First Spring Term | February 7– March 21
Creation Stories and Their Interpretations
Kathryn McClymond and Kenny Smith, Leaders
This course will examine creation stories from different religious traditions, noting differences and similarities. We will also examine how different scholars highlight different elements of creation stories, leading to radically different interpretations of those stories for different cultures and individuals.
Keystone Class, Jean Ellen Jones, Convener | Oglesby Building, Room G-4
Searching for the Sacred on Screen
Emily Wilmarth, Leader
We will ask the question: How does the medium of film offer us the opportunity to experience the Divine? We will explore NOOMA, short film and 3 feature length films. Film viewing will be offered after lunch on the Sunday prior to our discussion, or may be seen on your own.
Sojourners Class, Ed Carwile, Convener | Oglesby Building, Room G-10
Worship 102 – Worship Wars
Caroline Kelly, Leader
Join us for a follow up to Worship 101 as we move from basic conversations about worship to a more in-depth discussion related to emerging/alternative forms of worship in the 21st century.
Faith & Family, Kelly Bray, Convener | Oglesby Building, Atrium
Present Word: Christ the Fulfillment
Various Leaders
Our late winter studies continues our study of stories of Jesus. We are exploring how Jesus was recognized as the Messiah. Read familiar stories as if for the first time; learn to love Christ all over again. This uniform lesson series is open to all.
Study Class, Brenda Spruell, Convener | Off Tull Hall, The Parlor
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Second Spring Term | April 11– May 23
Poetry Matters
Gary Charles, Leader
Come sit at the feet of everyone from biblical poets to poets who have never opened a Bible to discover why poetry matters in a prose world. Come hear poets open new pathways to the praise of God and offer new possibilities for joyful and faithful lives.
Keystone Class, Jean Ellen Jones, Convener | Oglesby Building, Room G-4
Everyday Christian Ethics
John Senior, Leader
How should we respond to tough ethical problems that we confront every day? This course considers questions about what we should eat, how we should spend our money and time, travel, take care of ourselves, and be in everyday relationships with family, neighbor, and God.
Sojourners Class, Ed Carwile, Convener | Oglesby Building, Room G-10
Present Word: Teaching on Community
Various Leaders
What kind of community does God create? The books of Jonah and Ruth, the teachings of Jesus, and the stories of the early church demonstrate how faithful people come together in response to God’s will. This uniform lesson series is open to all.
Study Class, Brenda Spruell, Convener | Off Tull Hall, The Parlor
Water is Thicker than Blood
Beth Johnson, Leader
Water is thicker than blood--when it's the water of baptism. The Bible contains a remarkably wide variety of voices talking about families, despite what we sometimes hear about "biblical family values." From polygamous marriages to celibacy to partriarchal families, Israelites and early Christians established multiple kinship arrangements in their life together within the household of God. We will explore several of these voices and ask what they contribute to our contemporary reflections on domestic morality.
Faith & Family, Kelly Bray, Convener | Oglesby Building, Atrium
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Both Terms
What Is Humankind?
Ike Lee and class members
The Message in the Bottle: How Queer Man Is, How Queer Language Is, and What One Has to Do With the Other by Walker Percy
A Southerner, a psychiatrist, a novelist, a philosopher, and a devout Christian, Walker Percy was one of the foremost American thinkers of the second half of the 20th century. Percy opens us to questions he leaves unanswered, suspended somewhere between a Mississippi existentialism and a New York radical post-modernism.
Issues in Theology, John Huss, Convener | Oglesby Building, Room G-1
Man Enough
Paul Prebble, Leader
The issues of commitment, caring, and control are approached with poignancy, humor and candor in Frank Pittman's Man Enough. This class will discuss the cultural icons and models of masculinity using the book's case studies, vignettes, examples from literature and films. Join us to explore the myths and truths for us as Christians today. A post-Easter study will be determined by this group.
Men’s Gathering, Brian Bishop and Rob Stewart, Conveners | Off Tull Hall, Brotherhood Room
The Bible From Scratch
Beth Johnson, Catherine Neelly, Emily Wilmarth,Caroline Kelly, Leaders
Need a new look at the basics of the Bible? Feel like this pie to too big to enjoy or even have a piece? Have that quizzical feeling that you need to know more than you do? The February through May continuation of the Fall course will walk through the general make up of the Bible and its story. All are welcome to take a slice or the whole pie. This spring we will work with the New Testament.
Oglesby Building, Room G-3
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