Sacred Ground Circle: A Film-Based Dialogue Series on Race and Faith

Sacred Ground: A Film-Based Dialogue Series on Race & Faith

Sacred Ground is a film- and readings-based dialogue series on race, grounded in faith. Small groups are invited to walk through chapters of America’s history of race and racism, while weaving in threads of family story, economic class, and political and regional identity.

The 11-part series is built around a powerful online curriculum of documentary films and readings that focus on Indigenous, Black, Latino, and Asian/Pacific American histories as they intersect with European American histories.

The sessions will be held on Thursday evenings from 7-8:30 pm eastern. The orientation and introduction will be on Thursday, January 4. The 11-sessions are: January 11, 25, February 8, 22, March 7, 21, April 4, 18, and May 9, 23, 30. Meetings will all occur on the same Zoom link. The resources, readings, and discussion guides will be sent out before the Zoom session.

Sacred Ground is part of Becoming Beloved Community, The Episcopal Church’s long-term commitment to racial healing, reconciliation, and justice in our personal lives, our ministries, and our society. This series is open to all, and especially designed to help white people talk with other white people. Participants are invited to peel away the layers that have contributed to the challenges and divides of the present day – all while grounded in our call to faith, hope and love.

Register on the Sacred Ground Eventbrite.

This Sacred Ground offering is co-sponsored by the Stevenson School for Ministry, the Dismantling Racism Commission of the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania, and the Bishop Nathan Baxter Chapter of the Union of Black Episcopalians.