Adult Education Schedule for Winter 2008
*************************************************Sunday Morning Adult Learning Community
The Sunday adult education schedule is listed below. Sessions begin at 9:15 am dna dend at 10:15 am. The sessions are held in Parish Hall.
January 4: No education hour
January 11: Bible study, Lessons of the day - led by pastor Linda Lund
January 18: Stewardship - led by Pastor Chuck and Peter Dorow
January 25: VEAP in our community - led by Susan Freeman.
Wednesday Adult Learning Community
The Adult Education Ministry Team is offering a unique opportunity during the season of Epiphany. On Wednesday evenings, following the Simple Suppers, from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. there will be a Bible study based on a video series titled MissionShift: Reaching the World Next Door.
The Bible study will be offered from Wednesday, January 7, through February 11. The MissionShift video series discusses the changing world around us and the need for the Church of Christ to respond. The series focuses on the challenge new international immigrants pose to the Twin Cities and Minnesota churches. Reverend Roland Wells is the founder and director of the School of Urban Ministry and Executive producer of the MissionShift video series. The School of Urban Ministry is a program of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Phillips Neighborhood of Minneapolis. Each class period is a mix of a video presentation, a reflection on the biblical text, and participant discussion.
Karen Steenson and Kristin Tranby previewed the materials and brought them back to House of Prayer for us to experience. The cost for materials is $5. Each participant will receive a copy of the curriculum, which contains study questions based on topics and a scripture passage. Simple Suppers will be provided before each class period. The cost for a Simple Supper is $3 for an individual and $10 for a family.
Dates, video session titles, and
topics for the class are ~
January 7: The Whole World has Changed and
the Church is Asleep.
Biblical Foundation: Exodus 2:15-22; Matthew
25:31-46.
MissionShift Topic: Globalization; migration of
people throughout the world; world economy.
January 14: What is a Culture and How to Cross
Cultural Boundaries
Biblical Foundation: Acts 17:16-23.
MissionShift Topic: Definition of culture; what is
a cultural lens?
January 21: The Challenge of Race
Biblical Foundation: Genesis 15:1-6; Matthew
26:27-29; 1 Corinthians 12:7-11.
MissionShift Topic: Hospitality; what does it
mean to be multi-ethnic and multi-cultural?
January 28: The Acculturation Process and How
it Affects Ministry to Immigrants
Biblical Foundation: Ruth 1:1-9, 16-18.
MissionShift Topic: Immigration; our immigrant
heritage
February 4: Welcoming the Refugee
February 11: Ways our congregation can be involved