Current and Upcoming Adult Studies:
Pan-Orthodox Lenten Retreat -“Salvation and the Unseen World” with Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
This will be an all day retreat that will take place on Saturday, April 6, 2024.
Hosted by the Pan-Orthodox Churches of Genesee County at St. Mary Magdalene Parish
SCHEDULE:
9:30-10:30am - Hospitality & Registration
10am-12pm - Session 1: "What Do Demons Have to Do with the Gospel?"
12pm-1pm - Lenten Fellowship Lunch
1-2:30pm - Session 2: "What Do Angels Have to Do with Salvation?"
2:30-2:45pm - Break
2:45-3:30pm - Open Q&A
4pm - Pan-Orthodox Great Vespers
We strongly encourage you to attend this all-day retreat in person and join in the fellowship. If you are unable to join us in person there will be a private livestream of this event on YouTube. The retreat will not be broadcast publicly, so preregistration is required to recieve the information.
Accomodations:
We do not have a block of rooms set up for this retreat and all reservations must be made by the invididual. However, we do reccomend the following hotels in the area.
Holiday Inn at the Gateway Center
If you are joining us from the North or flying into Flint Bishop Airport we reccomend this Orthodox owned hotel.
Best Western Plus- Flint Airport
Those joining us for the weekend are welcome to attend services on Saturday evening and Sunday morning.
Service Schedule:
Saturday, April 6th:
Vespers & Confessions, 4:00pm
Sunday, April 7th: Sunday of the Cross
Hours, 9:40am
Divine Liturgy, 10:00am followed by coffee hour (all are encouraged to stay for fellowship)
Pre-Lent 2024
Registration is NOW OPEN
1st SEmester 2024 - What we believe
All classes begin at 6:30pm*
Wednesday, January 31st: Introduction to Orthodoxy and Holy Tradition
Wednesday, February 7th: What do we believe about God?
Wednesday, February 14th: What is mankind's purpose in life?
Wednesday, February 21st: What is sin?
Wednesday, February 28th: What did Jesus Christ come here to do?
Wednesday, March 6th: How do we pray?
Wednesday, March 13th: What is the big deal with the Theotokos and the saints?
We will be offering this semester's course in two different ways. You are invited to participate in person here at the Church which is preferred, but we are also going to offer the classes via Zoom. To sign-up for the class via zoom please email the parish office smmocafenton@gmail.com. If you plan on attending the classes in person please plan to arrive 10 minutes early as to not disrupt the online recording.
Previous Offerings…
Panel Discussion on Confession
At the 11th annual Pan-Orthodox charity dinner for Holy Dormition Monastery a panel discussion was held on the topic of Confession. Mother Gabriella, Fr. John Konkle, Fr. Gabriel Bilas and Fr. Matthew Butrie answered questions from those in attendance.
Below you can access either the recorded video or the audio files from the panel.
By the grace of God were were able to collect at total of $8,500 for the sisterhood of Holy Dormition Monastery through the genericity of our Pan-Orthodox Community.
Past Classes…
“The Hidden Prayers of the Liturgy” Winter 2023 Mini-Lecture Series
Download the PDF of the PowerPoint for “Hidden Prayers of the Liturgy” HERE
NOTE: All three classes are in one document.
“Acts after Acts” Summer 2023 Mini-Lecture Series
Download the PDF handouts and class materials for the “Acts after Acts” Mini-Lecture series HERE
“King Josiah and Repentance” with Fr. Josiah Trenham Pre-Lenten Reflection 2022
“Early Roots” - Examining the Acts of the Apostles with guest Fr. Stephen De Young, Advent 2020
“The Beginning and the End” - 2019 Fall Lecutre Series
“Let my Prayer Arise” - Evening worship in the Ancient Christian Church 2018
“Let us Pray to the Lord” - A walk through the ancient Christian worship service 2018
Previously Offered Courses
Many of our previous Adult Education Courses have been recorded, and can be viewed in our Adult Education Archive.