Adult Opportunities
St. Francis offers a variety of opportunities for adults to go deeper into their faith. While we offer classes and groups, we find that we delve even deeper into faith through our life together and through living out our shared values. We call these values our Community Agreements, and they manifest in every aspect of our communal life.
We honor action and reflection as the most significant spiritual formation. Opportunities to serve are linked to opportunities to reflect on what that service has to do with our faith, so we encourage everyone to make and serve meals, volunteer at our partnership public school, join with our neighboring congregations in acts of justice, and meet to reflect on what we’ve learned.
Opportunities include seasonal Bible Studies, particularly for the Season of Creation, during Lent (the six weeks prior to Easter) and Advent (the four weeks prior to Christmas).
Read and Reflect with Rev. Amy offers opportunities to read together and discuss current challenges as Christians today. Recent offerings include food and faith, Christian social witness, and Franciscan spirituality.
St Francis also offers practical skills for life today both inside the church and beyond. Our community members have been both participant and partner with organizations such as:
- Safe Church, Safe Communities is a training which teaches us to identify and act on keeping children and vulnerable adults safe in our faith community and in all communities of which we are a part.
- Becoming Beloved Community is a training focused on racial reconciliation, healing, and justice. The content covers truth-telling, proclamation, formation, and justice.
- College for Congregational Development is a comprehensive training program that develops lay and clergy leaders to serve their unique communities.
- Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies is an educational nonprofit in Baltimore County offering various events and courses to advance interreligious dialogue and understanding.
The Rev. Dr. Amy Slaughter
she/her
Rector
About Me:
Preacher, justice seeker, Episcopal priest, community organizer, theologian, parent of three artistic young adult children. Native North Carolinian. Bookish. I believe God is up to something beautiful in this world, and I’m grateful we get to be a part of it.
My Role:
Rector is an old-fashioned word for pastor and administrative head of a church. As Rector I get to do what I love: support and nurture a faith community in the Episcopal tradition. Rectors are generalists; I get to wear a lot of hats, sometimes all in the same day. Preaching and presiding at Sunday worship, connecting one-on-one and in small groups at Welcome Table Wednesday, checking in with folks in crisis or in immediate need of care, meeting with those mourning a loss or celebrating an upcoming baptism, writing sermons, showing up at county meetings to make our neighborhood a better place and so much more. Mostly, I listen deeply – for what God is doing here and in the world, for what people need, and for how St. Francis can keep becoming a community where everyone belongs and everyone matters.
My Dream for St. Francis:
Listens to the Spirit, practices wide and generous welcome, shows up for each other and our neighbors, and isn’t afraid to ask big questions and have hard conversations.
A Few of my Favorite Things:
Hobby: Spending time by the water recharging and reflecting; journaling
Book/Movie/TV Show: Narrative non-fiction that reads like fiction – faves include Patrick Radden Keefe
Fun fact:
I come from a theatrical family and began working as an actor myself as a kid.
Latest Happenings
Sunday School at St. Francis / Escuela Dominical en St. Francis
As we begin a new year, St. Francis Episcopal Parish & Community Center is happy to resume our Sunday School for children, youth, and adults. After our holiday pause, we...
25-26 North Baltimore Episcopal Youth
Four Episcopal churches in northern Baltimore have joined together for the 3rd year in a row to form a collaborative youth group spanning our area! The North Baltimore...
