ADULT EDUCATION

Sunday School isn’t only for kids. Growing in Christian faith is a lifetime journey. Lewinsville Church offers an Adult Education program to nurture and equip people in this journey. This can mean rediscovering the Bible through storytelling, wrestling with life’s big questions, learning ways to cultivate prayer life, and discussing how to put faith into action. One of the benefits of participating in the program is to develop and deepen relationships in our faith community.

This church year’s program includes 16 Adult Ed classes, a fall and a spring midweek Bible study, and a Lenten series in March with Dr. Christine Yoder. Classes will be offered that appeal to those who learn through stories, movies, and poetry as well as those who enjoy a good lecture and an in-depth study of a theology book. Classes will also be provided for those who like to talk faith and public policy and those who want to develop skills dealing with parenting, illness, and other challenges.

The Adult Ed program will be drawing upon the rich resources within our congregation and inviting teachers to join us from the Center for Pastoral Counseling and the Network of Biblical Storytellers. The life experiences and varied backgrounds of those attending the classes will enrich the discussion. Job, Mark, Martin Luther King, C. S. Lewis, and even Rudolph (the Red Nosed Reindeer) will be subjects of discussion. Join fellow disciples in the journey to learn, discern, and act. You may find the experience transformational.

Adult Education classes are offered each Sunday morning. Classes begin at 9:45 a.m. and run for one hour. In the summer, classes begin at 9:00 a.m.

• Current Sunday Morning Classes
• Weekday Adult Education
• Year-at-a-Glance brochure, 2011-12
• Audio Archive

CURRENT SUNDAY MORNING CLASSES

MODULE FOUR: FEBRUARY 12-26, 2012

The Theology of Martin Luther King, Jr., led by David Morrison

Prayers of Mourning Poetry, led by Rachel Russell

I Believe: Confessions of Our Time, led by Rev. Deborah McKinley

WEEKDAY ADULT EDUCATION:

PIECING TOGETHER THE BIBLE PUZZLE: HOW THE BIBLE CAME TO US

January 25 - February 15, 2012

Wednesdays 10:00-11:30 a.m. or 7:30-9:00 p.m.

Papyrus scrolls, parchment manuscripts, printing on paper, and now digital formats. Has any book ever been transmitted in so many forms, across so many centuries, in so many languages?

• When did this collection of sacred writings take the shape it has today?
• How did Jerome and Augustine differ in “piecing together” the Old Testament, and what difference does that make today?
• What do those footnotes in my Bible mean?

Blend your interest in history with your love of the Bible, as we explore together the text that is the foundation of our faith community.

Led by the Rev. Stephany Crosby. Registration will begin January 1 in St. Andrews Hall or CLICK HERE TO SIGNUP ONLINE.

ADULT EDUCATION AUDIO ARCHIVE:

Reinhold Niebuhr: American Power in Theological Perspective, led by Bruce Douglass (click on link below for audio MP3). Reinhold Niebuhr, a pastor-theologian who spent most of his career teaching at Union Theological Seminary in New York, is arguably the most influential "public" theologian American Protestantism has ever produced. Figures as diverse as George Kennan, Arthur Schlesinger and Martin Luther King, Jr. have claimed him as an influence on their thinking, and that continues today, with even Barack Obama claiming to have learned from Niebuhr's writings. This course is designed as a introduction to Niebuhr's thought through a review of some of his better-known works. Two audio files are provided from the 5-part series running from February 7th through March 7th.

• February 14 - Moral Man and Immoral Society
• February 28 - The Irony of American History

Updated February 5, 2012