Adult Sunday School Class Descriptions

Sunday School classes meet at 9:40 a.m. Click here for a description of classes currently offered.

 

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Adult Education 

At St. Stephen’s, we value questions as we seek to unite head and heart in a growing journey of exploration and conversation about the Christian life. We offer a variety of adult learning groups, on Sunday morning and during the week.

Class members choose their own curriculum, and topics range from social issues to contemporary progressive theology to spiritual formation.

Seminary For Life Classes for 2011-12 include these DVD-based curriculum focuses: 

  •  'Justice for the Poor," Sunday mornings, 9:45 – 10:40, beginning Sept. 11. An 8-week offering hosted by the Seekers Adult Class and led by Glen and Fran Roberson.
  •  “Eclipsing Empire: Paul, Rome, and the Kingdom of God” Tuesday evenings, 7 to 8:30, beginning Sept. 20, 12-week class led by Jeanne Miller.
  • “Science and Religion,” Sundays, 5 to 6 p.m., beginning Sept. 18, 12-week class led by Don MacGorman.
  • “Living the Questions,” a 21-week small-group exploration of progressive theological thought featuring the insights of more than 25 leading scholars and religious thinkers. Sign-up ongoing. Date TBA. Will meet Wednesdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m.; led by Kay Antinoro. 

A focus on global understandings of mission and service in a pluralistic world is being developed. Long and short-term studies from the Disciple Bible Study Series are offered regularly, as well as courses produced by Living the Questions, such as “Saving Jesus,” “First Light: Jesus and the Kingdom of God,” “Eclipsing Empire: Paul, Rome, and the Kingdom of God” and “Countering Pharaoh’s Production-Consumption Society Today.”

If you like to read, you might enjoy the monthly Fiction Club or one of the Summer Reading Groups. Special roundtable seminars are offered on timely topics like science, religion and environmental issues. A recent focus was “Civil Communication in an Uncivil Time.”

On Wednesday afternoons, a wonderful group of retired persons meet to share their “Sacred Journey.”

Other opportunities for you to connect with others with similar interests include our choir; Top of the Hill monthly luncheon for seniors; the Men’s Group; and Common Thread needlework group.