Sunday School
All children, youth and teachers are required to wear masks and will be distanced where they meet. Schedule is subject to change; families will be notified of any updates.
February 6 – Meet in the Auditorium at 10:30 for Chapel Time; followed by classroom time/ Sanctuary
February 13 -Sanctuary/Auditorium at 10:30, then classes.
February 20 -Family Worship; winter break
February 27 -Sanctuary/Auditorium at 10:30, then classes. Last class for winter teachers.
Please consider teaching the K-3rd grade Sunday School class – either for the Spring semester (March 6 to June 12) or even for one or two Sundays. If you are interested, or have questions please be in touch with me, at [email protected].
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Confirmation Classes
Wednesday, February 2, 5:30pm, Upper Room, meeting with Rev. Crawford
Wednesday, February 16, 5:30pm, Upper Room, meeting with Lisa Niven
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Adult Education
The Soul of the Civil Rights Movement: How the Prayers and Preaching of Martin Luther King Jr. Animated a Movement for Racial Justice
Sundays at 9am, February 6, 13, 20, 27, led by Rev. Dr. Blaine Crawford
Remote (the link will be in the Sunday Schedule)
Many of us have heard the powerful preaching of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. And many of us are aware of his leadership for civil rights. This class will explore the connections between the pastoral ministry of MLK and the civil rights movement. Prayers and sermons from MLK will be explored with a particular focus on how they energized the larger movement for racial justice. For Dr. King, his spiritual life was not compartmentalized from the rest of his life—his faith and ministry were fed and nourished through his prayers and preaching leading to his work on behalf of America.
If have questions please contact Rev. Dr. Blaine Crawford at [email protected]
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Mid-Week Bible Study
Portraits of the Church
Starting January 26; Wednesdays at 11:00am in the Parlor, led by Rev. Crawford
The church of Jesus Christ is as diverse as God’s creation, taking a variety of forms to embody a diversity of values in pursuit of God’s kingdom. In the Scriptures, we read about these different expressions of Christ’s body. Studying passages from both the Old and New Testament, this class will lead us to consider these early experiments as the community of God’s people, drawing insights and understandings to guide the life of the church for today.
If have questions please contact Rev. Dr. Blaine Crawford at [email protected]
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Book Club: New date and time!
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Friday, February 11 at 9:00 am via Zoom
In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov, an unrepentant aristocrat is tried by a Bolshevik tribunal and sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel. He must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel’s doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him a doorway into a much larger world of emotional discovery. (Goodreads) For more information or a Zoom link: [email protected]
The March 11 selection is The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
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Mission
Stay tuned for information on our next FOOD DRIVE with St. Barnabas, tentatively scheduled for Sunday, February 20th.
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PW six-week Lenten study using N.T. Wright’s study of the Psalms, Part 1. It’s 18 lectures so we will study 6 lessons now.
Five of the classes will be held on Saturdays at 1 pm from February 26 – March 26th. The last class day and time is TBD.
Join for 5 Zoom Meetings
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
Meeting ID: 818 8558 6168
Passcode: 490781
Please email Barb Hanna for the study questions for the six sessions.
This course explores 18 selected psalms from the Psalter, the prayer book of the Bible and the early church. You will be encouraged and inspired by Israel’s worship and praise of God as Creator. You will also come to sense how these ancient songs and prayers shaped the lives of God’s people and sense the call of the Davidic kingdom that resounds throughout many of the psalms.This course will examine themes of celebration, including praise for God’s glory and his presence, as well as thanksgiving for his loving kindness and faithfulness. It will also examine the lament of God’s people for challenges they faced, losses and injustices suffered, and the hope they found in the middle of distress or disaster.The ‘articles’ in the course include the biblical texts (New Revised Standard Version), for every lecture and 18 corresponding practice exercises. The practice exercises and discussion questions that accompany each lecture includes 8-10 questions or prompts that enable students to engage with the material to absorb, reflect, and practice what they are learning. There are no extra academic articles or required readings for this course.The lectures in this course do not address textual issues, nor issues of authorship or when or how the Psalter was edited. Instead, each lecture will examine various types and themes within the psalms and probe the ways in which Israel viewed God, themselves, and the world.These important psalms not only point Christians today towards worship in song or personal piety in practice, they also give voice and expression to concrete situations of international justice and global concerns for God to put the world to rights. The psalmist asks real questions such as:· How come the world is this way?
· How do I pray for someone who feels the closure of death?
· What expressions can I use to praise the Lord and respond to the call to worship?
· Where can I turn when everything seems hopeless?
· Why does it seem like the wicked go unpunished?
· What words can I use to give thanks to God?
· How can I celebrate with joy for all that God has done?We invite you to join us as we explore these selections from the Psalms that continue to sing God’s praise, build up the church, and give Christian voice that might resound throughout the world today.
