org or 314-772-3970.
• Oct. 30 - The Spirituality of Racial Justice, part 1 - Romi Pierce
• Nov. 6 - The Spirituality of Racial Justice, part 2 - Romi Pierce
• Nov. 13 - Church Polity & A Preview of Diocesan Convention - Pastor Teresa & St. John's delegates
• Nov. 20 - Sharing Our Christmas Traditions - Kathleen Dimmich
• Nov. 27 - Thanksgiving, No Adult Christian Formation
• Dec. 4 - Why Doesn't the Prophet Elijah have his own book in the Bible? - John Richards
• Dec. 11 - The Prophet Ezekiel, part 1 - Judith MacDonald
• Dec. 18 - The Prophet Ezekiel, part 2 - Judith MacDonald
• Dec. 25 - Christmas Day, No Adult Christian Formation
• Jan. 1 - New Year's Day, No Adult Christian Formation

Adult Christian Formation takes place on Sundays from 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. from September - May. Professionally staffed Childcare is available during Adult Christian Formation and throughout the morning, from 9:00 a.m. - 12 noon.

Every year, Chaplain Jeffrey Deutsch, with Pastor Teresa Danieley, lead a 10 week course called To Travel Together during Epiphany and Lent 2012, on Sunday mornings from 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. This course is for people interested in confirmation, baptism, or reception into the Episcopal Church, or reaffirmation of baptismal vows. Watch for the 2012 class schedule.

Chaplain Jeffrey Deutsch holds a Master's of Divinity from Yale and an Anglican Certificate of study from Berkeley Divinity School. As well, Jeffrey trained as a chaplain at Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn, New York and at St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield. Jeffrey served as a hospice chaplain for Samaritan Care Hospice and developed a training program for volunteer caregivers for Deaconess Hospital. This is the fifth year that Chaplain Deutsch presents his curriculum for catechumens called " To Travel Together." The goal of this course is not to answer questions about the Episcopal Church. Rather, it allows participants to form their personal questions for own their formation as committed Christians.

Thanks to librarians Jeffrey Berkbigler and Dan Gibbons, the St. John's library (adjacent to the Parish Hall) is organized and ready for you to use! Here is an online link to the St. John's Library Collection:http://www.librarything.com/catalog/towergrovechurch There is also a paper catalog in the Library and a sign out sheet for books. Please "check it out"!

Christian Formation

More intensive Adult Education offerings are available through the Diocese of Missouri's Episcopal School for Ministry.