Adult

From September to May the Fellowship Class is our Sunday morning faith development program for adults.  Anyone college age and up is welcome to join us for a discussion based on scripture, books, current events or other relevant topics.  The class meets in the adult classroom in the Ransom Fellowship Hall behind the sanctuary.  We meet from 9:30-10:30 a.m., before worship.  The content of the class varies throughout the year.

Adult Class

Please join us.  Guests are always welcome!

Some of the books & topics we have discussed recently include:

  • Learning to Walk in the Dark – by Barbara Brown Taylor
  • No god but God – by Reza Aslan
  • Zealot – by Reza Aslan
  • The Last Week – by Marcus Borg & John Crossan
  • Waking Up White: And Finding Myself In the Story of Race – by Debby Irving
  • Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption – by Bryan Stevenson
  • The Book of Joy:  Lasting Happiness in a Changing World – by Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama
  • Encountering the Divine:  How to experience love in the midst of all this hate (Spiritual practices)
  • Hillbilly Elegy:  A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis – by J. D. Vance
  • Always With Us?  What Jesus Really Said About the Poor – by Liz Theoharis
  • Short Stories By Jesus:  The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi – by Amy-Jill Levine
  • Sabbath as Resistance:  Saying NO to the Culture of Now – by Walter Brueggeman
  • Inspired:  Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again – by Rachel Held Evans
  • Various video presentations from Living the Questions,”The Work of the People”, and Amy-Jill Levine.
  • Topics such as Spiritual Practices, Mindfulness, World Religions, and presentations from mission partners such as Creation Care Alliance of Western NC.