Adult Class Opportunities

The SUMC Men's Book Club

This group will meet every other week beginning Wednesday July 7th at 7:15 PM in the annex.

The first book we will read is "The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals" by Michael Pollan. At our first meeting we will discuss at least Part One of the Book.

We also discussed what type of books we liked to read and the group seemed to be open (almost omnivorish) to any type of non fiction. However history seemed to be the group's favorite meat. ( If you can detect a theme developing in this communication, it is unintentional). Of the non-fiction fare the group seemed to favor good historical non fiction. We decided that each one of us would try to bring two book titles to the next meeting July 7th from which we would pick the next reading selection.

We all decided that athough we may at some time read a good biography of John Wesley, this was not a book club just for Methodists. In fact we encouged each other to reach out to our many non methodist friends who might share our love of reading and healthy discussions.

Finally we also briefily dicussed rules for group discussions, which seemed to come down to only one. That we all leave each meetings as freinds. Contact Ross Fritschler for more details at rossf@hlpage.com

WHEREVER YOU ARE ON YOUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY –
YOU ARE WELCOME HERE!

The Spiritual Growth Committee is working to insure that we offer many varied opportunities for spiritual growth – we want to meet your needs!

DISCIPLE BIBLE STUDY

Disciple I – Takes participants from Genesis through Revelations in a 2 to 2 ½ hours class, for 34 weeks.

Disciple II – Moves participants deeper into the word with the study of Genesis, Exodus, Luke and Acts in a 2 to 2 ½ hours class for 32 weeks.

If you would like more information or are interested (and not yet filled out a registration form) please contact Donna Motyl, Deg Gice or Pastor Woody as soon as possible. The class (es) will begin in September. So if you are interested let us know what day(s) of the week would work and whether morning or evening works best. We will be determining class day and time depending on what works for the most people.

SUNDAY 10:30 A.M.

This class will continue in September probably starting with Phillip Yancey’s “What’s So Amazing About Grace”

CONTINUING OPPORTUNITIES

Thursday morning Bible Study – contact Leslie Kirkwood

Wednesday Prayer Group – meets in annex prayer room at 5:15

IN THE WORKS – Things we are exploring/working on

Parenting, a church retreat, 9:00 a.m. Sunday study of the Book of Jacob, Tres Dias.

If you have suggestions or questions please contact Deb Gice at debra_gice@sbcglobal.net or 860-404-1826