Lenten Lecture and Dinner Series: Why the Church is Still Worth It

Why the Church is Still Worth It
Lenten Dinner and Lecture Series
Wednesdays, March 12 – April 9
6:30 – 8 pm in the Hall Life Center

The church can be a place of division, brokenness, and shame. Or it can be boring, an interruption to your weekend, not a good enough excuse to get up early or miss brunch. So what's the point of being part of a church? Why not be a Christian solo or leave the faith altogether? Join Dr. Kira Moolman Pettit and weekly guest speakers to hear more about why the church is still worth it today.

Speaker Schedule:

March 12th: Best of Times; Worst of Times: Why We Need The Church Today
Kira Moolman Pettit (PhD, Wycliffe College) is the Director of Adult Formation at the Church of St. John the Divine, Houston.

March 19th: Help! I Need Somebody: How the Church and Her Scriptures Help Us Survive
The Rev. Rebecca W. Poe Hays, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Christian Scriptures (Hebrew Bible/Old Testament) at the George W. Truett Theological Seminary of Baylor University.

March 26th: The Church is Christ’s Body, God’s Family: Recapturing the New Testament Vision
Lynn H. Cohick (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) is Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Director of Houston Theological Seminary, Houston Christian University.

April 2nd: Ritual is Real: The Church is Her Liturgy
The Rev. Nathan G. Jennings, Ph.D., is Professor of Liturgics and Anglican Studies at the Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas.

April 9th: Why the Church is the Reason God Created the Universe
Brad East (PhD, Yale University) is associate professor of theology at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas.

Weekly Schedule:

6:30-7 pm: Dinner
7-7:05 pm: Welcome and prayer 
7:05-7:50 pm: Lecture
7:50-8 pm: Discussion and concluding remarks