Thursday Morning Study Group

On Thursday mornings, people from many different churches in the area come together to study a book, Scripture, and to learn about faith together. The current book the group is looking at is the Gospel of Luke. The next book the class will be looking at is “She Is Called- Women of the Bible” Volume 4. The group has looked at books such as Henri Nouwen’s book The Return of the Prodigal Son, selected readings from the Apocrypha/Deuterocanon, and Toward A True Kinship of Faiths by the Dalai Lama. This study is held at 9:30 every Thursday morning via a hybrid format with some gathered in the Chapel at FPC and others joining via Zoom.

Adult Study

Every Sunday following worship (around 11:15 a.m.), we have a class for anyone high school age and up who is interested in exploring Scripture, faith, and life more deeply. We’ve studied books such as Courtney Ellis’ book Uncluttered: Free Your Space, Free Your Schedule, Free Your Soul, Adam Hamilton’s 24 Hours That Changed the World. N. T. Wright’s book Matthew. Adam Hamilton’s The Lord’s Prayer. Adam Hamilton’s The Journey: Walking the Road to Bethlehem. and Reverend Jill J. Duffield’s Appreciate these Things, Eight ways of Cultivating Compassion.

We are currently offering an adult study on Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus: An Advent to Christmas Pilgrimage by Andy Langford & Ann Langford Duncan. 

Occasional Studies

From time to time, another study will begin for all people in the church. One such study was The Faith of a Mockingbird, which took a look at four characters from Harper Lee’s novel and discovered what we might learn from those characters as we seek to become like Christ.

Another study was Matt Rawle’s The Grace of Les Misérables which dives into six ideals found in the story—grace, justice, poverty, revolution, love, and hope—each represented by a character in Hugo’s story. As these imperfect and relatable characters interact, we can see how these ideals work together (perhaps even in spite of each other) out in the world.

These opportunities will be advertised on Facebook, via email, and in the announcements at worship. If you are interested in finding out more about any of these studies, reach out to us via the contact page or call the church at (308) 632-2131.