The Renewal of the Church for the Healing of the World: Why the Story of Church Decline is Wrong
The Right Reverend Matthew F. Heyd, Bishop of New York, offers his thoughts on the renewal that is already happening within the Church.
Every Sunday at 10 am
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, June 8, 2025
A Personal Story of Palestine
The Reverend Canon Leyla King, a Palestinian American priest and the author of the forthcoming memoir Daughters of Palestine, provides a way in to the conversation about the current realities in the Holy Land through the lens of her family’s experiences as Palestinian Christians.
Upcoming Speakers at The Forum
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.
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Juneteenth Celebration - Edward Sunderland & Crossroads Community
06.21.15 | Articles | The Forum
Today's Forum: Juneteenth, an American holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the United States. The Rev. Edward Sunderland and Crossroads Community volunteers and friends hosted the celebration.
The Rev. Dr. Robert S. Dannals, "Top 10 Reasons I Love the Episcopal Church"
06.15.15 | Articles | The Forum
Today's Forum with Interim Rector the Rev. Dr. Robert S. Dannals was not recorded, but we are happy to share his Forum handout “The Top 10 Reasons I Love the Episcopal Church”
Rebecca Weis, MD: Mental Health Issues from Birth to Young Adulthood
05.17.15 | Articles | The Forum
Ragan Sutterfeld, author of This Is My Body
05.10.15 | Articles | The Forum
EFM with Liza Page Nelson and Liz Grohowski
05.04.15 | Articles | The Forum
Education for Ministry (EfM) is a four-year distance learning certificate program in theological education based upon small-group study and practice. EfM is a program of The University of the South: Sewanee School of Theology. Sewanee trains and...
Sister Diane Donoghue
04.27.15 | Articles | The Forum
Sen. George Mitchell
04.19.15 | Articles | The Forum
The Rt. Rev. Andrew M. L. Dietsche, Bishop of New York
04.13.15 | Articles | The Forum
The Vanderbilt Doors, part 3
03.23.15 | Articles | The Forum
St. Bart's in Transition
03.15.15 | Articles | The Forum
The Vanderbilt Doors: Join Matthew Moretz as he finishes his visual presentation on the great (yet hidden) bronze doors of the Vanderbilt portal. Explore the beauty and meaning of these more than a century-old masterpieces.Click the round...