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  • March 1

    The Enneagram & Centering Prayer
    March 1-5, Monday 6 p.m. until Friday 11 a.m. (CST)

    While the Enneagram and Centering Prayer emerge from two different backgrounds, in this retreat we will see them in relation to one another. The Enneagram gives us a unique perspective on what it means to be a human being. More particularly, it helps us discern our own false self in relation to the true self that is made in the image and likeness of God. Centering Prayer is a practice that facilitates the death of the false self and the birth of the true; those processes are one. This is the movement of the Paschal Mystery in the Christian life: the ripe fruit of our baptism.

    No prior experience with the Centering Prayer or the Enneagram is necessary.

    Presenter: Father William Meninger, one of the founders of the Centering Prayer movement (along with Thomas Keating and Basil Pennington) and has written widely and recorded numerous audiotapes on contemplative prayer.

    Residential Fee: $475, Deposit: $50
    Please print the Online Registration Form, fill it out, and mail it in with your payment.
    St. Mary's Sewanee: A center for Spiritual Development, 800-728-1659

  • March 3

    Thorne Sparkman School Wednesday's during Lent
    Wednesday, March 3rd at 5:30pm at St. Paul's Episcopal Church

    The Thorme Sparkman School began during Lent 1974, the brainchild of the Rev. John H. Bonner (1919-1993), who was rector of St. Paul s from 1956 until 1985. He felt that because of its unique role as a downtown parish, St. Paul's shuold be offering other Episcopal churches in the community "the best in Christian Education, in music, in drama, in ethics, in counseling, in medical ethics, governmental concerns, etc." The serices was named in honor of the Rev. Thorne Sparkman (1904-1988), who was rector at St. Paul's from 1938 until 1949.


    Courses:

  • The Modernity of Milton. Mr. Bill Cushman, Retired English Teacher, The Baylor School.
  • We shall not cease from exploration: T.S. Elliot's Four Quartets. Dr. Charles Thornbury, Professor Emeritus, St. John's College, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Liturgy: an Art Form. Mr. Paul Reynolds, Retired Organist/Choirmaster, St. Paul's Church.
  • The Gospel According to John. Dr Jim Dunkley, Librarian, The School of Theology, The University of the South.
  • The Laybrinth. Dr. Lilian Lasley, Adjunct Professor of Phiosophy and Religion, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.


  • It is important to register online no later than Monday, February 22.

    Dinner is available each session at a cost of $6.00 per meal for adults and $2.50 for children. (The total for all five sessions is $30.00 for adults and $12.50 for children.) For individual dinner reservations and cancellations, please register online by Monday of each week. Reservations are required for vegetarian dinners.

    For more information contact the church office at 423-266-8195.
    St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 305 West Seventh Street at Pine, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402

  • March 4

    ELIZABETH AND RAYMOND CHENAULT
    Thursday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m.(CST) at All Saints Chapel

    Beth and Ray Chenault's best-selling recordings and frequent performances throughout the U.S. and Europe have made "four hands, four feet" organ duets almost synonymous with "the Chenaults." Recitals by the Chenaults, in locations including Washington National Cathedral and St. Paul's Cathedral in London, have been acclaimed for their unique repertoire combined with exciting and sensitive artistry. Specializing in works written for two performers, Beth and Ray Chenault have commissioned and premiered over 40 organ duets, making a significant historical contribution to organ literature. America’s leading duo-organists, since 1975 the Chenaults have been organists and choirmasters of All Saints' Episcopal Church in Atlanta. They last played at Sewanee in 1988, and the campus is looking forward to their return.

    Tickets may be purchased online: $25/adult; $20/senior; $10/student.
    (Sewanee faculty, staff and students admitted free with ID.)
    Season tickets for all six events are available for $90/adult; $75/senior; and $40/student.

    For more information or to purchase tickets, call 931.598.1770 or e-mail performingarts@sewanee.edu. All dates and times are subject to change. Please confirm performance details before making travel arrangements.

