Formation -- Part 1

This past Sunday, we "interrupted our regularly scheduled sermon" at Trinity Church in order to have a congregational conversation about the time devoted in our weekly schedule for something we call "Christian Formation".

Specifically, our discussion centered upon how our parish as a whole is attending to the baptismal promise of supporting our children and young people in their life in Christ.

Part of the challenge before us, I think, is reimagining what "formation" is. So often, no matter what the nomenclature, we find ourselves repeatedly revisiting the "Sunday School" model -- worrying about curriculum, staffing, attendance and such.

In the aftermath of our "Town Hall Meeting", I'm thinking that an opportunity exists to more intentionally articulate what it means to be a community of disciples -- to give voice to the notion that "formation happens" when we are present with and to one another -- in all of our activities and interactions.