first Presbyterian Church

Educational Opportunities

 

Adult Sunday School

Sunday Mornings in the Dakota Room (Downstairs)
10:00AM – 10:35AM
Led by Ann Kellermeyer & Guest Teachers

 This group, for men and women, regardless of age, will approach and study various topics throughout the Fall season. Generally using the Follow Me curriculum, we will begin by looking at Prayer. Special, thematic classes will also take place throughout the season led by guest teachers. Feel free to stop in for a class. No special materials or books are required. You only need to bring yourself.

 

Adult Bible Study

Thursday Evenings 5:00PM – 6:30 PM in the Gathering Place

October 3rd – November 7th
5:00PM – 6:30PM

Led by Rev. Martha Macgill and Rev. Alison Peters

Join us on Thursdays from 5:00-6:30 in the Gathering Space beginning Thursday, October 3rd and ending on Thursday, November 7th. The contemplative tradition is the mystic‘s path and has a long history in Christianity as well as other world religions. This contemplative path and its practices are the ways to go deeper in your faith. Richard Rohr has spent his life in the Christian Church exploring the mystical path, and, in his book The Naked Now, he says “Now don’t let the word “mystic” scare you off. It simply means one who has moved from mere belief systems or belonging systems to actual inner experience.” Using excerpts from The Naked Now and other sources, join Pastor Alison and Rev Martha as we examine well-known and not-so-well-known Scripture passages from a contemplative, mystical perspective.

Get ready to go beyond a surface reading of Holy Scripture and get ready to have your heart, mind and soul transformed in new ways. Come and taste the rich resources of our faith! Please call Brittany in the church office to register for the class. Materials for the first week of class will be ready to be picked up in mid to late September.

Questions? E-mail Rev Martha at soulspacecumberland@gmail.com or speak to Pastor Alison.