Introducing: the Creative Bond
St. Lydia’s is excited to announce a new arts residency program called the Creative Bond. Over the next year, the Creative Bond will provide local artists with space and funding to host workshops, exhibits, performances, and salons in St. Lydia’s storefront at 304 Bond Street. The program will allow St. Lydia’s to open its doors to neighbors in new ways, to demonstrate our investment in the creative flourishing of our neighborhood and city, and to foster the vital work of artists across disciplines
The Drone and the Shruti Box
Learn more about the drone you hear at Dinner Church
You Are Welcome Here
Why do we do what we do? Learn more here.
Song Leading at St. Lydia’s
At St. Lydia’s, song leading is a spiritual practice. Here is some of the thinking from which the this practice has emerged.
Visiting Dinner Church with a Church, School, or Other Group
Here are a few ways to make your pilgrimage to St. Lydia’s a rich experience for you and for our congregation.
The Rule of Life
This Rule of Life serves as St. Lydia’s bylaws, defining the how and why. Certain structural and legal issues are addressed in our congregation’s constitution.
A Note from Pastor Christian Scharen
The following letter was sent to the St. Lydia’s email subscriber list on May 17, 2024. Christian Scharen served as pastor at St. Lydia’s from the end of 2019 through June 2024.
Guidelines for In-Person Gathering during the COVID-19 Pandemic
St. Lydia’s Condemns State-Sanctioned Violence
The following statement was written and affirmed by congregants at St. Lydia’s in 2021
Virtual Dinner Church: What was it like on Zoom?
A reflection published on March 29th, 2021 by Naomi Brenman, St. Lydia’s congregant and former community coordinator.