Adult Education & Formation

Teach them the statutes and instructions and make known to them the way they are to go and the things they are to do. Exodus 18:20

Formation and deepening knowledge of the Christian faith is an essential part of the Anglican ethos. CSS endeavors to provide illuminating, interesting and challenging educational programs for adults as well as children.

Adult Forums

Lent Program 2025

CHRIST & SAINT STEPHEN’S offers an Adult Forum on Sunday mornings at 9:30, lasting an hour. The time is spent in learning, theological reflection, and building Christian community. You are welcome to come for any session of interest to you and when your schedule allows. 

Note:  Each Sunday program is self-contained. You can join in at any time without worrying about what went before.

Forums for Lent

We will explore the appointed scriptural passages for the five Lenten Sundays between Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday.  These will not be “Bible Study” sessions, but rather an opportunity to reflect on the Church’s choice of readings for the day.  We will discuss how these words written millennia ago strike us in our own time.

This Sunday, March 30, will be led by our longtime parishioner, Eunice Jackson.  

Wednesday Evenings April 2, 9

Service ~ 5:00 pm: Brown Bag packing in the undercroft

Worship ~ 6:00 pm: Holy Eucharist in the church

Fellowship ~ 6:30 pm: Dinner in the undercroft

Formation ~ 7:00–8:00 pm: Discussion of the book, The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James Cone. Books may be purchased at Shakespeare & Co., 2020 Broadway (between 69th & 70th Streets)

Book/Video Forums

During Advent, Lent and Eastertide, adults join in evening discussion groups centered on novels, theological works, and film and video series.