Adult Education

Does it feel like the world is getting crazier? Is it hard to discern God’s message to you and your life? Does uncertainty, worry and even fear creep into your daily life?

Please join the Women’s Bible Study group each Wednesday morning, beginning October 5. We will begin a seven week study entitled, JEREMIAH: Daring to Hope in an Unstable World. The study follows the prophet Jeremiah and how God uses him to call out to the world, asking us to place our trust in God’s love – even when fear and uncertainty abound.

All women are invited! Workbooks will be provided to all participants. A suggested donation of $12 is encouraged. Drop-ins are welcome. Childcare is provided. Sessions will be facilitated by Pastor Greta McDonald and Maggie Roth.

On July 27, the Women’s Wednesday Morning Bible Study will begin discussion of their second book this summer, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived by Rob Bell. This thought-provoking book will provide the basis for a discussion around heaven and God’s love.

Please join us for one, all, or some of the sessions that will run through the month of August. Childcare is provided in the nursery.

Please note, attendees should purchase the book on their own. We will not have copies for sale.

Come join us for a conversation that requires no book except the Bible and where all comments and reflections are welcome.

Led by Osvaldo Vena, Professor of the New Testament at Garrett Theological Seminary in Evanston.

This study will run for four weeks.

Walter Brueggemann, arguably America’s leading Old Testament scholar and theologian, takes us on a wild ride through the poetic prophecy of the Hebrew Scripture, identifying cultural contexts, putting a framework to Israel’s history, and, most significantly—and times challengingly!—drawing connections between Israel’s sociological, economic and spiritual status and that of America today.

What was the message of these remarkable poet-prophets in their own time and place? What is their message for us today? Who are today’s prophetic voices? How has the contemporary church been co-opted by culture? What steps can we take to reclaim the prophetic message of distributive justice, nonviolence, loss and hope? And what is your role in bringing God’s perspective to today’s society?

Join us for this six week class as we explore these questions. A participant's workbook will be used throughout the study and may be purchased in the church office for $11.00.