Saint Paul's Adult Christian Education

Mission

To offer forums, classes, and discussion groups designed to examine our faith, enrich our knowledge, deepen our relationship with Jesus, and “send us out to do the work God has given us to do.”

Part I: Sunday Forum, 10:00-10:45, Chapel

This weekly program offers a variety of presentations for the parish including Bible discussion, outreach, Christian living and ethics, Church history, and topics of community interest.

Date	Topic	Speaker
January 10	Preventable Disease and Spirituality	Rex Teeslink
January 17	Coins of the Bible	Wayne Damron
January 24	No Forum	Annual Meeting
January 31	The Kroc Center	Amy Rickard & Dereck Dugan
February 7	Great Anglican Personalities: John Jewel	Bob Polglase
February 14	Feedback from Diocesan Convention	Parish Delegates
February 21	Fascinating Facts about Saint Paul's: Lessons learned as Senior Warden & chairman of the Finance Committee	Perry Smith
February 28	Christ Community Health Clinic	Dr. Robert Campbell & Dr. Grant Scarborough
March 7	On The Sea of Galilee	Bill Dolen
March 14	Faith During the Holocaust	Rabbi David Sirull
March 21	Israel & Palestine	Perry Smith
March 28	No Forum	Palm Sunday
April 4	No Forum	Easter Sunday
April 11	Churchyard Tour	Joe Lojewski & Erick Montgomery
April 18	Conversation with the Bishop	Rt. Rev. Scott Benhase
April 25	Goodwill Career Center	Meredith Stiff
May 2	Diabetes and Faith (tentative)
May 9	When the Prayer Book was Illegal	Bob Polglase

Part II: Lenten Reflections, 11:00-11:50,Parlor

Jim Silcox will offer a Lenten Bible Study and reflection program for five Wednesdays beginning on February 24. The program will focus on the previous Sunday's lectionary readings for the five Sundays of Lent. Participants will need only Bibles and Prayer books. We will meet in the parlor from 11:00 -11:50, and encourage participants to attend the Wednesday healing service in the chapel immediately after as part of a Lenten discipline. This program will emphasize active participation and will not be a lecture format. The following Lenten themes will be addressed in the context of the lectionary study.

Reflection on Christ's sacrificial service to humanity and his ultimate atoning crucifixion for our salvation.

Reflection on our mortality, inevitable death, and penitence for having failed to live as Christ would have us live as spiritual preparation for Holy Week and for the joy of Easter.

Emulation of Christ's sacrifices and self-denial through personal disciplines.

Reflection on God's plan of salvation and our role in that plan as a church and as individual Christians.

Part III: Thursday Brown Bag Bible Study, 11:45-1:00, Tyler Hall

St. Paul has always been a controversial figure, and recently a number of theologians have written about Paul and his writings. The Brown Bag Bible Study will focus on the Letter of Paul to the Romans, using the Kerygma study guide. Please join us for stimulating discussion on our patron saint and his important contributions to Christianity, and how his work is still topical today. Bring your lunch for good mid-day, mid-week fellowship. Mary-Kathleen Blanchard will facilitate the discussions. This course finishes the course that was started in the fall. It will meet four Thursdays in January, beginning January 7. We will be on chapter 11 in the Kerygma book.

Part IV: Saint Paul's Book Club (3rd Thursday of each month), 2:30-4:00, Parlor

This is a monthly discussion of books being read by the group. The objectives of the group include Christian fellowship, exchange of perspectives and good fun. All are encouraged to join and we welcome new participation.

January 21 World Without End by Ken Follet
World Without End takes place in the same town of Kingsbridge, two centuries after the townspeople finished building the exquisite Gothic cathedral that was at the heart of The Pillars of the Earth. The cathedral and the priory are again at the center of a web of love and hate, greed and pride, ambition and revenge, but this sequel stands on its own. This time the men and women of an extraordinary cast of characters find themselves at a crossroad of new ideas-about medicine, commerce, architecture, and justice. In a world where proponents of the old ways fiercely battle those with progressive minds, the intrigue and tension quickly reach a boiling point against the devastating backdrop of the greatest natural disaster ever to strike the human race-the Black Death."

February 25 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
"It is a tale of two generations of characters brough jarringly together by the tragic sweep of war, where personal lives - the struggle to survive, raise a family, find happiness - are inextricable from the history playing out around them. It is a striking, heart-wrenching novel of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love."

Part V: Evening Bible Study, Wednesday from 7:00 - 8:30pm

TThis is an informal, participant-driven group that meets in members' homes. The study covers various books of the Bible. The study is covering the scriptures with a sharing of interpretations and individual viewpoints. Anyone is welcome to join the group at any time. The group will be meeting at the home of Anita and Wendell Tanner 2282 Overton Road. Contact Anita or Wendell for more information: 706-993-5720.

Part VI: Rector's Journey/Confirmation Course, Sundays 10:00-10:45, Youth Room

The Journey Course serves two functions. First, it is the educational basis for a process of formation to prepare and support persons for living according to the vows and promises of Christian Baptism. In this sense it is designed for newcomers to the Episcopal Church and Episcopalians who desire a refresher foundations course. Second, it is a means to prepare Episcopalians for Confirmation in April. The Catechism, spirituality, Episcopal liturgy, the Book of Common Prayer, and an overview of the history and tradition of the Episcopal Church will be covered. This class will be January 31 and run through March 21.

Part VII: Sunday from 10:00 - 10:45am, Parlor

Mary-Kathleen Blanchard will offer a Sunday morning adult Christian education opportunity. She is currently deciding on the topic, which will be announced before January.


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Worship Services


	Sunday 8:00 - Rite I 10:00 - Rite II Beginning September 20 7:45 - Rite I 9:00 - Rite II 11:00 - Rite II Wednesday Noon - Rite II in Chapel