Study
ECM approaches study from two perspectives: spiritual and educational. ECM approaches study from two perspectives: spiritual and educational. For spiritual study, we don’t provide very many black and white answers to the difficult questions in life and faith, but we do like to wrestle with the questions.
In fact, we would say that intellectual inquiry helps form our identity as Anglican Christians. Our approach to faith rests on the three-legged stool of Scripture, tradition and reason. Scripture is clearly foundational, but is interpreted through the on-going inspiration of the Holy Spirit, in light of Christian tradition and reason.
We study our Christian faith primarily though Wednesday night Logos services. It isn't quite a Bible study, but we do try to bring Scripture into the discussion as we wrestle with our faith in the modern world. This fall we will be using two main studies in our Wednesday evening Logos discussions. Early in the semester, we will work through Embracing an Adult Faith, addressing questions such as, "Who is Jesus?" and "What does it mean to live a life of faith?" The challenge of this study is not to find one answer for the entire group, but to encourage one another to explore our own beliefs and callings.
As the semester continues, and as our lectionary (the 3-year cycle of passages from the Bible read on Sundays) takes us deeper into apocalyptic readings, we will study the book of Revelation. How do we interpret this complex vision of the reign of God? Is the Left Behind series the definitive interpretation of this text? If not, what can we glean from the powerful and often bizarre imagery of the last book of the Bible?
We also have a time of intense personal reflection during our Lenten Retreat in the spring. It is a time to get away from the hustle and bustle of life as young adults and look inside ourselves.
ECM helps its members with educational study by hosting an in-house retreat for Reading Day at the end of the fall and spring semesters. We open up Calvary for all, provide a carry-out lunch, and have a variety of rooms tailored to specific study habits. There are quiet rooms for students to work in silence, rooms for group collaboration, rooms just to hang out and a Wii for those all-important study breaks.
In fact, we would say that intellectual inquiry helps form our identity as Anglican Christians. Our approach to faith rests on the three-legged stool of Scripture, tradition and reason. Scripture is clearly foundational, but is interpreted through the on-going inspiration of the Holy Spirit, in light of Christian tradition and reason.
We study our Christian faith primarily though Wednesday night Logos services. It isn't quite a Bible study, but we do try to bring Scripture into the discussion as we wrestle with our faith in the modern world. This fall we will be using two main studies in our Wednesday evening Logos discussions. Early in the semester, we will work through Embracing an Adult Faith, addressing questions such as, "Who is Jesus?" and "What does it mean to live a life of faith?" The challenge of this study is not to find one answer for the entire group, but to encourage one another to explore our own beliefs and callings.
As the semester continues, and as our lectionary (the 3-year cycle of passages from the Bible read on Sundays) takes us deeper into apocalyptic readings, we will study the book of Revelation. How do we interpret this complex vision of the reign of God? Is the Left Behind series the definitive interpretation of this text? If not, what can we glean from the powerful and often bizarre imagery of the last book of the Bible?
We also have a time of intense personal reflection during our Lenten Retreat in the spring. It is a time to get away from the hustle and bustle of life as young adults and look inside ourselves.
ECM helps its members with educational study by hosting an in-house retreat for Reading Day at the end of the fall and spring semesters. We open up Calvary for all, provide a carry-out lunch, and have a variety of rooms tailored to specific study habits. There are quiet rooms for students to work in silence, rooms for group collaboration, rooms just to hang out and a Wii for those all-important study breaks.