Adult Sunday School

February 5, 2012

Choose to grow your faith in one of our four adult classes, offered between worship services, 9:45 – 10:40.

Challenges and Choices – Room 11

Challenges and Choices is a class that enjoys a diversity of conversation topics and different leadership each week. Come join the conversation Sunday with facilitator Mack Paul .

Seekers – EMBRACING EMERGENCE CHRISTIANITY – Room 12

“Emergence Christianity 101” – Re-think Church? Re-think theological education? A time of shifting religious paradigms? A reformation of Christian life and understandings? Transformation? What’s happening within our faith tradition in the 21^st Century? The voices are many and the conversation about what’s emerging within Christianity is growing. Phyllis Tickle, observer of religion and spirituality and author of many books, suggests that every five hundred years or so the Christian faith holds a “rummage sale.” What’s accumulated over the centuries is sorted, with some things discarded and others preserved. This sorting process occurred during The Great Collapse of the Roman Empire around 500 CE, at the time of The Great Schism around 1000, and during The Great Reformation around 1500. Now, it’s our time! The current “rummage sale” has been called “The Great Emergence.” What’s it all about and how will you be part of the conversation? Join Seekers for a DVD curriculum featuring Phyllis Tickle, Embracing Emergence Christianity.

Listening for God – Room 6

Where do you listen for God? Through selected stories and essays from contemporary literature, this class has found a way to find God in surprising places and talk about their experiences of the Divine. The class reads a short story for each session and enjoys conversation. If you would like to join this group, you may request an electronic copy of each week’s writing. See Kay Antinoro for more information.

Exploring the Theology of Welcome – Community Hall

St. Stephen’s newest adult class invites lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender persons, and straight allies who are interested in theology through the lens of total inclusiveness to join the conversations.