United
of Branford
811 East Main Street, Branford, CT 06405
Sunday Worship Service
September-May 8:30am and 10:30am
June-August 9:30am
Children care provided
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Sunday mornings at 9:15am - 10:15am.
R-U-Ready?
Come join us for Adult Ed. on Sunday mornings at 9:15! Our next study is to begin on the 10th of Jan. and is entitled “r12 true spirituality” a Romans 12 guide to living as an authentic disciple of Jesus Christ by Chip Ingram. Chip is a teaching Pastor for the Living on the Edge ministry. “r12 true spirituality” is more than a Bible study or small group curriculum; it is about being a genuine disciple of Christ, which flows out of a relationship with Him. It’s about experiencing God’s grace, not earning His love through performance. A real relationship with Jesus Christ will produce a follower whose life looks progressively more like His life. Romans 12 provides a relational profile of an authentic disciple. Christians who live out this kind of lifestyle are what’s called r12 Christians. God is willing to go deeper and grow you into a real disciple… r-u-ready?
This 10 session study includes the following key points:
Session 1: God’s Dream for Your Life
Session 2: How to Give God What He Wants the Most
Session 3: How to Get God’s Best for Your Life (Part 1)
Session 4: How to Get God’s Best for Your Life (Part 2)
Session 5: How to Come to Grips with the Real You (Part 1)
Session 6: How to Come to Grips with the Real You (Part 2)
Session 7: How to Experience Authentic Community (Part 1)
Session 8: How to Experience Authentic Community (Part 2)
Session 9: How to Overcome the Evil Aimed at You (Part 1)
Session 10: How to Overcome the Evil Aimed at You (Part 2)
Classes meet in the Education Wing. I hope you can come join us. Call Joan Gerlach with any questions.
Disciple Bible Study is one of the more exciting and inspirational opportunities in the United Methodist Church today. It is an in-depth and formal study of Scripture which is designed to develop strong Christian leaders through regular committed study of the Bible. There will be no disciple Bible Study this year. Instead the Christian Believer will be studies for 2006-2007
Christian Believer aims at addressing the uncertainty about the substance of the Christian faith and the connection between believing and living. The goal of Christian Believer is to make available to people the substance of the Christian faith that the church has confessed as a way of connecting to God and living faithfully. This thirty-week study of the classical doctrines of the Christian faith aims at presenting, explaining, and interpreting Christian doctrine as the basic teaching of the church - to the end that informed believing leads to committed discipleship.
Short Term Disciple Bible
Now Disciple introduces a new series of Short Term Bible Studies! These 8 week studies build on the success of Disciple, incorporating the same focus on in-depth study of the biblical text, weekly preparation, accountability in a small group setting, and a call to more faithful discipleship.
Invitation to the New Testament
Using Matthew’s Gospel as a starting point, this study examines how the New Testament writers and the early Christian community wrestled with the implications of the story of Jesus for their lives and their communities. Participants are invited to study afresh this story of Jesus to learn more about what it means to be the community of Jesus’ followers today.
Invitation to the Old Testament
This study approaches the Hebrew Scriptures by inviting participants to hear the story of God and God’s calling of the people of Israel through the many “voices” of the biblical text. Narrative, poem, history, and prophetic utterance all have their own distinctive characteristics and purpose, arising out of a particular historical, social, and cultural setting. To understand fully the story of God’s covenantal relationship with Israel calls for listening to these various ways the story is told throughout the Old Testament.
When God’s People Pray Study Groups:
In this study Jim Cymbala, pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle, shows us truths about prayer that God has used to turn his own church from a tiny, struggling inner-city congregation into a vital, thriving community of believers who pray with passion, focus, and faith. Prayer can change lives and circumstances like nothing else can. What are the keys that unlock its power, that turn prayer from a mere activity into a vital link with God and all his resources?