Youth Education - "A Joyful Path"
We are proud to be using A Joyful Path as the curriculum for our children. This cutting edge curriculum, developed by the Center for Progressive Christianity, celebrates a joy-filled life, compassion for all, and the wisdom within.
ADULT FAITH FORMATION featuring LOVE WINS
Millions of Christians have struggled with how to reconcile God’s love and God’s judgment: Has God created billions of people over thousands of years only to select a few to go to heaven and everyone else to suffer forever in hell? Is this acceptable to God? How is this good news? (excerpt from Rob Bell’s LOVE WINS)
Beginning January 8, we will squeeze eight chapters of Rob Bell’s book into seven Sundays (Jan. 8 – Feb. 19). Okay, if it takes eight, then Feb. 26! We’ll see. After that we will commence with our LTQ (Living the Questions) Lenten Study Series Saving Jesus, but more on that next month.
Rob Bell, founding pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has been called “a rock star in the church world,” but his book LOVE WINS has stirred-up quite a bit of controversy among the faithful. Subtitled A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived, it is a book that suggests that maybe God wants us to deal with the hard questions of life’s journey.
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Remember, our Adult Faith Formation Group meets at 9:30 am on Sunday mornings. I will try to transmit a study guide to you prior to January 8, when we begin with chapter one, “What About the Flat Tire?” In the meanwhile, if you want to start another cell group, or book study group, with LOVE WINS as your resource, please know that you are also welcome to do so.
As Rob Bell concludes his book, let me reiterate – May you know deep in your bones that love wins!
Harvey
LENTEN STUDY: Saving Jesus
Ever feel like Jesus has been kidnapped by the Christian Right and discarded by the Secular Left? Saving Jesus Redux is a DVD-prompted exploration of a credible Jesus for the third millennium. Contributors Brian McLaren, Diana Butler Bass, and Robin Meyers join Marcus Borg, Walter Brueggemann, John Dominic Crossan, Matthew Fox, Amy-Jill Levine, and a host of others for a conversation around the relevance of Jesus for today. Join us for this 12 session Lenten program, beginning on Sunday, February 26, at 9:30 a.m. 
