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RELATA: CONVERSATION, CONNECTION, COMMUNITY

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WHAT IS RELATA?

RELATA is an 8-week opportunity to connect over a meal and in conversation around life’s important questions where everyone’s voice is valued, and we gain insight by sharing our stories.

RELATA is designed for all people: parishioners, neighbors, newcomers, and friends. 

RELATA is one way Epiphany is responding to the division and divisiveness so pervasive in our culture.

WHY RELATA?

All things are connected. We know this through science and our general observations. Yet, how we fit into this connected cosmos can feel uncertain. Sometimes we feel like we belong, sometimes we don’t. Sometimes we aspire, and it doesn’t quite work out. Sometimes we fall in love, then heartbreak hits us. Sometimes the operating system through which we create meaning fails us. Why should there be this uncertainty if all things are connected? RELATA is a way of exploring these paradoxes.

WHAT HAPPENS AT RELATA?

  • Community Meal: Enjoy a delicious meal together.
  • 10-Minute RELATA Talk: Gain clear and concise insights on the weekly theme.
  • Table Discussions: Engage in facilitated conversations at their assigned table with the same group throughout the 8 weeks.
  • Group Sharing:  Share key takeaways or points of reflection from table discussions. 

Click here to download a brochure about RELATA (PDF).

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OUTLINE OF WEEKLY TOPICS

RELATA is designed to inspire open dialogue within a meaningful flow. These are the questions we will consider over the course of 8 weeks:

  1. CONNECTION
    If the cosmos is inextricably connected, why do we experience disconnection?

  2. BELONGING
    If we were made to belong, why is exclusion so pervasive?

  3. ACHIEVEMENT
    If achievement is meant to bring satisfaction, why is it so hard to attain?

  4. LOVE
    If love brings us together, why is there heartbreak?

  5. MEANING
    If we need ideologies to make sense of the world, why are they so flawed?

  6. SOUL
    Is there a more stable ground upon which to stand?

  7. PRACTICE
    Is there a way to activate our interconnectedness?

  8. COMMUNITY
    How does authentic community connect a disconnected world?

FAQs

WHO IS RELATA FOR?

  • Individuals who are concerned that the wider community is more disconnected than connected;
  • Individuals who are ready to share their story, and excited to hear the stories of others;
  • Individuals who like talking about spiritual ideas, and wonder about how their particular story meets the questions of life;
  • Individuals who love dinner conversations, are happy to meet new people, and hear their stories.

WHAT IS RELATA NOT?

  • It’s not a time of teaching, nor is it a didactic exercise or academically oriented.

  • It is not about doctrines, dogmas, or Christian evangelism.  

  • And you will not be required to wear a blazer or pearls.

WHY EPIPHANY?

For over 100 years, Epiphany Seattle has been a place for nurturing the human spirit. While our foundation is Christian, our focus is the human soul. This is why we say: “Wherever you are on your spiritual journey you have a place at Epiphany.” RELATA is for the spiritual, but not necessarily religious, designed to remind us that we are connected by our stories.