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An Evening with Nadia Bolz-Weber

Mar 29, 2018 02:39PM ● By Gisele Rinaldi Siebold

Nadia Bolz-Weber

The Parish Resource Center will present An Evening with Nadia Bolz-Weber, from 7 to 8:15 p.m., April 28, at Lampeter Strasburg High School’s Performing Arts Center, in Lancaster. Lutheran pastor and bestselling author Bolz-Weber will give an inspiring presentation about her own faith journey and her vision for the changing church. 

 

Bolz-Weber is the founding pastor of House for All Sinners and Saints, an Evangelical Lutheran Church of America congregation in Denver, Colorado. As a recovering addict, Bolz-Weber has created a congregation that is open to those struggling with addiction, as well as persons who are uncomfortable in traditional churches.  

 

She wrote the New York Times bestsellers Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People, and Pastrixthe Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint, as well as Salvation on the Small Screen? 24 Hours of Christian Television 

 

Heavily tattooed and known to use profane language, she is passionate about taking a different approach to church and Christianity. Historian, scholar and writer Diana Butler Bass says Bolz-Weber is part of the “new Reformation. 

 

PRC is a nonprofit located in Lancaster. It serves congregations, across 13 denominations, nonprofits and small businesses throughout Central Pennsylvania and Maryland. Founded in 1976, the PRC’s approach is practical, providing organizations, large and small, with the assistance each needs when dealing with the varied challenges they face every day. PRC provides professional training, practical experience and abundant creativity. 

 

Cost: $29/PRC members; $35/non-members. Location: 1600 Book Rd., Lancaster. For more information, and to purchase tickets, call 717-299-1113 or visit ParishResourceCenter.org. To learn more about, or connect with, Bolz-Weber, visit NadiaBolzWeber.com.