The Rector’s Forum | Sundays (during our program year), 9:30 a.m.
Join us on Sunday mornings for this formation offering, held in the Parish Hall during Kairos, 9:15–10:15 a.m. The Rector’s Forum offers a dialogue-centered event between the guest speaker and a St. Paul’s, Ivy clergy member, with plenty of opportunities for questions and comments from those gathered. Come for our traditional Continental Breakfast and stay for the conversation.
Fall 2025 Guest Schedule
- September 14: Let’s Talk About Science and Faith. Our Universe is Filled With Mysteries — Science, Particularly Astronomy, Explores the Awe-Inspiring Mystery of Creation, with Dr. Richard Simon, Astronomer with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory
- September 21: Let’s Talk About Oversharing Online. We are Sharing Too Much Online — What Are The Risks And What To Do About It?, with Dr. Christopher Maurer, Associate Professor of Commerce in the UVA McIntire School
- September 28: Let’s Talk About Our Legacy of Systemic Racism. The Cost of White Supremacy: A Family Story of Black Flourishing, White Violence and White Lies, with Dr. Grace Eizabeth Hale, UVA Commonwealth Professor of American Studies and History
- October 5: Let’s Talk About Art and Humanity. Art as a Universal Human Impulse: The Mission of the Arc Studio, with Amy Keenan-Amago, Founder and Director of Arc of the Piedmont’s Arc Studio
- October 12: Let’s Talk About Constitutional Dictatorships. Are We Creating An Imperial Presidency?, with Dr. Sidney Milkis, White-Burkett Miller Professor of Politics, Faculty Fellow at the Miller Center of Public Affairs, and Faculty Co-Director of the Karsh Institute’s Program on Democracy and Capitalism
- October 19: Let’s Talk About Documenting Washington’s Hidden Stories. The Miller Center’s Presidential Oral History Program, with Dr. Russell Riley, Co-Chair of the Miller Center’s Presidential Oral History Program
- October 26: Let’s Talk About Digital Gold. From Sumerian Farmers To Satoshi Nakamoto: The Evolution of Money And the Rise of Crypto Assets, with Dr. Robert Parham, Assistant Professor of Commerce at UVA’s McIntire School of Commerce
- November 2: Let’s Talk About the Big Relief. The Urgency Of Grace In A Worn Out World, with David Zahl, Executive Director of Mockingbird Ministries
- November 9: Let’s Talk About the Reality Of Psychic Phenomena. Beyond Physicalism: Toward Reconciliation of Science and Spirituality, with Dr. Edward Kelly, research professor in the Division of Perceptual Studies at the UVA School of Medicine
- November 16: Let’s Talk About the Vaccine Controversy. The Ongoing Debates and Concerns About the Safety and Necessity of Vaccinations, with Col. (Ret.) Gray Heppner, MD, vaccinologist and former Director of the US Army’s Division of Malaria Vaccine Development
- December 7: Let’s Talk About Changing Lives. The Five18 Ministry — A Ministry Of Reconciliation That Protects And Uplifts Vulnerable Children And Families, with Dr. Jeffrey Nitz, Chief Executive Officer of Five18 Family Services
- December 14: Let’s Talk About Criminal Injustice. Wrongful Prosecutions And The Double Murder Conviction of UVA Jefferson Scholar Jens Soering, with J.E. “Chip” Harding, former Sheriff of Albemarle County
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