Join us each Wednesday Night for:
- 4:00 pm until 5:15 pm – Bell practice in the bell room.
- 5:15 pm until 6:00 pm – Choir practice in the music room.
- 6:00 pm to 6:30 pm – for a meal in the Fellowship Hall.
- 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm – for an informal worship service with Holy Communion in the Fellowship Hall.
- 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm – for a study, for games, for conversation, for hanging out.
Games and Laughter in the Fellowship Hall.
Hanging out in the Youth Room.
Heavenly Living Workshop studies in the Conference Room with Zoom participants dialing in. Studies for this year: Invitation to the New Testament, More Messy People, Experiencing Christmas, A Journey with Jesus, Fierce Women.
Contemplative Meditation – Sanctuary
Meal Cleanup in the Fellowship Hall and Kitchen.
Heavenly Living Work Shop Studies:
Invitation to the New Testament:
Explore the writings of the New Testament using the story of Jesus as the starting point. This survey of the testament looks at how the early church took ownership of and was shaped by the story of Jesus and how the church learned how to develop as disciples and create communities of faith.
Discussion Topics:
- Jesus Calls Us into God’s Redemption Story – September 9
- Jesus Calls Us to a Transformed Life – September 16
- Jesus Calls Us to Minister to a Hostile World – September 23
- Jesus Calls Us to Complex Communities of Faith – September 30
- Jesus Calls Us to Serve One Another – October 7
- Jesus Calls Us to a New Relationship with Tradition – October 14
- Jesus Calls Us to Live in Light of His Coming Again – October 21
- Jesus Calls Us to Experience the Gifts of His Dying and Rising – October 28
More Messy People: Life Lessons from Imperfect Biblical Heroes by Jennifer Cowart.
God can use imperfect people to do incredible things. Jen Cowart continues her study of the very messy lives of biblical heroes—people who, like us, made mistakes but found God was able to use them in powerful ways. They all play a significant role in the biblical narrative, but their stories are far from perfect.
Through the lives of rival sisters like Leah and Rachel, or sisters with very different personalities like Martha and Mary, we see God chooses to use people who don’t have it all together. Through the lives of great, but imperfect, biblical heroes like Moses, Elijah, Peter, and Paul, we see God meets us in our troubles and chooses us even if we seem unqualified.
Discussion Topics:
- Leah & Rachel: Overcoming Jealously – November 4
- Moses: Learning to Trust God – November 11
- Elijah: Balancing Faith & Emotion – November 18
** Thanksgiving & Advent Study **
- Mary & Martha: Establishing Priorities – January 6
- Peter: Growing Up into Christ – January 13
- Paul: Giving Christ Our All – January 20
Experiencing Christmas by Matt Rawle
Everything seems different at the end of the year. We put lights on our houses to dispel the growing darkness, Christmas music floods local radio stations, apple cider and cranberry sauce are again on the menu, and wrapping paper and tape are always ready. Things just look, smell, and taste differently during the Advent and Christmas season, and these differences are a sign to us that God is about to do something radical and different. Christmas is when God surrounded the divine with senses of his own. That first noel was when God had eyes to see suffering, ears to hear our cries, and hands to hold those in need, and all of these senses were bundled in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. “This will be a sign to you,” the angel told the shepherds, and they traveled to Bethlehem and found a child. What signs do you see during the Advent and Christmas season that point you to the divine?
Discussion Topics:
- Do You See What I See? December 2
- Do You Hear What I Hear? December 9
- Do You Taste What I Taste? December 16
- Do You Feel What I Feel? December 23
