This Week at Brent House: Come to Afternoon Tea for a space to study, chat, relax

Fall 2026, Third Week

Unless otherwise noted, events will be held in person at Brent House.

In this email

Prayer of the Week
Events this Week
Upcoming Events: retreat with monks and a discernment group
Other Events and Opportunities
Quote of the Week
Brent House Playlists

Prayer of the Week

Let nothing disturb you,

Let nothing frighten you,

All things are passing away:

God never changes.

Patience obtains all things.

Whoever has God lacks nothing;

God alone suffices.

—Teresa of Ávila (commemorated October 15)

Events This Week

Afternoon Tea

Wednesday, October 14, 2-5 pm

Stop by the House for a cup of tea and an open time for conversation, studying, chatting, or resting. Drop in when you can, stay as long as you like. (Stacy is out of town this week, but there will be folks to welcome you!

Evening Prayer

Wednesday, September 14, 5:30 pm

A simple service of Evening Prayer. All are welcome.

Brentsday: Bible Study

Wednesday, October 14, 6 pm

Join us for a lovely vegetarian supper (cooked by Lilia!), followed by an exploration of the texts for next Sunday (found here).

Thursday Church

Thursday, October 15, 12:30-1:15 pm

Chapel of the Holy Grail, Disciples Divinity House

1156 East 57th Street

Go to the back of the courtyard to enter the chapel directly.

A simple celebration of Morning Prayer (since Stacy is out of town) the in DDH's beautiful Chapel of the Holy Grail. Join us for lunch afterwards on campus, if you can.

Sunday Church

Sunday, October 18, 5:30 pm

Join us for our weekly Sunday Eucharist, followed by our usual vegetarian supper.

Other Events and Opportunities

COMPASS: Spiritual Direction for Discernment

Are you at a turning point in your education or career?
Are you trying to listen for God’s voice, but not sure how to tell what God is saying?

Join COMPASS, a discernment journey over the course of the academic year. Facilitated by Brent House’s chaplain, the Rev. Stacy Alan, the COMPASS group will meet once monthly to explore identity, vocation, and where God is calling each of us. Through discussion, reflection, Bible study, and prayer, you will discover your own gifts and find ways to use them in service to the world.

Interested? Contact Stacy by October 15 at StacyAlan@brenthouse.org.

Retreat with Monks!

Friday, November 6 - Sunday, November 8, 2026 - St. Paul's, Flint

We will join together with the brothers of the Society of Saint John the Evangelist, an Episcopal religious order, to pray, learn, and reflect on the practice of intercessory prayer and how it might move us toward radical hospitality, empathy, and solidarity.

Cost: $50 Registration Fee. Food & lodging are covered.

Registration Link: Province V 2026 Young Adult Ministry Retreat

Please let me know if you plan to attend. I will be going, so can provide transportation there and back. If cost is an issue, please let me know. We don’t want cost to be a barrier.

House Blessings

If you're in a new place this year, Stacy is available to do a house/apartment/dorm room blessing.

Other Important Information

Brent House Calendar

Want to know what's going on at Brent House? You'll find it all on our calendar and on our Facebook page!

Meet with the Chaplain

If you would like to meet with our chaplain, you can make an appointment here.

Interested in cooking or preaching?

Maybe they're not so different! We are nourished by our students' talents both from the pulpit and in the kitchen. If you are interested in either, please speak with Stacy.

House Blessings

If you're in a new place this year, Stacy is available to do a house/apartment/dorm room blessing.

Quote of the Week

Every man desireth, good people, at the time of their death, to give some good exhortation that others may remember after their death, and be the better thereby. So I beseech God grant me grace, that I may speak something at this my departing, whereby God may be glorified and you edified. ….. I pray you learn and bear well away this one lesson, To do good to all as much as in you lieth, and to hurt no one, no more than you would hurt your own natural and loving brother or sister. For this you may be sure of, that whosoever hateth any person, and goeth about maliciously to hinder or hurt that person, surely, and without all doubt, God is not with them, although they think themselves never so much in God's favour.

—Thomas Cranmer's Final Speech, Before Burning (March 21, 1556) (The Episcopal Church commemorates Cranmer, along with Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley on October 15)