Fall Sunday School Classes

The adult Sunday school courses for the fall quarter will run from Aug. 22 to Nov. 14. There will be three classes offered during the second service (9:30am) and one class offered during the third worship service (11am). The courses being offered are:

Parenting to the Heart from the Heart

This course will be offered during the second service and will use a DVD series of 30-minute lectures by Paul Tripp and Tedd Tripp on issues related to parenting followed by discussion. Topics include defining a family, teaching toddlers to be under authority, parenting teens, correction and consequences, and setting godly goals.

In the Splendor of His Holiness: Principles of Biblical Worship
Pastor Brian will offer this course to college and young adults as well as to the congregation as a whole during both the second and third services. The course will consider the meaning of worship and the principles that direct corporate worship. Topics to be explored and discussed include the importance of Sunday worship, the elements of a worship service and their significance, the role of emotions in worship, and appropriate music for worship.

The Peacemakers
Jesus pronounces blessings on those who work for peace and says they shall be known as children of God. All of us recognize that seeking peace in our lives — that is, successfully handling personal conflict at home, at work or school, among friends, even in the church! — is indeed very hard work. This class will be a guided discussion about handling personal conflict. We will use Ken Sande’s The Peacemakers: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict and the Bible as guides for discussion. The Lord brings conflict into our lives so that we may grow in his image and that He may be glorified. My hope for this class is that we will help each other learn how to fulfill Jesus’ prayer (John 17:20–23): “I pray also for those who will believe in me through [the disciples’] message, that all of them may be one, Father, …. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.” Copies of Sande’s  book will be available for purchase. I encourage you to read it as we move along in our discussion, but doing so isn’t necessary.