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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 YorkThe New Yorker, and The Atlantic.

Sunday, February 16, at 10 am

King of Kings: Organ Music by Black Composers, Past and Present

Nathaniel Gumbs, Director of Chapel Music at Yale University, reviews organ music by Black composers, including some pieces he will play at the 11 am service. Please post your questions in the comments section on Facebook or YouTube, or email the Reverend Peter Thompson at  

 

Upcoming

February 23 - The Forum is hiatus for the Annual Parish Meeting and Vestry Election

March 2 - Celebrating The Right Reverend Dean E. Wolfe and Mrs. Ellen Frantz-Wolfe

Dean, Ellen, and friends celebrate eight transformative years of ministry at St. Bart’s.

Watch or listen to The Forum from previous weeks below.

AI: Promise and Peril
01.26.25 | Articles | The Forum

Technical Difficulties: Sound for this video begins at the 20:30 mark. We apologize for the inconvenience. Computer scientist and St. Bart’s parishioner Clay Williams offers insights into how Artificial Intelligence (AI) works and the...

Gandhi, King, and Nonviolence
01.19.25 | Articles | The Forum

Karuna Mantena, Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, discusses Mahatma Gandhi's influence on the thinking of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the connection they both perceived between social change and...

The Divine Feminine
12.22.24 | Articles | The Forum

Heather Christian, whose production “Terce: A Practical Breviary” won widespread acclaim earlier this year, speaks about the divine feminine and its influence on her work.

Uncertainty
12.15.24 | Articles | The Forum

The Reverend Dr. Serene Jones, President of Union Theological Seminary, speaks to the challenge of living in times of social uncertainty and points to the Christian tradition as a source of hope and strength.

Engaging Others, Knowing Ourselves
12.08.24 | Articles | The Forum

The Reverend Margaret Rose, The Episcopal Church’s Deputy for Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations, discusses our denomination’s commitment to relationships with other faith traditions and reflects on how such engagement may both...

Communion
12.01.24 | Articles | The Forum

Matthew LaBanca discusses his autobiographical play Communion about a Roman Catholic school teacher who is fired for marrying someone of the same gender. Communion is currently playing Off-Broadway at the cell theatre...

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