Education

Adult Education opportunities are available on an ongoing basis. Study the Bible, read provocative books, and engage in discussion with dedicated and energetic pastors, staff, lay leaders, and guests. Classes are open to all, members and friends, and are free to join. All our classes include Zoom options. Please read about the current and upcoming classes below. For more information or to enroll, please contact our office.

Current Opportunities

Understanding The New Testament

Wednesdays & Thursdays

9:30 AM

Fireside Room at Susanna Wesley Place

This class is led by Shirley Warehime. "Understanding the New Testament" by Professor David Brakke explores the context in which the New Testament was written to help us understand the message. Please consider joining them on Wednesday or Thursday mornings at 9 am in the fireside room or by zoom! Everyone is welcome to attend. Please contact Keeley if you intend to join via Zoom.

OPEN QUESTION GROUP

Sundays

9 am

Fireside Room at Susanna Wesley Place

In December we’ll listen to Advent-themed interviews, reflections, and sermons.  The first two listenings are curated at the Marcus J. Borg Foundation and include an interview with Marcus regarding a book he co-authored with John Dominic Crossan titled The Birth of Christianity, as well as a really excellent reflection from 2021 on Advent Hopes and Fears by Marianne Borg.  If you’re interested in the Marcus J. Borg Foundation you can check it out here.

Then we’ll move to an “earthier” sermon provided by Jerry Herships who is the pastor at Applewood Valley UMC in Golden, Colorado. Jerry is a former stand-up comic and actor.  He produces his GodTalk sermons every week on Youtube.  You can view them here.  Jerry’s also the the author of Rogue Saints:  Spirituality for Good-Hearted Heathens and was the founder of the After Hours ministry in Denver which distributes food, smiles, and love to unhoused folks.  From the After Hours website:  “Every week we gather, eat, drink, make lunches for people who need them, and practice being a community. Some people call it church.”  Check out their program here.

 And finally, we’ll end December on the 22nd with an excellent video from The Work of the People on Adventus:  Joining a Hope that Has Come.  This compilation of interviews includes perspectives and insights from a host of scholars, theologians, and public thinkers, like:  Walter Bruggemann, Richard Rohr, Kelly Brown Douglas, Ilia Dellio, Nadia Bolz-Weber, Brene Brown, and others.  Very interesting content I think that summarizes a lot of what we’ve been considering.