Bible Study with Pastor Bill
Thursdays at 10am | In the church parlor
Join Pastor Bill for an in-person Bible study. Come for fellowship and good discussion. This group meets on Thursdays at 10am in the church parlor.
Sunday Morning Bible Study
“The Underground”
9:00-10:00 am
The Sunday morning adult Bible study, led by Don Gibbard, takes place at 9am at the church. They take on a variety of different subjects and all are welcome to attend! It takes place before worship downstairs in the adult education classroom.
Godly Play
Sundays at 10:30
Godly Play is up and running! If you have children or grandchildren who are between the ages of 4 and 5th grade, Godly Play is for them! Godly Play happens at 10:30 during worship. Our leaders are Andrea Unck, Kate Kroum, and Pastor Danielle. Contact Pastor Danielle at [email protected] with any questions.
Kaleidoscope Look-Ahead Study with Pastor Paul
Tuesdays at 6:30pm | Via Zoom
[temporarily on hold]
Our worship/preaching series in October/November was based on the work Holy Currencies by The Rev Dr. Eric Law. In the chapter “Currency of Gracious Leadership” Law discusses the importance of a tool called mutual invitation, especially in groups that include diverse cultural backgrounds. He uses another tool to demonstrate how we might use mutual invitation – in what he calls Kaleidoscope Bible Study. For those of you who have experienced lectio divina, it will feel quite familiar. Kaleidoscope Bible Study seeks to immerse us in scripture for formation as well as information. Each person’s experience of the text is important. In mutual invitation, each person has the opportunity to reflect equally if they wish. I have used this approach to Bible study throughout my ministry and it has yielded rich formation. I will share some of the things I have been learning about the texts we intend to use on the coming Sunday, but not before each person has had an opportunity to briefly share an idea, image or phrase that stayed with them – perhaps a new whisper in a familiar passage – or something that causes wonder or resistance. No advance study is required, though I will share the texts we will read, typically the morning of each session. We will take turns reading the texts aloud and responding. It works best in groups of not more than twelve, so I will ask participants to sign up each week. If we get more than twelve regular participants, I will find another time in the weekly schedule to hold another session.