Pastor's Class

During April our Sunday Morning Pastor's Class looked at John Wesley's understanding of grace and then looked at our Social Principles for action including:

• care for the earth

• care for the family

• human sexuality

• suicide

• rights of immigrants

• media violence and pornography

• gambling and poverty

Three Simple Rules: A Wesleyan Way of Living

In this class we read and studied together for the month of March a recent book published by Rueben Job, entitled Three Simple Rules: A Wesleyan Way of Living. Job, a United Methodist bishop, pastor, district superintendent, conference council staff, and World Publisher of The Upper Room, has authored or co-authored twelve books including A Wesleyan Spiritual Reader and Living Fully, Dying Well. 

• Sunday, March 1: Introduction to the Book with DVD segment viewed in class. Scripture Lesson was Mark 12:29-31.

• Sunday, March 8: We studied the chapter entitled “Do No Harm” with DVD segment viewed in class. Scripture Lesson was Galatians 5:15.

• Sunday, March 15: We studied the chapter entitled, “Do Good” with DVD segment viewed in class. Scripture Lesson was 3 John 11.

• Sunday, March 22: We studied the chapter entitled “Stay in Love with God” with DVD segment viewed in class. Scripture Lesson was Colossians 2:6-7.

• Sunday, March 29: We studied the chapter entitled “A Guide for Daily Prayer” with DVD segment viewed in class. Scripture Lesson was 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18.

Contemporary Issues Class

This class was a study of contemporary issues from a Christian's perspective based on books by Tony Campolo entitled, 20 Hot Potatoes Christians Are Afraid to Touch and by Adam Hamilton entitled, Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White. Each week Pastor Val presented information to the class in a lecture format with that information being available in written form to all students. There was also time for comments and questions and prayer concerns during each class session. Below you will find text of those classes.