Adult Education

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION OFFERINGS

Sunday, January 8th – Sunday, February 26th

Sundays, 9:30-10:30am

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Location: Den (Ground floor of the Sanctuary building, end of the hallway)

We all do it. Everyone you know and love will do it. Somebody is going to deal with the consequences of it, and it may be YOU. It’s death–and we ought to do what we can to prepare for it.

Spend 8 weeks exploring the dynamics of death with a skilled team of NDPC members whose lives bring them into contact with death on a regular basis. We will explore the physical, emotional, legal, and spiritual dimensions of death and try to prepare ourselves to face death–our own and that of those we love–with courage and faith. This course is appropriate for people at all life stages and will include writing an Advance Directive for health care and drafting an outline for a funeral.

This class will be led by Rev. Lewicki and a team of NDPC nurses, chaplains, social workers, and others as we share our collective wisdom with one another. Grief support will be available for anyone for whom the class brings up unexpected or complicated emotions.

Bibliography – Unplugged – Reclaiming our Right to Die in America by William Colby.

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Location: Bridge Room (2nd floor of the Ed. building at the top of the stairs)

Each Sunday we will read and study the Scripture passage for the sermon
later that morning. By looking at the bulletin, we will also consider ways
that the Biblical focus is reflected in the overall worship service. Our
goal is to make more connections between Sunday worship and our week-day
lives.

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Richard G. Watts, author of Hungers of the Heart: Spirituality and Religion for the 21st Century, communicates a list of shared human desires in his introduction: to understand our reason for being here, to have honest relationships with other people, to wish for a society that is more peaceable and fair, to feel at home in the cosmos. Some may call this a hunger to know God. What would you call it? Join Rebecca Watts-Hull and Sandi Payne for a lively discussion of this inspiring book. Comparable to food for the soul, they hope to satisfy the “hungers of your heart!”

For January 22, please read Chapter 2.