Weekly Classes (Adult Sunday School)
EXPOSE ourselves to new ways of thinking. EXPLORE new ways of experiencing God, Faith, Grace, and Love. EXPAND our hearts and minds to become a more Christian community.
Our Weekly Classes (Adult Sunday School) meet on Sundays from 10:15am-11:15am.
Shalom ( שָׁלוֹם )
(Room A6) We are currently using the Adult Bible Studies lesson series. We are open to suggestions of other studies and books that members bring to the attention of the class. We live broadcast our class on Zoom.
We consider ourselves students of the history of both Christianity and its theology. We enhance our Bible scripture studies by also seeking an understanding of the traditions, beliefs and the cultural practices of the times, both then and now. We encourage open and honest questions and doubt in all of our discussions.
Question and Discussion (QAD)
(Room A2/4)
The QAD Sunday school class is an accumulation of people of varying ages from 40-80. This provides an educational (and sometime humorous) interaction within our class. Our backgrounds are all different, as are our interests, but we appear to allow each other to shine when appropriate. Perhaps it is this difference of personalities which allows us to moderate each other’s responses. Some say very little, and some speak more often, but we all are appreciated. We are a diverse, caring, and fun-loving group of adults. We enjoy the connections we have made within the class and often enjoy each other’s company outside of church. As an aside, we also have some very good cooks in our class and most weeks we enjoy the snacks they prepare.
Open Door
(Room A8) We are currently studying the book by Peter Enns and Jared Byas, “Genesis for Normal People.”
The Open Door is a class of mature men and women. Each of us is in a different stage of our faith journey. Our focus is to study, learn and grow in our faith. We investigate different topics throughout the year with an environment of judgement free discussions. Our name means that we are open to all wishing to enter. It is important to us as Christians to live our faith through loving others as God has taught us, and as God loves us.
“This is My commandment that you love one another as I have loved you.” John 15:17 ESV
Real Life
(Room A7) We are currently studying “How to Be Here” by Rob Bell.
Real life is an intergenerational group of people who are, open-minded and flexible, at various stages of their faith/spiritual journey, curious about God and the Bible, and unafraid to learn new ways to view each. We are from diverse places, careers, backgrounds and religious traditions, hungry for discussion that challenges the mind, spirit and pre-existing belief structures, respectful of differences in belief and opinion. We share a collective value of wanting to be (as an individual) better reflections of Christ in the world and we desires to build a community of peace and love at Grace and in Mount Juliet.