Sacred Roots Annual Theme

TUMI Sacred Roots Annual 2016-2017: Sisters of the Spirit (Luke 1.38)

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One of the most important and yet most easily overlooked facts of the Church’s spiritual formation is the power and beauty of women’s spirituality. This year, our intent will be to learn how the holy women of the Scripture demonstrated their commitment and allegiance to God and Christ, and discover how our own walks in Christ can be enriched through their example. Our cover depicts Mary greeting Elizabeth after Gabriel told her she would give birth to Jesus. As in all our Church Year spiritual formation exercises, the beginning of the Year focuses on the person and work of Jesus Christ, from the promise of his coming to the sending of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Starting at the Ordinary Time of the Season after Pentecost, we will begin to explore in earnest the power of women’s spirituality, both during the unfolding of the Church Year and our book readings and discussion times together.

A main focus of this emphasis will be our study of the lives and accomplishments of some of most spiritually anointed and powerful women of Scripture. We have given the name to these character studies “Vignettes of the ‘Hidden Persons of the Heart’ (1 Pet. 3.3-6).” We have selected defining moments in the lives and ministries of godly impactful women in Scripture, and we will study them thoroughly, inducing from their amazing lives both insights and principles of what it means to live for God in extraordinary times of challenge and promise. Here is the week by week outline of the study sessions we will explore by their order of appearance, beginning the week after the celebration of Trinity Sunday. The character trait before each individual provides the thematic lens through which we will view their situation and response.