Adult Education

Fall 2011 classes

Classes: Feasting on the Word | Newspaper Class | Hebrew Scripture | Looking Ahead

Classes meet at 10:00 am on Sunday, September through May.

Please use the email link at the end of each class description to register for the class you wish to attend. This will help us in planning each classroom configuration. Please provide your name(s), e-mail addresses and/or telephone number. Thanks for your help.

Feasting on the Word
Parlor
NEW! This brand new curriculum offers the opportunity to delve into the weekly sermon a little more in-depth. The weekly lessons provide teachers with insights related to the lectionary readings for each Sunday. Our pastors will offer prayerful interpretations of the weekly lesson through their sermons, while the class concurrently explores how the same lesson touches each of us. Most of the passages for this fall come from Matthew's gospel. These readings focus on some of Jesus' most cryptic and perceptive parables, including the "ten bridesmaids" and "the lambs and the goats." Join this adventure in growing our faith!!

This class is also offered to the senior high youth of Providence.

Stay tuned for 5th Sunday Feast announcements!

Leaders: David Kepley, Gayle Schlenker, Nathan Curtis and Kevin Wright.

Download Study Sheets (PDF files):

• The Lectionary
• December 4, 2011
• December 11, 2011
• December 18, 2011
• December 25, 2011
• January 1, 2012
• January 8, 2012
• January 15, 2012
• January 22, 2012
• January 29, 2012
• February 5, 2012
• February 12, 2012
• February 19, 2012
• February 26, 2012
• March 4, 2012
• March 11, 2012
• March 18, 2012
• March 25, 2012
• April 1, 2012
• April 8, 2012
• April 15, 2012
• April 22, 2012
• April 29, 2012
• May 6, 2012
• May 13, 2012
• May 20, 2012
• May 27, 2012

The Newspaper Class
Room 207
This class focuses on topics taken from today's headlines. Hank Schlenker leads a discussion-based class with a focus of looking at current events through a Biblical lense. Popular and long running, the class fills up every week.

Save me a seat! Register for the Newspaper class.

Hebrew Scriptures Room 208
This course provides an overview of the contents and historical context of the Hebrew Scriptures (aka Jewish "Tanackh" or Christian "Old Testament"). It consists of half-hour (DVD) lectures by Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, Professor of Theology at Vanderbilt University, followed by facilitated discussions of the material covered in the lectures. Dr. Levine helps us develop a deeper appreciation and understanding of this sacred text by providing background in history, archaeology, cross-cultural studies, and comparative religion. Under the leadership of John McCarthy, the course will be offered in two 12-week sessions. The first session will cover Genesis through Deuteronomy (the Torah). The second session will cover the Prophets and the "Writings" (i.e., the Histories, Wisdom Literature, etc.).

Save me a seat! Register for the Hebrew Scriptures class.

Looking ahead—

Mid-week Advent Series
Meeting Wednesday evenings in December, this series from Kerygma will be led by Rev. Mick Burns.

Prospective Members Class welcomes adults interested in learning more about Providence and possibly making Providence Presbyterian their church home by becoming members. If interested, contact the pastor at the church office.

Various small group Bible study, meditation, and discussion groups of youths and adults meet throughout the week.

The church's library offers a variety of study and reading materials.