Sunday School is for Grown-Ups, Too!!

All of the adult education classes on Sunday mornings are kicking off October with new topics:

Adult Forum meets in the social hall and will be using a DVD series for learning and to spark conversation: Biblical Stewardship: Our Duty and Delight.


Biblical Stewardship: Our Duty & Delight from Select Learning on Vimeo.

Manna for Moms usually meets in the sanctuary, and will be spending a month learning about and discussing "Children and Materialsim."

The Digging Deeper class meets in the church office, and will be reading a book this month, Giving to God: The Bible's Good News about Living a Generous Life, by Mark Allan Powell. Copies are available in the church office for $13. Participants will be expected to read 25-45 pages at home each week, and then discuss the readings as a group (a reading schedule is also available).

We all know that everything we have is a gift from God. But sometimes it's hard to know just how to give back to God. How much is enough? What does the Bible really say? What should giving look like in our everyday lives? Filled with good news for followers of Jesus, Giving to God shows Christians the way to a better life and a better relationship both with their money and with God.
Popular author and Bible scholar Mark Allan Powell presents stewardship as an act of worship, an expression of faith, and a discipline for spiritual growth. Faithful use of our time, talents, and treasures starts with a deep, satisfying relationship with the God to whom we belong. We can then learn, says Powell, to give gladly and generously out of our heartfelt connection with God. The second part of the book applies these principles to today's complicated world.
After providing answers to practical questions about living and giving, Powell lays out a specific plan for a generous life that Christians can embrace as both a duty and a delight.
Informative, concise, and wise, Giving to God gives us resources to think carefully about how best to use the treasures, material and otherwise, that God has given us. Discussion questions at the end of each chapter make this book particularly useful for church study groups.