Second Congregational Church to hold book study Oct. 2

Wednesday, 28 September 2011 14:18

Second Congregational Church will hold a discussion of the nonfiction book Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion  by Sara Miles, on Sunday, Oct. 2 (World Communion Sunday), at 4:30 p.m. in the parlor of the church, at 139 E. Putnam Ave. in Greenwich. The Rev. Holly Adams, transitional senior minister, will lead the conversation. Refreshments will be served.

The story of an unexpected and terribly inconvenient Christian conversion, told by a very unlikely convert, Take This Bread is not only a spiritual memoir but a call to action, according to a news release.

“Raised as an atheist, Ms. Miles lived an enthusiastically secular life as a restaurant cook and writer,” an announcement about the event continued. “Then early one morning, for no earthly reason, she wandered into a church. ‘I was certainly not interested in becoming a Christian,’ she writes. ‘Or, as I thought of it rather less politely, a religious nut.’ But she ate a piece of bread, took a sip of wine, and found herself radically transformed.”

For more information and reservations, contact Gloria LaDestro at 203-869-9311, ext. 120, or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . For more about Second Congregational Church go to 2cc.org.