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Why Do We Avoid Evangelism? Pre-Lenten Retreat Feb. 17-18

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We will explore the indifference, ignorance, and fear of evangelism in America and what our role as Orthodox Christians is.

SCHEDULE:

  • Friday, Feb. 17: 6pm-8pm Potluck Lenten Dinner and Presentation/Discussion with Adam Lowell Roberts

  • Saturday, Feb. 18: 9am Soul Saturday Liturgy (followed by Potluck Brunch), 11am Retreat, 5pm Great Vespers

ABOUT ADAM:

Sdn. Adam Lowell Roberts is the full-time administrator of the Becoming Truly Human program of the Antiochian Archdiocese. Adam was one of the co-founders of Camp St. Thekla for the Antiochian Archdiocese, hosts a podcast on Ancient Faith Radio called “Go Forth,” and is also the author of 100 Natural Ways To Grow A Church. After listening to Ancient Faith Radio, Adam developed a deep interest in the art of a loving discipleship. This interest led him to the Becoming Truly Human outreach ministry.

More at his personal website: Adam Lowell Roberts

May 6-27: Orthodox Evangelism Lecture Series

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In the month of May, a series of three lectures on evangelism in the Orthodox tradition will be offered at St. Paul Orthodox Church, presented by the Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick.

All lectures follow Vespers (evening prayer), which begins at 6:30pm on Wednesday nights.

  • May 6: Baptism Into Data: Orthodox Christian Reflections and Comparisons with Evangelical Protestant Evangelism

  • May 13: Taking the Light Ahead: Lessons from Missionary Saints of the Orthodox Church

  • May 20: Evening Liturgy for the Ascension (in place of Vespers; no lecture)

  • May 27: The Gospel Message: The Heart of the Orthodox Christian

Admission is FREE.

St. Paul’s Pastor Preaches Lenten Evangelism Series in 2015 (UPDATED with links)

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Fr-AndrewFrom the Antiochian Archdiocese:

Starting with the first Sunday of the Triodion, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick has been releasing weekly installments of a 10-part sermon series on evangelism and the Lenten Triodion. The meditations are available in audio form through his Roads from Emmaus podcast, or as posts on the blog of the same name.

Father Andrew, who serves in the Antiochian Archdiocese, says in his introduction, “For the next ten weeks, from today through Palm Sunday, we will be discussing evangelism. Each Sunday of the Triodion has a different theme to it, usually based in the Gospel reading, and all of them have something to say about sharing the good news of Jesus Christ to the world. The Gospel is like a great jewel with many facets, each sparkling with its own light, and each drawing us into the depths of the beauty of this most precious gift. So from now until Palm Sunday, we will be looking at different facets of this gem of evangelism.”

The pastor of St. Paul Orthodox Church of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, Fr. Andrew is the author of Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy and An Introduction to God (available at Ancient Faith Publishing). He is also the host of the Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy and Roads from Emmaus podcasts, both hosted on Ancient Faith Radio.

Read the text and listen to the recordings of the Lenten evangelism sermons here:

  1. The Publican and Pharisee (podcast)
  2. The Prodigal Son (podcast)
  3. The Last Judgment (podcast)
  4. Forgiveness and the Expulsion from Paradise (podcast)
  5. “Come and See” (The Sunday of Orthodoxy) (podcast)
  6. St. Gregory Palamas and the Paralytic (podcast)
  7. The High Priest on the Cross (podcast)
  8. Renunciation of the World and Evangelism (podcast)
  9. The Journey of Mary of Egypt to the Cross (podcast)
  10. Palm Sunday and the City of Man (podcast)

Meeting the World: Taking the Gospel Into Our Times and Places

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greatcommissioniconMeeting the World: Taking the Gospel Into Our Times and Places is a series about Orthodox Christian engagement with the surrounding culture.

It was originally presented by Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick on Dec. 4, 2011 to Jan. 15, 2012.

  • I. Meeting the World: Taking the Gospel Into Our Times and Places: Part 1, Part 2
  • II. A Peculiar People: Orthodox Christian Identity in a Hostile World: Part 1, Part 2
  • III. A Divine Ecology: An Orthodox Christian Vision for the Environment: Part 1, Part 2
  • IV. The Transfiguration of Place: An Orthodox Christian Vision of Localism: Part 1, Part 2
  • V. Doctrine Matters: Why Orthodoxy Isn’t Just Orthopraxy: Part 1, Part 2

Orthodoxy & Heterodoxy

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OrthodoxyAndHeterodoxyOrthodoxy & Heterodoxy is a 7-part lecture series examining the differences between Orthodox Christianity and other religions, presented by Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick. (AFR site, RSS feed)

The series was subsequently published as a book with the same name available from Ancient Faith Publishing (formerly Conciliar Press) (also available from Amazon.com, including as an e-book). The book form is both revised and expanded from the original podcasts.

The topics are as follows:

I. Heterodoxy & Heresy (introduction)– originally presented Sept. 27, 2009

  • Part 1: Understanding the Terms
  • Part 2: The Essentials of Christian Doctrine
  • Handouts: Outline (including Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy quick references)

II. Roman Catholicism– originally presented Oct. 4, 2009

III. The Classical/Magisterial Reformation (Lutherans, Calvinists, Reformed, Zwinglians, Anglicans, Episcopalians, Methodists, Wesleyans) – originally presented on Oct. 11, 2009

IV. The Radical Reformation (Anabaptists, Baptists, Brethren, Amish, Mennonites, Moravians, Restorationists, Adventists) – originally presented on Oct. 25, 2009

  • Part 1: “Believer’s baptism” over against infant baptism, anti-sacramentalism, the “invisible Church,” etc.
  • Part 2: Denominations that formed after the Radical Reformation, as well as two studies in ecclesiological inheritance (Restorationists and Adventists).
  • Handouts: Outline, The Trail of Blood

V. Modern Revivalism (Pentecostalism, Charismatics, Evangelicalism, Emergents) – originally presented on Nov. 1, 2009

  • Part 1: Personal conversion, individualism, and private biblical interpretation.
  • Part 2: Lecture continuation.
  • Part 3: Holiness movement (including Pentecostalism / Charismatics), mega-churches, dispensationalism, fundamentalism, liberalism, and the “emergent” church movement.
  • Handouts: Outline, Theosis in the New Testament

VI. Non-Christian Religions (Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shinto, Sikhism, Wicca, Neo-paganism, Zoroastrianism, Modern Gnosticism, Scientology, Animism) – originally presented on Nov. 8, 2009

VII. Non-Mainstream Christians (Swedenborgians, Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Unitarian Universalists, Christadelphians, Christian Science, Unification Church (“Moonies”); also includes series conclusions) – originally presented on Nov. 15, 2009

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