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Each week, guest speakers from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines join the Reverend Peter Thompson and other St. Bart's clergy for deep and insightful conversations about topics that matter to our lives as responsible citizens and people of faith. Speakers in recent years have included winners of the Tony Award, the Emmy Award, the MacArthur Fellowship, and the Pulitzer Prize, professors from prominent universities like Yale, Harvard, Princeton, and Columbia, and journalists from New York, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic.

Sunday, May 25, 2025
Church Tomorrow?: What Nones and Dones Teach Us About the Future of Faith

The Reverend Canon Stephanie Spellers, Assisting Priest, draws on the experiences of those at the Church’s periphery in her effort to chart a future for faith itself.

 

Upcoming Speakers at The Forum

June 1   The Right Reverend Matthew F. Heyd, Bishop of New York, on this moment of transition for St. Bart's

June 8   The Reverend Canon Leyla King, Canon for Mission in Small Congregations, Episcopal Diocese of West Texas, on war in Gaza 

June 15   Jon Key, author of Black, Queer & Untold, on art, sexuality, and race

June 22   Jacqueline Goldsby, Professor of African-American Studies and English at Yale University, and Charles Cuykendall Carter, Assistant Curator at New York Public Library, on James Baldwin

June 29   The Reverend Mihee Kim-Kort, co-pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Annapolis, Maryland, on queerness and faith 

Watch or listen to The Forum from previous weeks below.

Featured

The Creation Stories through a Feminist Lens
07.15.18 | Articles | The Forum

Eve, Adam, and the Garden: The Creation Stories through a Feminist LensToday we welcomed teacher and retreat leader Helen Goodkin, whose presentation featured images from the history of art to demonstrate how our culture has understood these...

    Treasures of St. Bart's: June 24
    06.24.18 | Articles | The Forum

    “The Treasures of St. Bart’s” Today, Matthew Moretz completed his narration of the spectacular sequence of sixteen capitals carved by the Piccirilli Brothers in our church -- each with their own dramatic sequence featuring vital...

    George Mitchell - "A Path to Peace"
    06.03.18 | Articles | The Forum

    Today we welcomed Senator George J. Mitchell, a member of St. Bart’s who has led a distinguished career in public service and corporate leadership, serving as a United States Senator and Senate Majority Leader and working as Chairman of the...

    Faith and Science, Part II
    04.29.18 | Articles | The Forum

    Today we welcomed back Dr. Jamie Ferrara, professor of Pediatrics and Oncological Sciences at Mt. Sinai Hospital, and Dr. Peter deMenocal, Dean of Science at Columbia University, as they continue to explore the living link between the disciplines...

    Jay Sidebotham - Insights from Renewal Works
    04.22.18 | Articles | The Forum

    Today we welcomed back a dear friend of this parish, the Rev. Jay Sidebotham, our former Vicar.  At the Forum he shared insights that he has drawn from his outstanding service as the Director of Renewal Works, which supports the growth and...

    St. Bart's 100
    04.15.18 | Articles | The Forum

    Listen in as members of our Centennial Celebration Committee share everything you’d want to know, but are afraid to ask, about our observance of the first hundred years of worshiping on Park Avenue. Discover all of the fellowship, service...

    Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
    04.08.18 | Articles | The Forum

    St. Bart’s Rector, Bishop Dean Wolfe, discussed our upcoming pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 2019. Listen in and learn about the wonder and spirituality of a pilgrimage to the land where so much sacred history took place. 

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