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Laguna Beach
United Methodist
Church
Adult Education
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"Bringing
Love to Life"
Adult
Education Offerings -- 2001/2002
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Adult Education Mission
"To work with leaders in fulfilling the church’s
mission of helping persons become disciples of Jesus Christ, and to
address the concerns and conditions of adults in our church and community
so that the adults may grow in their understanding of themselves and the
Christian faith, and that their quality of life may be improved."
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REAL LIFE, REAL ISSUES
SUNDAY MORNINGS
(EARLY LAUNCH!!)
Beginning September 9, 2001
9:15 am
Whether you attend
Worship at 8:30 or the 10:00 am Service, you can still participate in a new
adventure in Adult Education beginning September 16!
Our church is part of our world.
How do you integrate your spiritual life with current events? You come to
the Sunday Adult Education discussions. We will be discussing moral,
ethical, and legal issues frankly and candidly, led and directed by our own
Geoffrey T. Glass. We hope to examine critically the issues from all sides,
which may require us to question our own opinions. It will be freewheeling,
thought-provoking, animated, and, most of all, fun.
Keeping order in
our world.
Justice. Punishment. Victim’s rights.
Why do we do these things we do?
Self Interest vs. Scarce Resources.
Lax Morals or Greater Empowerment.
Motivations that make a difference.
Sacrifice. Abundance. Religion.
Getting along in our world.
Rights—women, gay, minority.
The church in the natural world.
Recycle. Science and Religion.
Make a first amendment noise.
The Freedoms…
Home and Health-the basic food groups.
Health care. Aids. Abortion. Adoption.
Beginning September 16th, during
this educational hour, we will have a Sunday School music program for
children ages 3-12 yrs. Nursery child care is provided.
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CHRISTIAN BELIEVER
WEDNESDAY EVENINGS
Beginning September 19, 2001
7:00 pm
Knowing God with Heart and Mind
Led by Aerin Bender-Stone and Ginny Wheeler
Revelation. Scripture. God. Providence. Covenant. Sin.
Grace. Salvation. Jesus Christ. Atonement. Faith. Holy Spirit. Trinity.
Sacraments. Worship. Sanctification. Christian Life. Hope. Resurrection.
Eternal Life.
Here is a unique opportunity to know more of the
central teachings of the Christian faith, to explore the connections between
doctrine and Scripture, between believing and living, to wrestle with some
of the questions of belief Christians have wrestled with for the last 2000
years and to be equipped for living faithfully and passing on the faith to
others.
Groups consist of twelve members and a leader. Each
participant is responsible for reading and taking notes on Scripture and
assigned readings in the book of readings and weekly participation in the
group study. Each participant receives a reading package that includes a
study manual and a book of reading from Christian sources, both ancient and
modern, on the doctrine of the Christian faith. The cost for the reading
materials is $50.
This 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.
Register early, using the registration slip
attached to this brochure.
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DISCIPLE
WEDNESDAY EVENINGS
Beginning
September 19, 2001
7:00 pm
Disciple is an approach to
Bible Study that emphasizes disciplined reading of and listening to
Scripture. It results in biblically nourished persons committed to live as
disciples. Disciple groups consist of twelve members and a leader and meet
weekly for 1 1/2 hours for a period of 34 weeks (nine months). Each
participant makes a commitment to daily preparation and weekly attendance
and full participation in the group study sessions. Disciple aims at
transformation, and not just information.
DISCIPLE I SERIES (DBS I)
Becoming Disciples through Bible Study
Study begins Wednesday,
September 19, 2001 and will be led by our own LBUMC members, Nick Warner,
Ph.D. and Michelle Bray. Disciple I moves through the Scriptures from
Genesis to Revelation.
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DISCIPLE III SERIES (DBS III)
Remember Who You Are
For those who have completed Disciple I
Study begins Wednesday, September 19, 2001 and will
be led by our own LBUMC members, Al Gumb and Judy McCall. Disciple III
studies the Prophets and The Letters of Paul.
All Disciple Study Guides are $30.
Register early, using the registration slip
attached to this brochure.
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