Adult Formation Lectures

We are pleased to offer lectures, presentations, and discussion forums on a variety of topics to help us grow ever deeper in our knowledge and love of God.

See below for an archive of past presentation and lecture recordings.

Gary Tyler - Freedom in Beauty: 41 Years Wrongfully Incarcerated

June 11, 2023

Gary Tyler was our guest speaker on Sunday, March 12, 2023. In this talk, he speaks about his story and experience, after 41 years of wrongful imprisonment, finding and creating beauty in the midst of a terrible situation. When he was 17 years old, Gary was wrongfully convicte...

Teach Us to Number Our Days: On the Unexpected Origins of Our Western Calendar and the Dating of Christmas and Easter

June 04, 2023

Lecture given at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Santa Maria on 1-15-2023 by the Rev. Dr. Peter Kang. "Teach Us to Number Our Days: On the Unexpected Origins of Our Western Calendar and the Dating of Christmas and Easter"

Liturgy and Worship Lecture - Always We Begin Again: The Reformation and the Poetic Imagination

October 22, 2022

"Always We Begin Again" - The Reformation, Counter-Reformation, and the Development of the Poetic Imagination in the Anglican Tradition. A lecture given at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Santa Maria, CA by the Rev. Dr. Peter Kang.

Christianity and the Spirituality of Wine

October 12, 2022

Guest lecture by Dr. Stephen Llyod-Moffett, Professor of Religious Studies at Cal Poly, drawing on research from his recent book, "The Spirit of Wine: Finding Religion in the Fruit of the Vine." Given at St Peter's Episcopal Church in Santa Maria California on June 12, 2022.

Bishop on the Hot Seat - The Rt. Rev. John H. Taylor

October 10, 2022

Q&A with the Rt. Rev. John H Taylor at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Santa Maria, California. Fourth Sunday in Lent 3-27-2022.

Insights from the Longitudinal Study of Generations - Samantha Kang

October 05, 2022

Insights from the Longitudinal Study of Generations - Samantha Kang In this, Samantha Kang, Ph.D. candidate in Religious Studies at UCSB, shares stories and lessons learned from her experience (as a philosopher) working as a research assistant in an ongoing sociological study ...

Religious Liberty in Pandemic Times - Kathie Moore

October 04, 2022

Religious Liberty in Panemic Times - Kathie Moore During the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, many state and local governments implemented a number of strategies to "flatten the curve" of the infection spread. Several businesses and organizations, including churches, were...