ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES
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Combined Advent Sunday School
Names for the Messiah by Walter Brueggemann
Books Available in the office for $10 In Isaiah 9:6, a divine utterance is given to us using four royal titles--Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. Names for the Messiah ponders each title and how the people understood it then, how Jesus did or did not fulfill the title, and how Christians interpret Jesus as representative of that title. Christians have claimed from the beginning that Jesus was the Messiah foretold in the Old Testament. In this study, best-selling author Walter Brueggemann tackles the questions: "What were these expectations?" and "Did Jesus fulfill them?" |
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Open and Unafraid
by W. David O. Taylor
NO SUNDAY SCHOOL ON SEPTEMBER 18 How can we find a more transparent, resilient, and fearless life of faith? The book of Psalms has been central to God's people for millennia, across all walks of life and cultural contexts. In reading it, we discover that we are never alone in our joys, sorrows, angers, doubts, praises, or thanksgivings. In it, we learn about prayer and poetry, honesty and community, justice and enemies, life and death, nations and creation. Open and Unafraid shows us how to read the psalms in a fresh, life-giving way, and so access the bottomless resources for life that they provide. Books available in office for $10 Led by Nat Scott (nat@sspres.org) |
August 7 Chapter 1: Honesty August 14 Chapter 2: Community August 21 Chapter 3: History August 28 Chapter 4: Prayer September 4 No Sunday School September 11 Chapter 5: Poetry September 18 NO SUNDAY SCHOOL :::Church Survey Evaluation at 9:30AM September 25 Chapter 6: Sadness October 2 Chapter 7: Anger October 9 Chapter 8: Joy October 16 Chapter 9: Enemies October 23 Chapter 10: Justice October 30 Chapter 11: Death November 6 Chapter 12: Life November 13 Chapter 13: Nations November 20 Chapter 14: Creation |
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GODSPEED
The Pace of Being Known By Julie and Matt Canlis (A 20s/30s/40s Bible Study)
NO SUNDAY SCHOOL ON SEPTEMBER 18 OR OCTOBER 30 Follow the story of an American pastor whose desire to change the world grinds to a halt in a Scottish parish. Join Eugene Peterson, N.T. Wright and Granny Wallace on a pilgrimage to being known in your own backyard. Led by Madelynne Risi (madelynne@sspres.org) |
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Always a Guest
By Barbara Brown Taylor
NO SUNDAY SCHOOL ON SEPTEMBER 18 From beloved writer and renowned preacher Barbara Brown Taylor comes a new collection of stories and sermons of faith, grace, and hope. Taylor, author of the best-selling books Holy Envy and An Altar in the World, among others, finds that when you are the invited guest speaking of faith to people you don't know, one must seek common ground: exploring the central human experience. Full of Taylor s astute observations on the Spirit and the state of the world along with her gentle wit, this collection will inspire Taylor s fans and preachers alike as she explores faith in all its beauty and complexity. Led by various people. |
September 25 Chapter 22: Practicing Resurrection Mark 16:1-8 October 2 Chapter 23: Believing in Thomas John 20: 19-31 October 9 Chapter 24: Lady Lazarus Acts 9:36-43 October 16 Chapter 25: The Bright Cloud of Unknowing Matthew 17:1-9 October 23 Chapter 26: Every Singing Creature Revelation 5:11-14 October 30 Chapter 27: Who Needs Heaven Now? Matthew 5:1-12 November 6 Chapter 28: The Oddest Miracle John 2:1-11 November 13 Chapter 29: Learning to Fall John 12:20-26 November 20 Chapter 30 & 31: The Wise and Foolish Church Matthew 25:1-13; Matthew 26:6-13 |
Questions? Contact Frieda Warner, Director of Christian Education (frieda@sspres.org; 638-2220)
