Course Schedule

Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4
4th March, 202611th March, 202618th March, 202625th March, 2026
TopicPrayer’s Many FormsThe IncarnationSacraments & NomenclatureJesus in Time and Place
ReadingsCGS Podcast: Episode 34 (Rebecca)
Nurturingthe Human Spirit (Dittburner)
Heschel Quote
Cavalletti Quote
L’Engle – quoting DonneJewish burial and mourning rituals, Jewish resistance, Roman executions 
MeditationThe Enthronement of the Bible on the Prayer TableProphecies seeing the future from the pastBible and LiturgyUnless a Grain of Wheat 
ContextualThe First Plane Child’s Prayer/WorshipThe EnvironmentDenominational / Contextual DifferencesThe Adult
TheologicalHow Does Prayer LookThe Infancy NarrativesLiturgy Forms UsThe humanity of the Child
PracticalPin PrickingSweepingPouringPlant Polishing
Week 5Week 6Week 7
15th April, 202622nd April, 202629th April, 2026
TopicParable MethodThe Good Shepherd The Covenantal Family
ReadingParable of the Good Shepherd by Amy Jill Levine
MeditationThe Mustard SeedThe Good Shepherd in ContextMingling of Heaven and Earth in the Sacrament
PedagogySynthesis of the ParablesThe Practical Good ShepherdGesturesGestures
TheologyThe Kingdom of God is …. in, out, around, beyondFollowing the Voice: Unity and Diversity in the Kingdom of GodCovenant
PracticalSpooningWalking the Line / Making SilencePolishing
Covenant
Baptism
Leading into Good Shepherd Sunday (4th Sunday of Easter): Psalm 23Leading into 5th Sunday of Easter: “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” John 14: 6
29th April, 2026
Leading into Good Shepherd Sunday (4th Sunday of Easter): Psalm 23