On Friday evening, October 16th at 6pm, and the following morning, Saturday October 17th at 9am, Rev. Amy will be hosting a Bake & Pray retreat at the church.

Bake & Pray is the brainchild of theologian, author, and baker, Kendall Vanderslice. Last February, Rev. Amy attended a workshop/retreat with Kendall to be able to host Bake & Pray retreats here at the Brick Church.,

According to Kendall Vanderslice, 

The primary goal of the Bake & Pray method is to illuminate the beauty of bread in the Christian tradition and Christian practice so that participants can understand more fully why Jesus would call himself the Bread of Life.

Bake and Pray is a way to encourage participants to integrate three practices into their lives that cut against the cultural norms of our day.
Those practices are:

Rest-- Bread doesn't become bread apart from long periods of rest. Bake & Pray begins from a posture of rest, asking how God might shape and form us when we slow down.

Curiosity-- Bread is at once incredibly simple and infinitely complex. If we remain curious, we will always have more to learn. Our goal won't be to master bread baking, but to foster endless curiosity about what God might still teach us as we bake. 

Joy-- If we come to our baking from a posture of rest and curiosity, we are freed from the endless quest for perfection. Instead, we can find joy in the process of baking itself, learning more every time we get our hands in the dough.

We will gather Friday evening for the mixing, resting, and folding of dough, along with silent meditation/prayer time and a liturgy of the bread. Once the dough is set to rest for the night, we will all go home, and reconvene at the church in the morning for the shaping and baking of the dough.

All are invited, regardless of your baking skill level. This is about worshiping, connecting, and being together in a new and curious way.