Looking to deepen your prayer life and build or grow a daily spiritual practice? Join us as we dive into the contemplative practices of silent meditation, chant, body prayer and Lectio Divina. This ongoing bi-monthly small group explores the Christian Wisdom Tradition articulated by Cynthia Bourgeault. We meet January 11, 18, 25; February 15, 22; March 8, 22, 29; April 12, 19; May 3, 17, 31; June 7, 21.

We’ve all heard the old adage: “Give a person a fish and (s)he is fed for a day; but teach a person how to fish and (s)he is fed for a lifetime.” We usually think of this adage in relation to helping the poor. But what if this is true about our own spiritual lives? What if we could move beyond being fed spiritually by others to learning to feed ourselves? For that to happen, perhaps we should get “fishing lessons.” This 6-week class will be giving us fishing lessons on how to spiritually feed ourselves with the scripture. We will learn to fish both devotionally (our own regular devotional time with God) as well as “deep sea fishing,” where we go deep into scripture to study things we really want to know. There we will learn how to do sound exegesis: hearing the words as they would have been understood there and then (seeing it in its historical, cultural and literary context). We will learn how to use a concordance, a bible dictionary and when to use commentaries. Then we will learn how to do sound hermeneutics: hearing the words in the here and now. We will learn to find cross-references where the bible speaks similarly or differently; to get past our own culture and biases; to seek out others’ take from the past and the present. And best of all, learn how to see how it might be lived out by us as a church, in our small groups, and in our own lives.

True intimacy is challenging for every Enneagram Type. Whether we are trying to connect more deeply to one another or to God, there are obstacles inherent to, and unique to, each of the nine Types. Come explore the pitfalls and challenges of your type, and opportunities to grow and engage intimacy beyond our types. We will meet Monday evenings, March 2- 30, skipping March 16 for Spring Break.

A weekly intergenerational small group where we address challenging questions of faith, religion, and philosophy. This spring we will focus on issues that are famous for driving people away from Christian faith. These are questions like “Do people really go to Hell?”, “Why does God allow suffering?” and “Did God create the world in six days?”

In our discussions we are not looking to aggressively argue for any one perspective, but rather to present differing ideas of how theologians and philosophers have made sense of these questions. Ultimately, we want you to make informed decisions about what it is you believe. Even when engaging in topics that bring out polarizing opinions, our goal is to inspire everyone to think openly and critically about all facets of life—to question dogma and make sure we can honestly examine why we believe what we believe. This group is open to everyone regardless of your present beliefs or level of confidence.

This group will run for 8 weeks and will be facilitated by Noah Killeen, Jonathan Hinds and Morgan Reeves. There will be a mix of up-front presentation and discussion in smaller groups. To view a list of topics, click the button below.

The Mary Martha Circle (MMC) is a group of loving and caring women who meet for fellowship and study a Christ-centered lesson monthly, September to May. This year we will be focused on rediscovering joy through the book Wholehearted Faith by Rachel Held Evans.  
Our name reflects our sisterhood with an emphasis on our faith and our good works, like sisters in the Bible, Mary and Martha.  We support several church sponsored missions.  We would love for you to join us! For more information, please contact Susan Wetmore or Patti Riggs.

The Association of Retired Christian Men (ARCM) meets in-person every Thursday morning from 10:30AM-12PM in the church library and via Zoom.  Please join us for fellowship and bible study! If you'd like to join, contact Fred Bloder.