Updated February 2025

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SPRING ADULT FORMATION

The following adult classes meet from now through May during the formation hour, from 9 a.m. to 9:50 a.m. each Sunday.

Sundays

Learning to Walk in the Dark - Sunday Mornings in Lent: This Lent, we'll join Journey with Jesus to Jerusalem through the lens of Barbara Brown Taylor's book Learning to Walk in the Dark. Taylor writes, "I have learned things in the dark that I never could have learned in the light; things that have saved my life over and over again, so that there is really only one logical conclusion. I need darkness as much as I need light." Join us Sunday mornings at 9 AM in St. Bede as we contemplate places of brightness and shadow in our walk of faith.  Learning to Walk in the Dark is available in the parish office for a $10 donation.  Our meeting and reading schedule is as follows:

Parents’ Group: At Palmer we are dedicated to supporting and empowering parents as they nurture and guide their children in today’s world. While your kiddo plays in the nursery, rehearses with the Children’s Choir, or attends Children’s Sunday School in Holy Cross Chapel, spend 50 minutes connecting with other parents in similar stages of life.  Meets in Autry House room upstairs.

• 2/23 James Baldwin the Fire Next Time
• 3/2 Rice Campus Ministry  
• 3/9 - 4/13 Learning to Walk in the Dark: pp. 1-39  (Intro and Ch. 1)
• 4/20 Easter: No Adult Formation
• 4/27 Ways to Pray Series 
• 5/4 Ways to Pray Series
• 5/11 Ways to Pray Series
• 5/18 Ways to Pray Series
• 5/25 Ways to Pray Series
• 6/1 Ways to Pray Series
• 6/8  Pentecost: Life in the Spirit

Midweek

Tuesdays 

• Women’s Bible Study at 7am in A102 and Zoom
• Men’s Bible Study–7am in A202 and Zoom
• Women’s Bible Study at 2:30pm on Zoom

Wednesdays

Noonday Prayer and Bible Study for all–12 noon in A102 and Zoom

Thursdays

PALMER WELCOME CLASS STARTING THIS THURSDAY AT 7 PM

Are you new to Palmer? Or to the Episcopal Church? Are you a long time member who would like to reconnect or learn more about being Episcopalian? Are you seeking community or feeling called to the sacrament of Confirmation? Then you are invited to the Palmer Welcome Class offered Thursdays at 7 PM via Zoom February 6, 13, and 20 with an in-person meal and discussion at Palmer February 28 from 6:30-8:30 PM. Please email parishlife@palmerchurch.org to receive the zoom link and more details if you are interested in attending.

MIDWEEK FORMATION BEGINS THIS THURSDAY AT 7 PM

Join the rector, the Rev'd Neil Alan Willard, this Thursday, February 6 at 7 PM on Zoom as he begins a three-week study of Paul’s [Short] Letter to the Philippians. It’s a letter of friendship, and who doesn’t need to hear a message like that? You can join online by clicking the link under "Thursday" on our meeting links page.

LENTEN CLASS - PAINTING THE PSALMS

A special Lenten class facilitated by The Rev'd Neil Willard and Roger Hutchison that reflects on the Psalms in a way that intertwines the creative arts and the beauty of poetry.

Monthly Events

• Potluck in the Parish Hall - Last Sunday of the Month
• Dinner & Discussion (For dates and times, visit palmerchurch.org/dinnerdiscussion)
• Downtown Lunch: Noon at Treebeard’s at the Cathedral (4th Tuesday of the month except in November and December)
• Reel Theology - Film discussion group meets first Sundays of the month at 7 PM on Zoom
• Social Hour with the Rector: Meet the Rev’d Neil Alan Willard at Valhalla on the Rice University campus every 2nd Thursday from 5-6 PM and connect with fellow Palmers under the live oaks. Weather permitting.

UPCOMING Events

• March 2 – Shrove Sunday Festive Meal
• March 5 – Ash Wednesday Services and Ashes-to-Go
• Lenten Organ Recitals – Wednesdays, April 2 and April 9 at noon
• Le Chemin de la Croix – April 18 at 7 PM
• April 13-20 – Holy Week & Easter Day
• April 27 – Palmer in the Park
• May 18 – Serve Sunday
• June 8 – Pentecost International Potluck
• June 28-29 – Noye’s Fludde Opera