Thursday, September 17, 2009

Educational Opportunities this Fall



School of Christian Growth:
5 weeks of study in various areas. Want to learn to be a lay speaker, or to become certified as a lay speaker? How about learning how the various parts of the Bible connect, or how to speak about truth in an age of confusion? 4 courses will be offered concurrently from September 28 at 7 until October 26 from 7 to 9 pm weekly at William Watters Memorial. Courses are taught by local clergy. Dinners provided at no charge for all who are interested from 6:30-7:00 each Monday.
Registration forms are available in the back of the sanctuary. Registration is $10 before September 14, $15 afterward.


Disciple 1 Study
This intensive Biblical survey will include the reading of about 70% of the Bible over 34 weeks. Weekly meetings of 2.5 hours allow us to share together what God is saying to us through our study, and to determine how God's will for us is being revealed through our study.
Currently there are two of us who have expressed interest. Without a class of 8, we will not be able to offer this study this year.
Please contact Pastor Travis on or before September 13th at that time, we will determine whether or not we can begin our study this fall.
Confirmation classes to begin in January
Interested candidates who are in 8th grade or older please contact Pastor Travis in September so we can get ourselves organized for a cooperative parish confirmation class taught by Pastors Travis and Glen.



Stewardship:
Led by Rick Burcham, the class will be on Tuesday nights at WWM, starting Sept. 8th and ending on Oct. 13th. It is only 6 weeks. We will start at 7:30 and no matter what we will end no later than 9:00. You are welcome to come @ 7:00 and join the prayer group.
Our study will involve reviewing scripture so please bring your bibles.
Our study will be based on a book by Randy Alcorn (given to me by Ray), a reference guide from Crown Financial Ministries and a monthly newsletter from Sound Mind Investing I've received for the last 20 years.
My hope is we will learn what God says about how we are use our finances, some practical advice about getting a handle on our finances and learn some things about how we can increase our resources so that our giving can increase.
In preparation for our first gathering please read and reflect on the following 2 pieces of scripture:
Matthew 13:44
Luke 3: 7-14
Please jot down what you expect to get out of this class and what questions you have about finances and the bible. Please send me an email and I''ll do my best to address these in this class.
Lastly, please pray that God will help me as I put the lessons together and ask God why He put it on your heart to attend.


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