Adult Christian Education Opportunities

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The foundation of Family Life Ministries is Adult Christian Education (ACE). Sunday School classes targeted to adults are held Sunday mornings from 9:45 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Topics range from examining books of the Bible to spirited discussions on topics such as Contemporary Spirituality. From time to time other opportunities for adult Christian education are offered such as Bible studies on Sunday afternoons or during the week. Our doors are open to all, so we extend a warm invitation for you to join us in a study that is of interest to you. Read on to learn more about the exciting and thought provoking studies that help us grow together in faith!

 

 Adult Christian Education Committee

With our congregation expanding every year, we found the need to create a new committee – Adult Christian Education (ACE). This committee is devoted to the enrichment of our ACE program at WUMC. The ACE committee not only helps formulate topics for programs we currently have in place, but it also brainstorms new ways to meet the diverse needs of the adult members and friends of our congregation.

Since we are always looking for people who are interested in serving on the ACE committee, we invite you to join us at any of our meetings. Watch for dates and times in upcoming weekly and monthly Messengers and check the online church calendar  on the News and Events page of this Web site.

The Adult Christian Education (ACE) Team is currently looking for other adults who have an interest in helping formulate new programs and ways to meet the diverse needs of our adult population. Interested parties should e-mail Judy Toone at jtoone@williamsvilleumc.org.

 

 

Sunday Morning ACE Opportunities

The ACE classes listed below meet every Sunday morning from 9:45 - 10:30 a.m. between WUMC’s two worship services. Please feel free to join us on Sunday morning when you can. Have we got a class for you! 

Please join us for the Adult Bible Study group during Sunday school hour! This is an informal discussion-based look at a different part of the Bible each week, followed by a discussion of how it applies to us in the 21^st century. We hope to see you Sunday morning in the classroom right at the bottom of the stairs at the Oakgrove entrance!

Contemporary Issues: Creation in Crisis

The Contemporary Issues Class is basing its current discussion on the November pastoral letter from the Council of Bishops, “God’s Renewed Creation: Call to Hope and Action.” In it the bishops write, “God’s creation is in crisis. Our neglect, selfishness, and pride have fostered pandemic poverty and disease, environmental degradation, and the proliferation of weapons and violence. We must begin the work of renewing creation by being renewed in our own hearts and minds.”

The bishops’ letter and accompanying foundation document are posted below. If you plan to attend this class, it would be helpful to read through this information. Come when you can ‑ you are always welcome! We meet upstairs in the nursery school gym, which can be reached by taking either the stairs or elevator.

• Bishop's Letter

• Foundation Document

Study guides for sessions in this series can be found on the Call to Hope and Action Web site.

 

 

Additional ACE Opportunities 

 

Invitation to Psalms - January 17 through March 28, 2010

A 10-week Disciple Course titled "Invitation to Psalms" is being offered through the ACE ministry on Sunday afternoons from January 17 through March 28. The class is now meeting in one of the Nursery School classrooms (third door on the right on the bottom floor down the Oakgrove stairs). There is a nominal cost for the participant's book. The study is facilitated by Barbara Manhardt and Cheryl Thomas. If you love the Psalms and would like to explore them at a deeper level, then this is the study for you. We look forward to joining with others who are interested in spiritual growth through the verses of the Psalms.

Get Connected with Wesley Ministry Network Online

Do you wish you could deepen your faith, but you are too busy to attend a class or join a small group? Through a partnership with The Richard and Julia Wilke Institute for Discipleship, Wesley Ministry Network is offering its acclaimed lay education courses online. The following three courses begin February 22: Simply Christian, Devotion to Jesus, and Religion and Science: Pathways to Truth.

Each course features streaming video segments and online discussions with other students and experienced Wesley Ministry Network teachers. Courses are open to everyone, and CEUs are available for pastors. Connect with other Christians to deepen your faith and grow in discipleship. Visit http://www.beadisciple.com/wesleyministrynetwork.html to learn more and to register.