Weekly Adult Education Series
for Christians and Seekers

Slow Religion

Slow Religion, is a lay person-led, adult education weekly series for Christians and seekers. The class is a slow and careful reading of the Gospel, it considers a range of commentaries, and tries to understand the cultural, historical, and religious contexts and how to apply them today.
Prior Slow Religion Classes include the Gospel of According to Mark (2021-22), the Foundations of Christian Faith (2020-21), the Holy Spirit (2020), the Gospel of St. John (2019-20), and St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans (2017-8).

Sponsoring Churches

St. Stephens Episcopal Church, Belvedere, CA
Episcopal Church of our Saviour, Mill Valley, CA
Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Seattle, WA
St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, Inverness, CA 

Lay Leader and Advisors

Joe Jennings, lay leader, Education for Ministry graduate
The Rev. Zoila Schoenbrun, St. Stephens Episcopal Church, Belvedere, CA
The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer, Episcopal Church of our Saviour, Mill Valley, CA
The Rev. Heather Wenrick, the Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Seattle.
Father Vincent Pizzuto, PhD., vicar at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, Inverness CA and Full Professor at the (Jesuit) University of San Francisco, New Testament and Christian Mysticism, in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies.

Artworks

Inspiration of Saint Matthew, Caravaggio, 1602
Supper at Emmaus, 1602, Caravaggio
The Calling of St. Matthew, Caravaggio, 1600
Prophet Daniel, Michelangelo, 1508-12