Small Christian Community Formation Gathering

Many St. Joan of Arc’ers have joined Small Christian Communities (SCC). Around 30 SCC’s are active at St. Joan’s. Most members of SCC’s have joined after one of the SCC Gatherings held occasionally at SJA.

Hospitality Hall on Monday, November 6, was the scene of another SCC Gathering. About 20 parishioners attended to learn of SCC opportunities, and to pursue organizing a new SCC or joining an existing SCC.

Tom Smith-Myott, Adult Formation Director, led the gathering by sharing some SCC theology and then some SCC formation tools. Attendees introduced themselves and then participated by sharing their expectations. The fun part was chatting with each other to explore forming new SCCs. Always an adventure. Lots of names and contact info was exchanged. A new SCC is in the process of being born.

To learn more about Small Christian Communities at St. Joan’s, drill down on the SJA website, Ministries, then SCCs. Or contact Tom at 612.823.8205 or tsmith.myott@stjoan.com.

Jerry Hartlaub commutes from New Brighton with his wife, Trish, to be refreshed and challenged at the "SJA spiritual oasis". He's a Sunday mass slide jockey and "worker bee" at many SJA events. For fun he has written a bunch of poetry, printed his first book, and invented lots of stuff in a 30-year bioengineering career. These days he teaches cardiac physiology (but he's mostly retired), serves on non-profit boards, does Junior Achievement gigs and plays softball. But most rewarding is providing child-care for two of the world's smartest, cutest grandchildren.