Adult Education

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)

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. Jarrett McLaughlin; Rev. Hadley Kifner

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)

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.

UPC Podcast

Along with our sermons, we record and upload select Sunday School classes – click the icon to check out the UPC Podcast, and hit subscribe so you don’t miss an episode!