Classes

Wednesday

Bible Together is an inclusive Bible study in which our entire church community, including all age groups, is invited to read and reflect on God’s Word. This experience encourages meaningful discussions and shared insights as we explore the Bible together. Let’s come together to grow in faith, learn from one another, and strengthen our bonds as a church family. Bible Together will meet on Wednesdays at 5:00.

Are you a maker? Do you want to craft or learn how to craft? Join us for Create+Connect, a space where artists can work on their projects, learn and craft together, and build relationships. Create+Connect will meet on Wednesdays at 6:30. It will not meet weekly, but will alternate Wednesdays with our Social Justice Forum.

Join Pastor Josh for Exploring the Hebrew Scriptures. Throughout the semester we will do an overview of The Old Testament, seeking to learn more about these texts through the wisdom and witness of our Jewish sisters and brothers. We will also look at how these texts play a vital role forming and informing the teachings of Jesus and the early church. There will be no required book for this class, although supplemental resources will be available throughout for those wishing to dig deeper into specific books or topics. Exploring the Hebrew Scriptures will meet on Wednesdays at 6:30.

Fit Faith continues its work of building relationships based on holistic spirituality. Come, join us for a time of group fitness, prayer, meditation, and other practices to edify your body, your mind, and your soul. Fit Faith will meet on Wednesdays from 6:15 - 7:15 at Self Love Studio Fitness.

This Spring our Social Justice Forum will focus on the topic of climate justice! We will be reading and discussing Katharine Heyhoe's Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World. In Saving Us, Hayhoe argues that when it comes to changing hearts and minds, facts are only one part of the equation. We need to find shared values in order to connect our unique identities to collective action. This is not another doomsday narrative about a planet on fire. It is a multilayered look at science, faith, and human psychology. Saving Us is on the 2024 United Women in Faith reading list and can count toward the 2026 reading program. Social Justice Forum will meet on Wednesdays at 6:30. It will not meet weekly, but will alternate Wednesdays with Create+Connect.

Understanding Paul will be an exploration into the writing and adventures of the Apostle Paul. He was the most prolific writer of the New Testament. He launched and wrote letters to many of the early churches to help guide and grow them. Yet, Paul's words and ideas are the subject of passionate debates. How did his experience with the life transforming power of Jesus impact his education and training as a Pharisee? How did his new understanding of Christ affect his perspective in the early Roman Empire? How are his writings often misunderstood and how can we approach his controversial passages? Join Pastor Daniel for this study of Paul and the New Testament.

Join Pastor Josh for a four week series on Building Beloved Community: The Courage to Love in the Face of Tyranny, a book written by The United Methodist Council of Bishops. Feel free to bring your supper with you for this conversational book study from The United Methodist Council of Bishops. All are welcome to participate and grow. This class will meet in room N116 on Wednesday evenings during May from 6:00 - 7:30.

Thursday

Continuing our discussion from the Fall of Labberton's The Dangerous Act of Worship: Living God's Call to Justice, our Spring session of Lunch & Learn will focus on the topic of prayer and worship. During the Spring, we will read Marjorie J. Thompson's Soul Feast: An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life. Throughout this book, Thompson gives readers "the tools to engage the spiritual life– both for your health and the health of the world" (x). Bring your lunch and come be part of the experience. Lunch and Learn will meet on Thursdays at 12:00.