  • March 7

    Jazz Vespers
    Sunday, March 7th, at 5:00 p.m. at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church

    Vespers is late afternoon or early evening prayer. One of the nine “daily offices” of the Benedictine monasteries, vespers celebrates the lighting of the lamps as evening descends. By incorporating jazz music into the sung and played prayer, St. Timothy’s will follow in the long tradition of Jazz Vespers—a mix of poetry, prayer, and live jazz—known in New York, Toronto, Seattle, Vancouver, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Jacksonville (FL), and elsewhere. Many well-known jazz composers have written sacred music, including Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, and Joe Williams. These services also adapt secular music to spiritual ends.

    In the service at St. Timothy’s, the jazz messengers will be Kathy Tugman and the David Walters Trio, all veterans and adepts of the style. Also, Philip Newton, playing organ, will perform a duet with David Walters, on piano.

    All are welcome to attend this service. No admission is charged, a freewill offering will be gratefully received.

    For More Information contact Philip Newton, Director of Music Ministries (423) 886-2281x107
    St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, 630 Mississippi Ave., Signal Mountain, TN 37377 Map
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  • March 10

    Thorne Sparkman School Wednesday's during Lent
    Wednesday, March 10th at 5:30pm at St. Paul's Episcopal Church

    The Thorme Sparkman School began during Lent 1974, the brainchild of the Rev. John H. Bonner (1919-1993), who was rector of St. Paul s from 1956 until 1985. He felt that because of its unique role as a downtown parish, St. Paul's shuold be offering other Episcopal churches in the community "the best in Christian Education, in music, in drama, in ethics, in counseling, in medical ethics, governmental concerns, etc." The serices was named in honor of the Rev. Thorne Sparkman (1904-1988), who was rector at St. Paul's from 1938 until 1949.


    Courses:

  • The Modernity of Milton. Mr. Bill Cushman, Retired English Teacher, The Baylor School.
  • We shall not cease from exploration: T.S. Elliot's Four Quartets. Dr. Charles Thornbury, Professor Emeritus, St. John's College, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Liturgy: an Art Form. Mr. Paul Reynolds, Retired Organist/Choirmaster, St. Paul's Church.
  • The Gospel According to John. Dr Jim Dunkley, Librarian, The School of Theology, The University of the South.
  • The Laybrinth. Dr. Lilian Lasley, Adjunct Professor of Phiosophy and Religion, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.


  • It is important to register online no later than Monday, February 22.

    Dinner is available each session at a cost of $6.00 per meal for adults and $2.50 for children. (The total for all five sessions is $30.00 for adults and $12.50 for children.) For individual dinner reservations and cancellations, please register online by Monday of each week. Reservations are required for vegetarian dinners.

    For more information contact the church office at 423-266-8195.
    St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 305 West Seventh Street at Pine, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402

  • March 12

    The Resurrection of Jesus Christ
    March 12 – 14, Friday 6 p.m. until Sunday 11 a.m. (CST)

    In this retreat participants will reflect on the early Christian resurrection proclamation: what it was, and how it was likely to have been understood by those who first heard the news. We will examine the various attempts that have been made to explain what had happened at the first Easter, in ways that differ from the Christian perspective. Those forms of explanation that are currently most fashionable will be considered with special care. Dr. Bryant will lead an exploration of what early Christians saw as the consequences of their claim. What did it mean that they believed Christ had been raised from the dead?

    Presenter: The Rev. Dr. Christopher Bryant, the C.K. Benedict Professor of New Testament, The School of Theology, The University of the South.

    Residential Fee: $275, Commuter Fee: $175, Deposit: $50
    Please print the Online Registration Form, fill it out, and mail it in with your payment.
    St. Mary's Sewanee: A center for Spiritual Development, 800-728-1659

  • March 13

    Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop
    Saturday, March 13 from 9:30AM - 3:00PM at St. Peter's Episcopal Church

    A Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop will be led by Dr. Barbara Ray and the Reverend Margaret Marshall. Centering prayer is a contemplative form of prayer that is both a relationship with God and a discipline to foster that relationship. It is a silent form of prayer where one listens to God with the intention to consent to God’s presence and action in one’s life.

    Registration fee $35.00, $30.00 for students. Pre-registration is requested by February 27th. Lunch is provided with a vegetarian option. Six follow-up sessions are included at no additional cost.

