Adult Christian Formation

Adult Christian Formation at Christ Episcopal Church this Fall will occur at 11:30 a.m. following Coffee Hour.

Sunday Mornings at 11:30 a.m.
February 25 through March 25

THE CONVICT CHRIST -
WHAT THE GOSPEL SAYS ABOUT CRIMINAL JUSTICE

On Sunday mornings during Lent, we will explore the provocative new book by Jens Soering, who is serving a life prison sentence in Virginia.

Soering explores the events in the life and death of Jesus, as well as several well-known parables, and challenges us to examine our image of Christ, through a lens that allows us to see Jesus as a tried, convicted, imprisoned, tortured, and executed criminal.

Wednesday evenings during Lent
Countering Pharoah's Production-Consumption Society Today

"It is a journey from slavery to covenant that we keep making over and over again . . . [because] Pharaoh has immense power always to draw us back into slavery." Walter Brueggemann

A new study for Progressive Christians. Countering Pharaoh will feature meditations by Walter Brueggemann presented via DVD, followed by small group discussion.

WARNING: THIS PROGRAM MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR CHURCH, SOCIETY AND THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE, AND COULD POTENTIALLY HELP RESTORE THE MEANING OF LENT.

February 18	Ash Wednesday
February 25	The Way Out
March 4	The Decalogue
March 11	Countering Caesar
March 18	An Act of Imagination
March 25	On Not Doing God Any Favors

Each session will begin by choosing from the following “warm-up” questions addressed by Prof. Brueggemann:

How can liberals and conservatives engage each other?
Can you be a born again Christian and a progressive Christian at the same time?
What is the significance of baptism?
What is the meaning of “neighborhood”?
What’s the Alternative Script?
What does coffee have to do with it?
How are we to understand the role violence plays in the Scriptures?
What happened to the Ark of the Covenant?
What can we learn from Ezra and Nehemiah today?
How would you characterize the message of the prophets?
How do we recover the biblical practice of acknowledging loss?

Walter Brueggemann is an Old Testament scholar and retired professor from Columbia Theological Seminary. Also a United Church of Christ minister, Brueggemann has authored hundreds of articles, several biblical commentaries and more than 50 books.