Spiritual Masters Series
Church Bulletin Packet

As you may know, the Pastoral Summit, based at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, is sponsoring a speakers series this fall. The following inserts are camera-ready for your church bulletin. Those on this page are for immediate use, the others should be used the Sunday prior to each individual presentation. This will help in promoting participation among all Wilmington churches. If you would like to download an electronic version of these inserts, visit our web site at www.findagreatchurch.org. If you have questions, call 962-7225.

Tuesday, September 25, 6:30 p.m.
First Baptist Church (5th and Market)
First Baptist Church will host the first of five "Spiritual Masters" presentations this coming Tuesday. Dinner will be included at no cost...a freewill offering will be taken. This presentation promises to be a great opportunity for education, inspiration, and fellowship for the entire family...DIETRICH BONHOEFFER was a German pastor and theologian. Believing that only by living completely in this world can one learn to have faith, Bonhoeffer sought to discover the concrete presence of Jesus Christ in the world, especially in a world that was experiencing the rise of Nazism. He was eventually hanged by the Nazis…Presenter JAYNE DAVIS is director of Christian education at First Baptist. She is the former executive director of the New Hanover County Partnership for Children and the Smart Start initiative. A graduate of Columbia University, she is pursuing the Master of Divinity degree at Campbell University Divinity School.

Tuesday, October 23, 6:30 p.m.
Trinity United Methodist Church (14th and Market)
Trinity United Methodist Church will host the third of five "Spiritual Masters" presentations this coming Tuesday. Dinner will be included at no cost...a freewill offering will be taken. This presentation promises to be a great opportunity for education, inspiration, and fellowship for the entire family...HENRI NOUWEN has been described as “one of the most beloved and important spiritual writers of the twentieth century”. Many of his books, including The Inner Voice of Love, The Wounded Healer, and The Return of the Prodigal Son, have become classics. His life work and witness are treasured by many as truly inspirational...Presenter DAVID BROWNLEE is the director of Wellspring Ministries for the North Carolina Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. Brownlee has long been active in spiritual formation both personally and corporately through the Academy of Spiritual Formation, covenant discipleship groups and pastoral leadership.

Tuesday, November 6, 6:30 p.m.
St. James Episcopal Church (3rd and Market)
St. James Episcopal Church will host the fourth of five "Spiritual Masters" presentations this coming Tuesday. Dinner will be included at no cost...a freewill offering will be taken. This presentation promises to be a great opportunity for education, inspiration, and fellowship for the entire family...EVELYN UNDERHILL is one the most outstanding and prolific writers in the field of Christian spirituality in the 20th century. Her writings focus on contemplative prayer, teaching that the life of prayer is not just for monks and nuns, but is for any Christian willing to undertake the journey. Some of her better known works include Mysticism, The Mystic Way, and Worship...Presenter DR. C. STEVEN TEAGUE came to St. James in June, 2000, having served as a Baptist minister for about 25 years. During a study at Virginia Theological Seminary, he became acquainted with the spiritual retreats of Eveyln Underhill through Benedictine Spiritual Direction.

Tuesday, November 13, 6:30 p.m.
St. Luke A.M.E. Zion (7th and Church)
St. Luke A.M.E. Zion Church will host the final of five "Spiritual Masters" presentations this coming Tuesday. Dinner will be included at no cost...a freewill offering will be taken. This presentation promises to be a great opportunity for education, inspiration, and fellowship for the entire family...MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. demonstrated how one’s relationship with God goes beyond the Sunday morning experience. He demonstrated the words of Christ. "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.”...Presenter DR. FREDDIE I. BARNES, pastor of First African Baptist Church, Goldsboro, NC, was nurtured during his doctoral work by Dr. Otis Moss, a Martin Luther King Jr. scholar and friend.

DIETRICH BONHOEFFER...For Use on Sunday, September 23.

THOMAS MERTON...For Use on Sunday, October 7.

HENRI NOUWEN...For Use on Sunday, October 21.

EVELYN UNDERHILL...For Use on Sunday, November 4.

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR...For Use on Sunday, November 11.

Tuesday, October 9, 6:30 p.m.
St. Mary Parish (5th and Ann)
St. Mary Parish will host the second of five "Spiritual Masters" presentations this coming Tuesday. Dinner will be included at no cost...a freewill offering will be taken. This presentation promises to be a great opportunity for education, inspiration, and fellowship for the entire family...THOMAS MERTON was a Trappist monk and author of some 60 books. His range was wide, from his searingly honest autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain, to many books on contemplation and prayer to his essays on such issues as war, race, and the human condition. Merton, who died in 1968, is perhaps the most widely published and read Catholic monk of all time...Presenter PAUL WILKES is a UNCW professor, author, WHQR commentator, Pastoral Summit director, and the director/writer of the PBS documentary, Merton: A Film Biography, which he will show and comment upon.

Tuesdays, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
September 25 - First Baptist Church, 5th and Market Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Presenter: Jayne Davis)
October 9 - St. Mary Catholic Parish, 5th and Ann Thomas Merton (Presenter: Paul Wilkes)
October 23 - Trinity United Methodist Church, 14th and Market Henri Nouwen
(Presenter: David Brownlee)
November 6 - St. James Episcopal Church, 3rd and Market Evelyn Underhill (Presenter: Dr. C. Steven Teague)
November 13 - St. Luke A.M.E. Zion Church, 7th and Church Martin Luther King, Jr. (Presenter: Dr. Freddie I. Barnes)

FOR IMMEDIATE USE.

Five downtown Wilmington churches will host a "Spiritual Masters" series this fall. Mark your calendars for this exciting series, which will feature presentations on five inspiring religious figures who each can uniquely speak to our lives today. Dinner will be included at no cost...a freewill offering will be taken. This series promises to be a great opportunity for education, inspiration, and fellowship for the entire family.
Find out more about the series at www.findagreatchurch.org

Five Downtown Wilmington Churches
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The Pastoral Summit
(Based at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington)
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