Adult Classes meet at 9:45 am on Sundays during the program year.
We believe that we are never done learning, especially when it comes to our faith! We offer classes on Sunday mornings (Sept.-May) for adult faith development, taking 3-5 weeks at a time to learn about a particular topic or engage in a Bible study. The classes offered are intentional, thought-provoking, and always open to all.
Living the Faith (Dunham Hall)
The Anxious Generation (Feb. 16-March 9)
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt argues that the spread of smartphones, social media and overprotective parenting have led to a “rewiring” of childhood and a rise in mental illness. Join us for an exploration of this book, learning about how technology impacts our mental wellness, especially preteens, youth, and those who make up the next generation. This class will center around conversations based on the book chapters and small group discussion. Copies of the book are available in the church office for $15 each (place payment in Meg’s box).
Reading the Word (Vance Barron Hall)
Faith and Life (Feb. 16-March 9)
Led by Gary Crunkleton and Rick Osmer, this class will explore the meaning of four important biblical concepts in relation to real life situations: grace, judgment, holiness, and eternal life.
Upcoming Classes
Living the Faith (Dunham Hall)
Dust to Dust: Questions about Death and Dying (March 16-April 13)
A series about some of the theological, emotional, and practical questions of death and dying. Guest speakers each week will thoughtfully guide us through these conversations.
March 16: How do we talk about what no one wants to acknowledge?
Will Dudenhausen, Training Director at the Dispute Settlement Center
March 23: What do I do when death comes? What can we say?
Mark Higgins, (retired) Hall- Wynne Funeral Home; Rev. Meg Peery McLaughlin
March 30: How do I prepare?
Mike Munson, Estate Planning Attorney
April 6: How does the body let go?
Dr. Kristin Meade, Palliative Medicine Specialist, Duke
April 13: Is it normal to feel this way?
Mary Ann Kimball, LSCW and Mandy Murphy, Grief Coach/Education and Daily Money Manager
Reading the Word (Vance Barron Hall)
One-Time Class on March 16: Guest Speaker, Leon D’Orleans
From a humble beginning preaching underneath a tarp in an alleyway to a church engaging 3500 people in one of Haiti’s poorest slums, Pastor Leon D’Orleans is a magnetic leader who has made an indelible impact in Cite Soleil. Haiti Outreach Ministries (HOM) grew out of this one Church’s commitment to the poorest of the poor. From schools that educate over 1800 children to clinic that treat over 12,000 adults and children annually, HOM continues to offer crucial services in what may be Haiti’s most desperate chapter. Come hear about it all from Pastor Leon himself.
Lent in Plain Sight (March 23-April 13)
A Lenten Bible Study based on Lent in Plain Sight: A Devotion through Ten Objects by Rev. Jill Duffield. No pre-reading is required.
God is often at work through the ordinary: ordinary people, ordinary objects, ordinary grace. Through the ordinary, God communicates epiphanies, salvation, revelation and reconciliation. It is through the mundane that we hear God’s quiet voice. This study will draw our attention to ordinary objects Jesus would have encountered on his way to Jerusalem: dust, bread, the cross, coins, shoes, oil, coats, towels, thorns and stones. In each object, we explore meaning in the biblical account of Jesus’ final days. Cindy Murashima and Kathy Culley will co-teach this four week class.
