unday School Is for Everyone!
   A fine number of children participate in classes each Sunday.   Parents teach their children about God’s love for them.  And always, the next generation of leadership in the church will be from today’s youth.  Children’s February – March  studies are about the Beatitudes.   Those are the timeless, sermon-on-the-mount teachings from Jesus.  A core of dedicated parents and adults from the congregation are the teachers for the Children’s Sunday School program.  They are always looking for added volunteers to help them.  Sign up for a 2 week assignment - call Becky Dupuis.   Kids Sunday school starts at 10:30 a.m., ends in time for them to rush to the Fellowship hall when worship ends and partake of the cookies and punch provided for everyone by the deacons.

   Adult studies in the Fries room meets from  9 a.m. – 10:30 Sunday. For fifteen minutes, there’s warm up conversation exchanges with muffins and coffee refreshments.  Serious lesson study begins at 9:15 a.m.  Susan Stuber has been leading a five week discussion titled: Seeing Gray in a world of Black and ‘White.  It’s based on a study guide by Adam Hamilton.  The topics are on delicate and sensitive contemporary issues, including homosexuality and abortion which have been stumbling blocks for almost the entire faith community of Christians.  The class has searched biblical texts to add to their understanding and knowledge.  The issues the class has been discussing have been flash points in just about every denomination in Christendom and these divisions have been frequently headlined in secular news periodicals.  These issues which have become so divisive, for many, can also be “distractions” which keep the faithful from fulfilling a broader calling in service of Jesus’ teachings.

   The last class on this topic is on March 7^th.       Tricia Campbell, on March 14^th, restarts a series titled Wrestling With Angels. It’s an intimate look at the tough questions of life. This first session will be on Forgiving with Lewis Smedes.  March 21^st, we will talk about Doubt with Madeleine L'Engle. March 28^th, we will talk about Love with J. Keith Miller.  New faces and voices around the table are welcome as we all try to increase our understanding of what God calls us to be and do.