Small Groups

Wednesday Evening Conversations

Devotion to Jesus

The DaVinci Code is only the most successful in a long line of books containing revisionist accounts of Christian origins. In fact, the true story is much more amazing, as Professor Hurtado,one of the world's leading New Testament historians, demonstrates in this important new course.

Devotion to Jesus

An eight-session study on the subject of "Jesus Devotion" in earliest Christianity. For us this will be more like 12-16 sessions as we break materials down to fit our Wednesday evening one hour time slot. Course materials are adaptable to different class lengths. For example, each lesson can easily be split in two to accommodate shorter sessions, such as a 45-minute class.

Location: 
Room 213
Date: 
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 6:30pm

Wednesday Morning Conversations

DustPastor Jim McDonald is leading a series of discussions based on Rob Bell's Nooma videos on Wednesday mornings at 10am.

NOOMA is a series of short films that are designed to provoke us into a deeper understanding of the teachings of Jesus. Each one covers a different subject, but all are relevant to our daily lives and help us to understand ourselves and our relation to God. 

All are welcome to come and join in this informal exploration of our faith.

Location: 
Room 213
Date: 
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 10:00am

Wednesday Morning Conversations

DustPastor Jim McDonald is leading a series of discussions based on Rob Bell's Nooma videos on Wednesday mornings at 10am.

NOOMA is a series of short films that are designed to provoke us into a deeper understanding of the teachings of Jesus. Each one covers a different subject, but all are relevant to our daily lives and help us to understand ourselves and our relation to God. 

All are welcome to come and join in this informal exploration of our faith.

Location: 
Room 213
Date: 
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 10:00am

Wednesday Morning Conversations

DustPastor Jim McDonald is leading a series of discussions based on Rob Bell's Nooma videos on Wednesday mornings at 10am.

NOOMA is a series of short films that are designed to provoke us into a deeper understanding of the teachings of Jesus. Each one covers a different subject, but all are relevant to our daily lives and help us to understand ourselves and our relation to God. 

All are welcome to come and join in this informal exploration of our faith.

Location: 
Room 213
Date: 
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 10:00am

Wednesday Morning Conversations

DustPastor Jim McDonald is leading a series of discussions based on Rob Bell's Nooma videos on Wednesday mornings at 10am.

Believing in God is important, but what about God believing in us? Believing that we can actually be the kind of people we were meant to be. People of love, compassion, peace, forgiveness, and hope. 

All are welcome to come.

Location: 
Room 213
Date: 
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 10:00am

Wednesday Evening Conversations

Devotion to Jesus

The DaVinci Code is only the most successful in a long line of books containing revisionist accounts of Christian origins. In fact, the true story is much more amazing, as Professor Hurtado,one of the world's leading New Testament historians, demonstrates in this important new course.

Devotion to Jesus

An eight-session study on the subject of "Jesus Devotion" in earliest Christianity. For us this will be more like 12-16 sessions as we break materials down to fit our Wednesday evening one hour time slot. Course materials are adaptable to different class lengths. For example, each lesson can easily be split in two to accommodate shorter sessions, such as a 45-minute class.

Location: 
Room 213
Date: 
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 6:30pm

Wednesday Evening Conversations

Devotion to Jesus

The DaVinci Code is only the most successful in a long line of books containing revisionist accounts of Christian origins. In fact, the true story is much more amazing, as Professor Hurtado,one of the world's leading New Testament historians, demonstrates in this important new course.

Devotion to Jesus

An eight-session study on the subject of "Jesus Devotion" in earliest Christianity. For us this will be more like 12-16 sessions as we break materials down to fit our Wednesday evening one hour time slot. Course materials are adaptable to different class lengths. For example, each lesson can easily be split in two to accommodate shorter sessions, such as a 45-minute class.

Location: 
Room 213
Date: 
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 6:30pm

Wednesday Evening Conversations

Devotion to Jesus

The DaVinci Code is only the most successful in a long line of books containing revisionist accounts of Christian origins. In fact, the true story is much more amazing, as Professor Hurtado,one of the world's leading New Testament historians, demonstrates in this important new course.

Devotion to Jesus

An eight-session study on the subject of "Jesus Devotion" in earliest Christianity. For us this will be more like 12-16 sessions as we break materials down to fit our Wednesday evening one hour time slot. Course materials are adaptable to different class lengths. For example, each lesson can easily be split in two to accommodate shorter sessions, such as a 45-minute class.

Location: 
Room 213
Date: 
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 6:30pm

Wednesday Morning Conversations

BreathePastor Jim McDonald will lead a series of discussions based on Rob Bell's Nooma video Breathe on Wednesday mornings at 10am.

Breathing is the most natural of physical processes; we don't even think about doing it. But, as Rob Bell points out, the word for "breath" in the Bible is the same as the word for "spirit." It's part of what it means to be human and yet it also represents our spiritual reality as well. In these conversations, Pastor Jim will use the video to helps us reflect on the tension between our physical and spiritual lives, on what it means to be human made in the image of God.

Location: 
Room 213
Date: 
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 10:00am

Why We Believe What We Believe

Why We Believe What We Believe

Carol Lysne will lead a discussion of Why We Believe What We Believe, by Andrew Newberg and Mark Waldman. Newberg and Waldman study the origin of beliefs and their connection to the biology of the brain. Newberg argues that we are "biologically driven to find meaning and wholeness throughout our lives" and that our belief systems, as well as providing us with a moral framework, also have a profound effect on healing our bodies and minds. Newberg does not believe that neuroscience can say whether God exists or not, but he does believe that it is important to understand how religious experience is "hard-wired into the human brain."

In preparation for a two-day workshop that Andrew Newberg will be leading at First United in September, everyone is invited to join in an all-church read of this stimulating book. It can be purchased online or in book stores, or you can ask the church office to purchase a copy for you.

Date: 
Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 9:00am

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