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Life Long Learners - Faith Formation

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Thank you, everyone who worked so hard up front and behind the scenes to make our Kick Off Sunday a great day.  Janice, Cindy, singers, Soulful Strings, members of the Hospitality team, Sunday School teachers and helpers, and other willing volunteers - well done good and faithful servants!

As we begin a new year of learning for our children and youth, we also want to invite adults to new opportunities to learn as well.  Throughout the year, on Sundays at 9:30, there will be at least two groups engaging in faith formation.

 During September and October, "Animate - Faith" will be meeting downstairs in Jerusalem Room  (to the right of stairwell leading down from narthex / lobby past lower lot entrance).
  Through video, discussion and group activities, we will be exploring challenging questions together.  Is faith something you just have or a quest?  What is the difference between being spiritual and being religious?  What is salvation?  How is the Bible different from other books? 

Upstairs in Daniel's Den (in office wing off narthex / lobby), we will be gathering for  "Messy Church: Paul's Letter to the Corinthians."
 This gathering could also be entitled: "Church: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same."  Whether you have read this letter before or are fairly new to the Bible itself, this gathering will be a source of blessing and growth.

These gatherings are designed so that you can drop in any week and not feel like you are "in the middle of the movie."  So grab a cup of coffee and join us as together we are enriched in faith.






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