Adult Learning
We never "graduate" from learning about or exploring our relationship with God. Engaging the Bible, learning the teachings of the Church, delving deeper into our spiritual practices and learning how to meet the challenges of life through faith are constant needs. We offer a variety of opportunities to learn and grow in faith for adults. We invite you to take advantage of these so that you can become the person God calls you to be in even new ways.
Lent Noon Gathering
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Lent Noon Gatherings will meet on Wednesdays, 12:00-1:30 pm, March 4-April 1. A light meal will be served with free-will offering, followed by devotional time and small group discussion of assigned reading from Between the Dark and the Daylight: Embracing the Contradictions of Life by Joan Chittister. The reading for each week is short meditations which offer ways of understanding ourselves, each other and God. Books will be available in the Resource Center for $14.00.
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Lent Evening Book Study
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You are invited to join us during Lent to read and discuss the book Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. This book study group will meet Tuesday evenings, 6:00-7:00 pm, March 3-31. Participants are invited to purchase their own copy of the book.
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Faith Formation for Adults
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How does my faith address daily life? How do I better understand scripture so I can live each day? What is happening to the Church in an culture that seems to drift away from God? These kinds of questions are addressed each Wednesday evening from September to May, at 7:00 pm through our Faith Formation for Adults program. Each session stands on its own, even in the series format. No registration is needed. Just come. Contact Pastor Tim for more info.
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This coming year we will offer the following series:
SURPRISED BY HOPE: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church.
March 4 – April 1, & April 15. N.T. Wright is one of the most well-known Bible scholars and leaders of the Church in our age. Based on his book with this title, this series will explore how we have often gotten off track when it come to most powerful and transformative gospel news about life, life-after-death, and as he writes, “Life after life-after-death.” If you have wondered about heaven, hell, and the real message of hope found in the resurrection of Jesus, this series will teach and challenge.
TO BE ANNOUNCED – April 22 – May 13.
SURPRISED BY HOPE: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church.
March 4 – April 1, & April 15. N.T. Wright is one of the most well-known Bible scholars and leaders of the Church in our age. Based on his book with this title, this series will explore how we have often gotten off track when it come to most powerful and transformative gospel news about life, life-after-death, and as he writes, “Life after life-after-death.” If you have wondered about heaven, hell, and the real message of hope found in the resurrection of Jesus, this series will teach and challenge.
TO BE ANNOUNCED – April 22 – May 13.
Book Recommendations for Spiritual Transformation
Radical Spirit: 12 Ways to Live a Free and Authentic Life by Joan Chittister
Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life by Tish Warren
Luther's Small Catechism: Study Edition by Martin Luther
The Book of Forgiving by Desmond & Mpho Tutu
Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Lutheran Questions, Lutheran Answers by Martin Marty
Wholeheartedness: Busyness, Exhaustion and Healing the Divided Self by Chuck DeGroat
Radical Spirit: 12 Ways to Live a Free and Authentic Life by Joan Chittister
Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life by Tish Warren
Luther's Small Catechism: Study Edition by Martin Luther
The Book of Forgiving by Desmond & Mpho Tutu
Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Lutheran Questions, Lutheran Answers by Martin Marty
Wholeheartedness: Busyness, Exhaustion and Healing the Divided Self by Chuck DeGroat
Other Opportunities to Learn
Pause Groups and other Bible Study Groups are available for you to learn, share and grow in your faith.
