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PRIMARY CLASS
Kindergarten through 2nd grade children meet in room 201 on the
second floor with Joe Anne Overstreet.The spring quarter of the
PC(USA)'s We Believe curriculum is "Confessing the Faith":
The spring quarter begins with the continuation of the Lenten
unit on the elements of worship, followed by the Palm Sunday,
Passion, and Easter narrative. A unit on the Lord's Supper,
both in its biblical context and as our sacrament today, is
studied. The annual theme of woship is continued with sessions
on affirmations of faith and commissioning to serve.. The
quarter concludes with sessions on Pentecost and the new church
community.
JUNIORS CLASS
3rd-5th grades will meet on the third floor in room 300 with Joan
Wagner and will also be studying We Believe's "Confessing
the Faith" (see above).
MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASS
This Spring the youth will finish the "I
Know My Bible" Curriculum. We will complete our journey through the Bible by
learning about the Gospels and Epistles. Mixed in with this curriculum we
will also be talking about the religious insights in popular books such as
Harry Potter, The Chronicles of Narnia and Twilight. 6th graders through 9th
grad are welcome to participate.
ADULTS CLASS
Please join us for Adult Sunday School. We meet at 9:30 AM
in
Fellowship Hall. We will be using materials from the
Thoughtful Christian for the next two months.
February 7 and 14
The Gospel of Judas: Recent
Discoveries, the Bible, and Tradition
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The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John begin the
New Testament. But are these Gospels the only ones connected
with Jesus’ twelve apostles? Not at all! Manuscripts of
about thirty Gospels have been recovered in either complete
or fragmentary form, many of which are referred to by names
of Jesus’ apostles, including Judas.
Before
examining its contents, this study considers how we should
classify this book in relation to the rest of the New
Testament, how the four New Testament Gospels portray Judas,
and what the early church leaders mentioned either about
this Gospel or about Judas. The study then reviews the
content of the Gospel of Judas, over which there has
been much excitement and controversy as of late.
Author
Emily Cheney |
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Lenten Study
February 21 - March 28
Reflections on The
Lords Prayer from the Thoughtful Christian
Do you remember the first time you heard the Lord’s Prayer? Most
of us not only can’t remember when we first heard this prayer, we
can’t remember when we memorized it—because our memorizing was not a
conscious effort; it was simply the process of hearing the words
until they were part of our very persons.
Yet most of us don’t know much about this prayer, and we’re
inclined to recite it without thinking. Martin Luther, with his
penchant for saying things directly, described the Lord’s Prayer as
the greatest martyr, “for everybody tortures and abuses it.” It is
mostly, of course, the abuse of familiarity. Because we say it so
often and because its words have the flow of poetry, we are likely
to speak it without investment of either mind or heart.
Participants will enjoy the many reflections and information the
author provides. Each session concentrates on a major theme or
phrase of the prayer in the hope that we will be renewed in our
reflections during Lent and intentional as we pray this familiar
prayer.
In truth, if through our time of study we are caused to think
as we speak this prayer, it may that we are loving God with our
minds as well as with rote emotions. And if by our study some
familiar phrase comes to have enlarged and more significant meaning,
that will be a still greater gain.
Authors
J. Ellsworth Kalas and
Carol Wehrheim
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