Archive for 'Adult Faith Formation'

Sunday, Nov. 1 at 11 a.m. on Zoom

How would you describe this time? Turbulent, uncertain, divisive, anxious, contentious, isolating, opportune? How do we stay grounded as we react to unfolding events? How do we tend to strong emotions with integrity? How do we express our faith and find a semblance of peace? Claire Casselman will help us explore loving kindness – unconditional love for ourselves and all of God’s creation. We seek to be open-eyed and open-hearted. If it sounds ...

Monday, Oct. 26, 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Zoom

Disability… is not inherently a “problem” or “risk”. Disabled and chronically ill communities often have deeply embodied skills that allow us to connect and survive, even thrive, in these times (Source: AACIL Website).

The Center for Independent Living (CIL), born out of the struggle for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), is an organization that helps people with disabilities navigate, survive and thrive in a world where disability doesn’t have to be a handicap. Please ...

Sunday, Oct. 18 | 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

The documentary 13th explores the history of racial inequality in the U.S. led by filmmaker Ava DuVernay. Why are our nation’s prisons disproportionately filled with African-Americans? What has the 13th amendment got to do with it? What is the prison-industrial complex? Watch the documentary on your own (available on Netflix and YouTube) and then join us on Oct. 18 as we discuss this.

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Howard Thurman Study
Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m.

What is the word that the religion of Jesus has to say to the man with his back to the wall?

This is the question asked by Howard Thurman in his classic book, Jesus and the Disinherited. It’s a question we still ask today. We don’t often hear Thurman’s name, but he was a mentor of Martin Luther King Jr and a moral anchor to many in ...

Join Tim Kobler in a study of the book, Watershed Discipleship, edited by Ched Myers. More info and registration can be found at https://www.umichwesley.org/watersheddiscipleship. The study begins Wednesday, October 7, at 7:00pm on Zoom. A Zoom code will be sent upon registration.

This fall the Brown Bag Study will look at the book of Isaiah, one of the most familiar prophets in the Old Testament. Join us for a lively weekly discussion of this scripture!
Brown Bag on Tuesdays, 12-1 pm
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81960761851

New for the fall: Brown Bag Redux on Thursday evenings, 7:30-8:30 pm. (We will repeat the lesson given on Tuesdays.)
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82297349625