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, December 8, at 10 am
Engaging Others, Knowing Ourselves
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 deepen our own faith and help in the building of peace.
Upcoming Sundays
Sunday, December 15
Uncertainty
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.
Watch or listen to The Forum from previous weeks below.
Evangeline Warren, who grew up at St. Bart’s, talks about the emerging role of young adults within the Episcopal Church. Eva, the daughter of Mary Abraham and Rob Radtke, is currently working towards her Ph.D. in sociology at Ohio State...
In the fourth session of our Lenten series, “The Journey Inward,” the Right Reverend Dean Wolfe spoke about the Christian discipline of Study to equip us during this penitential season of Lent.
In the third session of our Lenten Series, “The Journey Inward,” the Right Reverend Dean Wolfe shares practices and disciplines of fasting to equip you during this penitential season of Lent.
In our Lenten Forum Series, “The Journey Inward,” St. Bart’s clergy will share well-proved practices of prayer and discipline for you to consider during this penitential season. March 5: The Right Reverend Dean Wolfe shared...
St. Bart's at the Oscars: Matthew Moretz led a lively discussion about three nominees for Best Picture: Jackie, Hacksaw Ridge, and Manchester by the Sea. Spoiler alert: all is revealed!
Michael Kurth, parishioner and now seminarian at Yale Divinity School, spoke to us about the spiritual craft of Iconography, especially that of the Russian Church. Learn the meaning and symbolism of this ancient and holy tradition of worship and art.
Our Forum guests Connie Evans, Executive Director of the St. Bartholomew’s Conservancy, and Carole Bailey French, President of the Conservancy, offered presentation on the process behind our parish’s recent National Landmark status...