Summer 2025

Reading Groups

Connect with others this summer while diving into a good book!

Our summer reading groups are designed to cultivate learning through discussion with others over a shared interest.

These groups are designed for people to participate as they are able with the understanding that summer schedules are busy!

See below for details on each of this summer’s reading groups.

Reading Group Details

Selected Modern Poems

Led by Pat Roach (SE Portland)

At 4pm on Sundays: June 29, July 27, August 24

Email Pat for location and reading schedule.

This group is an easy entry point for summer reading groups. Short, modern poems you can read ahead of time, or just read it with us as a group before we talk about it. Drinks and snacks will be served. But the main course will be the poems!

Sing! by Keith & Kristyn Getty

Led by Beth Jameson (Lake Oswego)

At 7pm on Tuesdays: June 24, July 15, August 5
Potential “sing” on August 26

Email Beth for location and reading schedule.

All ages are welcome!

Redeeming Vision: A Christian Guide to Looking at and Learning from Art by Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt

Led by Varina Shaughnessy (SE Portland)

Starting July 15 at 7pm (other dates TBD)

Email Varina for location and reading schedule.

There will be art, discussion, and wine!

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Led by Matthew Day (Portland)

At 7pm on Fridays: June 27, July 11, August 1

Email Matthew for location and reading schedule.

It will be a challenging read, but not terribly long. The purpose is to compare 2nd century Stoicism with Christianity (early and otherwise). And it will be in a beautiful location (on a floating home) on the Multnomah Channel during the best time to be in Portland! Snacks and drinks will be provided.

Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin

Led by Jane Olson (NE Portland)

At 7pm on Wednesdays: June 25, July 16, August 13

Email Jane for location and reading schedule.

We will discuss this book seminar-style. No previous theological expertise is required--just curiosity and a desire to understand Calvin's thought.