Adult Education
Bible Study
– We hold
a weekly Bible Study group that meets to discuss
informally how the Bible touches our understanding
helped by The New Interpreter's Bible Commentary
when we need help. It is an interactive and
lively group of about twelve. We begin after
the Holy Eucharist service at about 10:45
until about 11:30 in the Canterbury Room.
Mary and
Martha’s Group –
The Mary and Martha’s is a group of
women of all ages which
meets weekly with the purpose of fostering
spiritual growth in a relaxed setting. Weekly
meetings include prayer, selected readings,
discussion and fellowship. The group meets
on Tuesdays,
1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. in the Canterbury Room.
Please contact Annette Pirquet (avpirquet@aol.com)
if you are interested in visiting or joining
the group. All are Welcome!
St. Luke’s
Book Club
October 2007 - May 2008
Join us for our 8th year of spirited discussion.
All are welcome: our group includes a
diversity of faith traditions. We meet from
7:15-8:30 p.m. on the dates below.
Call St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Gladstone
for more information (908) 234-0002.
October 4
We Need to Talk about Kevin
by Lionel Shriver (Fiction/paperback/432 pgs.)
"...in a disquieting, provocative, and
brilliantly written novel about a mother desperately
attempting to understand why her son, 15-year
old Kevin, brutally, with premeditation, murdered
seven of his fellow classmates, a cafeteria
worker, and his English teacher...examines
how a heinous event can impact a town, a marriage,
a family and an individual."
November 1
Cry the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton (Fiction/paperback/320 pgs.)
"...is an eye-opening look into 1940's
South Africa. Embraces all that is beautiful
in South Africa and at the same time reveals
hardships during Apartheid."
January 10
Pope Joan by Donna
Woolfolk Cross (Fiction/paperback/448 pgs.)
"Some have heard of the infamous Pope
Joan, the woman who disguised herself as a
man, and achieved the highest status of the
time. The novel is written in a fictional
sense, but weaves many of the little known
facts into the tale."
February 7
The Sea by John
Banville (Fiction/paperback/208 pgs.) Booker
Prize winner
"...introduces us to Max Morden, a middle-aged
Irishman who has gone back to the seaside
town where he spent his summer holidays as
a child, in order to cope with the recent
loss of his wife."
March 6
March by Geraldine
Brooks (Fiction/paperback/304 pgs.)
"imagines the Civil War experiences of
Mr. March, the absent father in Louisa May
Alcott's "Little Women." Brooks’s
affecting, beautifully written novel drives
home the intimate horrors and ironies of the
Civil War..."
April 3
Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane (Fiction/paperback)
“...written in 1895, is considered by
many literary critics to be one of the greatest
of all American novels. This is a book about
the Civil War and one Union soldier's struggle
with his inner demons as he prepares for,
and fights, his first battle."
May 1
About Alice by Calvin
Trillin (Non-fiction/hardcover/96 pgs.)
"...homage to his late wife Alice...memoir
is a celebration of the life the Trillins
shared. Unveils a straightforward honest portrait
of their marriage and family life."
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