As nearly 20 participants in the Race Unification Committee’s book study this past fall read and discussed Bishop Michael Curry’s Love Is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times, two other Lexington groups also began studying the book. A new Sunday school class formed at Grace Episcopal Church to study the book. Also, a small, independent Sunday evening women’s book study, including members of Grace Episcopal, First Presbyterian, and two United Methodist churches, began reading and discussing the book.
Now the “Love Is the Way” book study class at Grace Episcopal is inviting members of First Presbyterian to join members of Grace Church and the larger Lexington/Davidson County community for a one-night-only discussion of the book on Thursday, January 19, at 7 p.m. in Grace Episcopal’s Parish Hall, 419 South Main Street, Lexington. The meeting is open not just to readers from the RUC book study, but to all members of our church. You don’t have to read the book to attend. Refreshments will be served. Participation is also possible by Zoom.
Lay facilitators from Grace Church and First Presbyterian will lead the open discussion, which will explore the relevance of Curry’s book for our community and world. Curry, the presiding Episcopal bishop in the United States, writes that Jesus’ teachings about love offer the greatest hope for resolving the most challenging issues of our time, including racism, poverty, drugs and crime, community decline, LGBTQ rights, immigration, environmental preservation, deep political division, and the lack of constructive civil discourse.
Please RSVP to Barbara Presnell or David Inabinett and contact them for further information or questions.