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How much do you know about the Bible? Or Christian history? Or different ways of praying? Or Christian stewardship? Or Christian theology? Do you even know why most — but not all — Christians worship on Sundays?

The point is, no matter what your age, there is much to learn from classes offered at the church. If you are interested in learning about a certain religious topic, speak to the pastor.

Look for the smile which breaks forth on the pastor’s face. Why? Because an educated congregation thrills pastors. Learning is part of loving God with one’s mind. Christian education helps us understand what living as Christians is all about. So go ahead, ask about a class that might interest you.

“It is not enough to have a good mind,” said the French philosopher, René Descartes. “The main thing is to use it well.” Learning about Christian beliefs and practices is using one’s mind quite well. Your church is a place for you to learn. It has a class for you.

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Staying in the Word Together

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Join Christians throughout North America as they read together – each Sunday – the scriptures for the week.  Known as the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL), the collections of readings is organized so that after a three year cycle, members of churches will have read through the majority of the Bible.  In our church, our Sunday school curriculum follows the RCL.

As a church and denomination, we use the RCL and provide these to the pastors for direction on the order of worship and for guidance in Christian Education. A guest pastor may choose not to use the scriptures, but we are providing them to the congregation as a means of Staying in the Word Together.  Traditionally, there will be an Old Testament, Psalm New Testament and Gospel reading. 

Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
rend your hearts and not your clothing.  Return to the Lord, your God.                Joel 2:12-13

I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses.  Choose life so that you and your descendants may live,
loving the Lord your God, obeying him, and holding fast to him.                            Deuteronomy 30: 19-20

Brown Bag Bible Study   

Bring your lunch
In the church boardroom
Bible in hand
Learn the Gospels
Enjoy fellowship

 

Join Ron Kelley @ 12:00 on Wednesdays
Now studying the parable of the Good Samaritan.

 Illuminators Class
Meets in the Board Room on Sunday mornings beginning Sept. 19th led by Rev. Ronald Kelley.  Studying Genesis.  Join us to study the first book of God's Word.

 Sowers Class
“What Are We Doing Down There?”          

For some time, I have led the adult Sunday School class that meets in the basement kitchen area on Sunday mornings.  I learned a while ago that our class has a name -- we’re the “Sowers” class.  That makes sense in light of our congregation’s motto “Sowing the Seeds of Love”.  I like that motto. I’ve always liked that motto.   And I dare to say I think God likes it, too.  I think it speaks volumes about how we see ourselves as individuals and as a congregation.

Well, I’m supposed to share with you a little bit about what we do when we’re together on Sunday mornings. But, first, I have to say that whenever I am not able to be there, or I’m gone for some reason, we are so blessed to have people like Mike Grimes, Rev. Ron Kelley and Lois Campbell who will step in to lead the class.  This is one of the things I truly love about serving God in this place.  God has given us people with hearts and voices who will say, “Yes,” when a need arises.

Okay, back to what we’re doing on Sunday mornings.  Have you ever wondered what we’re doing down there in the kitchen?  Well, over time we’ve done Bible studies, video based lessons, and lesson series on various topics.  For the last several months we’ve been working with a curriculum called  “The Wired Word.”  Every Thursday I receive an e-mail that includes a lesson taken right out of the current week’s headlines.  Each installment includes biblical commentary and discussion questions related to a topic in the news that week.

We’ve had lessons about older children being abandoned under Nebraska’s “Safe Haven”  law, medical advances making life and death boundaries less certain, the death of comedian George Carlin, ministers breaking federal tax laws which prohibit a minister from endorsing a particular candidate from the pulpit, an autistic teen being barred from attending church, a church that declined a $600,000 tithe from a lotto winner, and most recently how Barack Obama’s election is seen as a milestone in our nation’s history.

If you drop in to join us,  you don’t have to worry about being “behind” the rest of the class,  because, every Sunday it’s something new!  And every Sunday the discussion is lively!  I really hope you will join us.  Oh, by the way, you can bring your donut and coffee downstairs with you.  Most of us do.

Lois Campbell, Mike Grimes and Mike Grimes

Pre-school - 3rd

Greetings from the Pre K-3rd grade class- room.  We have  been busy learning about Jesus and His 12 disciples and how He taught them to fish for men.  To go along with that we made fishermen trail mix and fishing poles.  We have also been talking about the wonderful Easter story and the resurrection of Christ.  We participated in the Lenten symbol service by placing 30 pieces of silver at the foot of the cross.  We enjoy painting, coloring and making crafts.  We also love to sing every Sunday thanks to Julie Boles & David Grimes.  Come by and see us sometime, we are next to the nursery and you can usually hear us.

Suzanne Fogarty & Betsy Wagner

 4th- 5th

Happy Fall Everyone!  I am very happy to be teaching the older elementary kids again this year! The new curriculum is awesome and has us writing and thinking each class.  We have finished one unit already and it was entitled Call to Freedom and Obedience.  We study stories about Moses out of the book Exodus.  We developed a timeline of the highlights of Moses life.  Discussed the Commandments and how they are the rules that God gave us to live our lives by.  More importantly, we talked about how the Commandments are timeless guidelines and apply just as much today as they did in Moses time.  We just started our second unit – Call to Hope.  We learned about Deborah, a prophetess who was a judge in Israel.  We have such great kids in our church and it is a pleasure to be with them each week and learn from one another by sharing our ideas and thoughts.

Becki Sprague

Jr. High Class   

Keepers of the Covenant 
The word Bible comes from the Greek word “biblo” which means book.  The word holy means “set apart” or “special.”  Thus:  “A SPECIAL BOOK”

So we opened that “special book” and started with “In the beginning.”  The main character is God.  The books tell how God worked in history to create and later redeem his people.  We have been studying the Torah (the first five books of the Bible).  We’ve discussed that Genesis; chapters 1 through 11 are called primeval stories because the stories were passed by word of mouth.  The Bible has stories of God’s “faithfulness.”  We looked for that faithfulness in the stories of Adam & Eve, Noah, Abraham & Sarah, Isaac, Jacob & Esau, Joseph and Moses.  Faithful God, keeper of promises, is with all of us always.

Jon Grimes & the Junior High Class

Sr. High Class

The Senior High Sunday School Class is currently working very hard on the Sunrise Service.  The kids are learning their lines and coming up with costumes and props for the Easter skit.  All of us are very excited about this year’s program and hope everyone can come and celebrate Easter with us!

When we are not working on the Sunrise Service, we are studying the book “What’s So Great About Christianity” by Dinesh D’Souza.  It is a book about apologetics.  I have to admit it is a tough read but our high school kids are getting through it remarkably well.  We have had some great discussions and together we are learning more about what it means to be a Christian.

We also read and discuss devotionals out of a book called, “Download Devotions to Start Your Day.”  This book is geared for teenagers.  All of the devotions target teens and their problems and struggles.  We have shared many stories and had some great discussions because of the topics covered in this little devotional.

We continue to work on our prayer wall.  It is becoming quite a thing to see.  Our kids pray over the people and things on the wall every week.  We invite you to come check it out, put a prayer on the wall or come and pray over the things on the wall.

I never run out of great things to say about the kids in the senior high class!  They are an amazing group of kids!  They are a hard working and dedicated group of young people.  They are inspirational and fun to be around!  Please come and join us and see for yourself all the fun we are having in the senior high room!

Hillary Basden 

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