Adult Education
Opportunities
Welcome to our Adult Education Opportunities page! Here, you'll discover enriching avenues for spiritual growth and community connection through our Angell Class and Jubilee Class offerings. Explore the unique curriculum and schedules designed to deepen your faith journey and foster meaningful relationships within our church family. We invite you to embark on a journey of discovery and growth with us! Both classes meet at 9:30 am on Sunday mornings.
A New Thing
"See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it
I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland." Isaiah 43:19
This new Sunday School class for those "in between." Think of this as a class for college aged adults to those "raised by boomers" and maybe even a little older. Wherever you find yourself in that range, we invite you to join us as we do a new thing. The class will be theme-based and incorporate poetry, scripture, movie clips, literature, and more.
The Angell Class
The Angell Class is a supportive group of free-thinking individuals interested in studying scripture from spiritual, historical, and practicable viewpoints. The class is following The Revised Common Lectionary published by the Vanderbilt Divinity School as a guide to scripture to be studied.
PLEASE feel free to open our door and join the class. We begin to gather around 9:30 am on Sunday mornings with coffee and snacks, followed by a sharing of prayer concerns and celebrations. The sharing of thoughts on the weekly scripture starts around 10:00 am. The discussions include serious and humorous points offered by class members.
The scriptural passages to be discussed in the next few weeks include the following.
The Jubilee Class
The Jubilee Class is a diverse group spanning a broad age group of individuals with a range of interests and viewpoints who enjoy a discussion format on an endless variety of subjects and how they relate to and promote our personal Christian faith and values. Our class is open to all who wish to attend, whether it is one time, when a topic interests them, every Sunday, or any frequency in between.
Our attendees include individuals who are in their 30s (or under) through their 90s (or near there). We come from different faith backgrounds. Individuals hold traditional beliefs and non-traditional beliefs. We maintain an atmosphere of receptivity to expressions and opinions, and we encourage everyone to feel free to speak, whether it is to ask questions or express a viewpoint. Paramount to our time together, there is no criticism or judgement.
Our programs are based solely upon the suggestions and interests of members and include, but are not limited to, traditional Bible study, book reviews, history, current issues, other cultures and religions, music, mission activities, and anything else members suggest. Most often, programs are led by members of the class, but sometimes guests lead us, including other church members, church staff, and guests from outside our church.
October 27: The genealogy of Jesus, based on the first chapter of Matthew and a monograph written by Jane McNeil, led by Davis Smith.
November 3: A Bible study on, "Another look at the woman at the well," based on John 4:16-24 and "Prayers for the Election," led by Ron Carter.
November 10: Amanda Tyler’s How to End Christian Nationalism, led by Rev. Chris Crowley.
November 17: The first of a three-part series on "The First Christmas," led by Deb Loftis and Mary Ann Googins.
November 24: “Gratitude,” Combined Sunday School