Category: Religious Education

There is no children’s religious education class today.  And there is no middle school / high school religious education class today.

Our children and youth will be staying in the worship service for an intergenerational worship service.

Please join us on Sunday (18 December 2022) as we continue our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM.  Our adult religious education class is still meeting via Zoom.

We are discussing the first full chapter of the book God of Love: A Guide to the Heart of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam by Mirabai Starr.

This chapter is entitled “Toward the One:  The Unity of the Divine.”

Please join us on Saturday (17 December 2022) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes.

This is a sitting Buddhist meditation including a brief introduction to mindfulness meditation, 20 minutes of sitting, and followed by a weekly teaching.

Please note that this group is still meeting via Zoom.  You will need to contact Larry for the Zoom link information using the contact information at the end of this post.

The group is free and open to all.

For more information, contact Larry via email or phone using (318) 272-0014.

This Sunday (11 December 2022) — “Understanding the Bible”

Adapted for this age group from a curriculum based on the book by John Buehrens (Understanding the Bible: An Introduction for Skeptics, Seekers, and Religious Liberals).

This week — Session 3 — The Birth Stories of Jesus

If our discussion of the Binding of Isaac is done (and that’s a big “if”), we are going to jump ahead and look at the two birth stories of Jesus and how the two stories have become one in our hearts and minds over the centuries.

We will look at the themes and symbols in the stories and how they conform to the Hebrew Testament prophecies and we will discuss what they meant to the people who wrote down the stories and to the people who first heard them.

This Sunday (11 December 2022) — Moses and the 10 Commandments

This week, the class will hear the story of Moses and the 10 Commandments.

They will talk about the Commandments as a covenant and work on a “translation” of the commandments that works for their classroom.

Please join us on Sunday (11 December 2022) as we continue our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM and discern where want to go as a group in the next several weeks.  Our adult religious education class is still meeting via Zoom.

Earlier this week, we sent out the reading from the Introduction in the book God of Love: A Guide to the Heart of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam by Mirabai Starr.

On this Sunday we will be discussing the chapter and determining if we want to continue reading the book together as a group.

Please join us on Saturday (10 December 2022) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes.

This is a sitting Buddhist meditation including a brief introduction to mindfulness meditation, 20 minutes of sitting, and followed by a weekly teaching.

Please note that this group is still meeting via Zoom.  You will need to contact Larry for the Zoom link information using the contact information at the end of this post.

The group is free and open to all.

For more information, contact Larry via email or phone using (318) 272-0014.

This Sunday (4 December 2022) — “Understanding the Bible”

Adapted for this age group from a curriculum based on the book by John Buehrens (Understanding the Bible: An Introduction for Skeptics, Seekers, and Religious Liberals).

This week — Session 2 — “The Akedah”

We will discussion the story of the Binding of Isaac.

What does this story say about Abraham and what does it say about God?

What did this story mean to the people who told it at the time and what does it mean today?

This Sunday (4 December 2022) — Moses and the 10 Commandments

This week, the class will hear the story of Moses and the 10 Commandments.

They will talk about the Commandments as a covenant and work on a “translation” of the commandments that works for their classroom.