Class meets each Sunday, year-round, in the Church Lounge at 9:30 AM.
Class meets each Sunday, September through May, in the Church Kitchen (lower level) at 9:30 AM.
Since September Pastor Steve has been leading a study based on the second book in the Apprentice Serices by James Bryan Smith. This class meets on Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m. and will finish The Good and Beautiful Life early in January.
The Good and Beautiful Community
Following the Spirit, Extending Grace, Demonstrating Love
Beginning February 2nd, at 7:00 PM in the Church Lounge, Pastor Steve will lead a study based on James Bryan Smith's book The Good and Beautiful Community: Following the Spirit, Extending Grace, Demonstrating Love. This is the third in a the Apprentice Series which was begun a year ago when we studed about The Good and Beautiful God.
Because Steve has Presbytery commitments on the first Thursday of each month, there may not be classes every week. Check our online calendar to verify when classes will be held.
In preparation for the class, you can order the book from one of these online merchants:
Barnes & Noble - Priced at $14.92
ChristianBooks.com - Priced at $12.99
Amazon.com - Priced at $14.78
(Also available in a Kindle edition for $9.20)
Google ebookstore - Priced at $9.00
(Only available as an electronic version)
All prices shown as of 12/21/2011 - Check sites for current pricing
The Good and Beautiful Community
James Bryan Smith
In his third book in The Apprentice Series trilogy, James Bryan Smith helps us know how to live in relationship with others as apprentices of Jesus."Apprentices of Jesus are not part-time do-gooders," he writes. "They live in continuous contact with the kingdom of God and are constantly men and women in whom Christ dwells. They do not sometimes tell the truth, sometimes live sacrificially or sometimes forgive. There are myriad opportunities for us to affect the world we live in."
Yet many times we've gotten it wrong, tending to emphasize personal faith over social justice or vice versa. In these pages Jim Smith shows us how to bring spiritual formation and community engagement together, and then once again offers spiritual practices that root new, true narratives about God and the world in our souls. His insight and humility as a fellow learner with us will lead us to live in authentic ways as a good and beautiful community of Christ-followers, shining the light of the Spirit into every relationship. |
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