Adult Education
Adults meet in the fellowship hall during the Sunday school hour (9:15-10:15am). "And this is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insight to help you to determine what really matters..." (Phil. 1:9-10a).
We're pretty casual but always respectful of each other. You don't have to be an expert to attend, and certainly don't need to have the answers; sincere questions are always welcome.
What Happens
Each week someone from the congregation or a guest speaker presents on a topic, and there is always time for a good discussion. The topic may come from the presenter's area of expertise or special interest, or it may be a discussion based on a book by a well-known and widely read author. (Reading the book is not required, and the presenter won't assume that you've done so.) Not every topic will come straight from the Bible, but they always come from the intersection of Christian faith and the life we're living.
Schedule
Fall 2027
September 13
Faith and Literature Series
We're kickiung off another year of adult Sunday School with our annual three-week Faith and Literature series this Sunday! Join Chris Hedlin, Jake Schepers, and David Erdel to explore how literature can help Christians see their relationship to the natural world and environmental degradation. For week one, Chris will lead us in a discussion of Margaret Atwood's stunningly beautiful (and beautifully short!) 2009 prose poem, "Time Capsule Found on the Dead Planet." A PDF version is also attached.
September 20
Faith and Literature Series
Jake Schepers will continue the faith-and-literature series with a discussion on ecopoetics. We will read and discuss poems by Juliana Spahr, including selections from her 2026 Pulitzer-winning Ars Poeticas, as well as poems from Jake's own collection Ugly Ground Swell Moss. A PDF of the readings is available, but no prior reading is required to join. Come to think about how poets consider such ideas like teeming, contamination, obligation, and relationality.
September 27
Faith and Literature Series
In our third and final installment of the Faith & Literature series, David Erdel will lead us in a discussion of "A View of the Woods" by Flannery O'Connor, focusing on the idea that treating the natural world merely as a means to our ends can keep us from perceiving God. Reading the story beforehand is encouraged but not required.
October 4
Distress, Vulnerability, and Punitive Miracles in the New Testament
Guest Speaker: Clair Mesick
October 11
Distress, Vulnerability, and Punitive Miracles in the New Testament
Cris Mihut
October 18
Distress, Vulnerability, and Punitive Miracles in the New Testament
Lilly Davis
October 25
Fall Break
NO SUNDAY SCHOOL
November 1
Faith & Politics Series
TBA
November 8
Missionary Visit
Steve & Chris VanZanen
November 15
Faith & Politics Series
TBA
November 22
Faith & Politics Series
TBA
November 29
Thanksgiving Break
NO SUNDAY SCHOOL
December 6
TBA
TBA
December 13
Annual Meeting
The annual congregational meeting will take place during the Sunday School hour. NO SUNDAY SCHOOL
December 20
Christmas Break
NO SUNDAY SCHOOL
December 27
Winter Break
NO SUNDAY SCHOOL