    Please print, complete and return the Registration Form with check payable to Joani Koch by February 27th.

    For more information: Contact Barbara Ray at (423) 490-0735 or Margaret Marshall at (423) 757-9580.
    St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 848 Ashland Terrace, Chattanooga, TN 37415, Directions.

  • March 14

    Lift High The Cross - Lenten Hymn Festival
    Sunday, March 14, 5:00 p.m. at Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church

    Join us for an ecumenical lenten hymn festival featuring the Chattanooga Girls Choir accompanied by the church choirs of Brainerd UMC, First-Centenary UMC, St. Timothy’s Episcopal, Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Christ Church Episcopal and Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church. The event is sponsored by the Chattanooga Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.


    For more information contact Muriel Phillips, mmildred@comcast.net or 423.243.4467.
    Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church, 214 East Eighth Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402.

  • March 17

    Thorne Sparkman School Wednesday's during Lent
    Wednesday, March 17th at 5:30pm at St. Paul's Episcopal Church

    The Thorme Sparkman School began during Lent 1974, the brainchild of the Rev. John H. Bonner (1919-1993), who was rector of St. Paul s from 1956 until 1985. He felt that because of its unique role as a downtown parish, St. Paul's shuold be offering other Episcopal churches in the community "the best in Christian Education, in music, in drama, in ethics, in counseling, in medical ethics, governmental concerns, etc." The serices was named in honor of the Rev. Thorne Sparkman (1904-1988), who was rector at St. Paul's from 1938 until 1949.


    Courses:

  • The Modernity of Milton. Mr. Bill Cushman, Retired English Teacher, The Baylor School.
  • We shall not cease from exploration: T.S. Elliot's Four Quartets. Dr. Charles Thornbury, Professor Emeritus, St. John's College, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Liturgy: an Art Form. Mr. Paul Reynolds, Retired Organist/Choirmaster, St. Paul's Church.
  • The Gospel According to John. Dr Jim Dunkley, Librarian, The School of Theology, The University of the South.
  • The Laybrinth. Dr. Lilian Lasley, Adjunct Professor of Phiosophy and Religion, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.


  • It is important to register online no later than Monday, February 22.

    Dinner is available each session at a cost of $6.00 per meal for adults and $2.50 for children. (The total for all five sessions is $30.00 for adults and $12.50 for children.) For individual dinner reservations and cancellations, please register online by Monday of each week. Reservations are required for vegetarian dinners.

    For more information contact the church office at 423-266-8195.
    St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 305 West Seventh Street at Pine, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402

  • March 24

    Thorne Sparkman School Wednesday's during Lent
    Wednesday, March 24th at 5:30pm at St. Paul's Episcopal Church

    The Thorme Sparkman School began during Lent 1974, the brainchild of the Rev. John H. Bonner (1919-1993), who was rector of St. Paul s from 1956 until 1985. He felt that because of its unique role as a downtown parish, St. Paul's shuold be offering other Episcopal churches in the community "the best in Christian Education, in music, in drama, in ethics, in counseling, in medical ethics, governmental concerns, etc." The serices was named in honor of the Rev. Thorne Sparkman (1904-1988), who was rector at St. Paul's from 1938 until 1949.


    Courses:

  • The Modernity of Milton. Mr. Bill Cushman, Retired English Teacher, The Baylor School.
  • We shall not cease from exploration: T.S. Elliot's Four Quartets. Dr. Charles Thornbury, Professor Emeritus, St. John's College, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Liturgy: an Art Form. Mr. Paul Reynolds, Retired Organist/Choirmaster, St. Paul's Church.
  • The Gospel According to John. Dr Jim Dunkley, Librarian, The School of Theology, The University of the South.
  • The Laybrinth. Dr. Lilian Lasley, Adjunct Professor of Phiosophy and Religion, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.


  • It is important to register online no later than Monday, February 22.

    Dinner is available each session at a cost of $6.00 per meal for adults and $2.50 for children. (The total for all five sessions is $30.00 for adults and $12.50 for children.) For individual dinner reservations and cancellations, please register online by Monday of each week. Reservations are required for vegetarian dinners.

    For more information contact the church office at 423-266-8195.
    St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 305 West Seventh Street at Pine, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402

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