Updated April 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
Ways to Pray Series: Join us in St. Bede's 9 AM Sunday mornings this Easter season for a different presenter and topic on prayer. From digital lectionaries to ancient labyrinths; Middle-English mystics to music centering prayer, we hope you will find something that brings life and joy to your spiritual practice. Contact parishlife@palmerchurch.org for questions.
- 4/27/2025 Will Parker: Two Way Prayer: Music Centering Prayer
- 5/4/2025 Exploring the Spiritual Life with Bishop Monterroso
- 5/11/2025 Neil Willard: How to Write Your Own Collect (A Short Prayer)
- 5/18/2025 TBD
- 5/25/2025 Katherine Tuttle: Prayers for Busy Bodies (walking prayers)
- 6/1/2025 Andrew Kraebel: Praying with the Middle-English Mystics
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.
- 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
LENTEN CLASS - PAINTING THE PSALMS - Thursdays in Lent 6:30 - 8:30 PM in Holy Cross Room
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. The Psalms seem purpose-made for the season of Lent. They are filled with words and images that express our deepest and strongest emotions, no matter what the circumstance. Some psalms express joyful praise for God’s acts of deliverance; others express repentance and confession of sin. Still others cry out to God in longing. The psalms express the deepest emotions of the human heart. Painting the Psalms is for everyone, those with no artistic leanings and those seasoned artists in our midst. Our mediums are acrylic paint, our hands, and the meditation of our hearts. We gather together and reflect on the Psalms in a way that intertwines the creative arts and the beauty of poetry. Art supplies and lights snacks will be provided for this class.
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
- 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