Finding Our Place at the Table: A Practical Theology of Food
Our busy, screen-heavy, consumer-focussed age is a challenging time to grow up; anxiety, depression, and loneliness are hallmarks of this generation.
How can we, as parents, caregivers, the church, and the greater community, help children grow into a healthy understanding of God, the world, and what it means to be human—even as we struggle with this ourselves?
How can we help children develop a sense of the sacred in the mundane ups and downs of their everyday lives?
We’ll explore these questions through lecture and discussion, with the help of researchers, thinkers (both theological and otherwise), and our own experience. We will see how daily rhythms, seasonal celebrations, unstructured play, good books, and time spent in Creation can help children develop a sense of The Story (and their important place in it).
Details:
Hosted by Heidi Teel. Space is limited to 14 people. We will meet on four consecutive Thursdays from 6 pm to 9 pm, starting Thursday September 18. The cost is $225 and includes dinner each evening.
There will also be a Saturday food field trip (details to follow).
Because this is meant to be a shared experience, we are only able to accommodate certifiable allergies, not food preferences. (But vegetarian possibilities will always be provided.)
Heidi Teel has taught several VISTA classes: Finding Our Place in The Story (spiritual formation in children), Finding Our Place at The Table (food and theology), and she’s currently researching and preparing Consider the Lilies (exploring the ethics, creativity, and impact of clothing from a theological perspective). She is the co-author of A Time to Read: Good Books for Growing Readers (For Those Who Love Books, Children, and God), was the Interim Community Life Minister at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, and is delighted to have recently become a Nana! Heidi has been married to her husband Paul for 35 years, and they are the parents of three adult children.
