Sunday Morning Adult Education

We welcome everyone's participation in our informative presentations and lively discussions.  Adult education meets in the Fireside Room on Sunday mornings starting at 9:15 am.

Summer Adult Christian Education

We will watch lectures by Bert Ehrman on the New Testament.  These lectures will be followed with a discussion about what we've learned from the lectures. Dr. Ehrman's lectures, shown in previous summer Adult Ed series, have been of great interest to a larger number of people.

Past Adult Ed topics:

June 20

Vision Liberia 2027

Rev. Jerry Kulah and his wife Ruth spoke about the Vision Liberia 2027 ministry, which seeks the spiritual transformation of the church and society in Liberia within half a generation.  Rev. Kulah shared his powerful personal testimony as well as his vision for what God wants to accomplish in post-conflict Liberia.

April 11

Fundamentalism in the Family

What is "Fundamentalist Christianity"? And what family issues (pro and con) can it create? What strategies might families use to cope with very different Christian beliefs within the family?  Dave and Toby Montgomery led the discussion.

March 2010

Learning to Forgive

The remarkable response of the Amish community to the horrific shooting of ten schoolgirls at Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, in October, 2006 stunned the world.  The book, AMISH GRACE, tells the story of how this community responded, and explores its profoundly countercultural practice of forgiveness. Barbara Varenhorst led the discussion and reflection, based on this book, on how to forgive and how we should live lives of forgiveness.

Feb 28 / Mar 7 2010

What does the Bible really say about Homosexuality?

UCC Pastor Dick Roe and United Church of Christ Ladera Community Church member, Iris Harrell led an interactive discussion. The movie “For the Bible Tells Me So” was shown, and the subsequent discussion was led by UCC pastor, Wilma Reichard.

Dec 2009:

Immigration: What Are “Christian” Approaches?

Immigration – legal and illegal – is a “hot button” topic that has been put on the back burner at the national political level this year as the focus has been more on war and health care.  What is going on in immigration, particularly from an economic perspective?  Are there “winners and losers” from the current situation?  These topics and perhaps other social/political issues that result in gains for some at the expense of others will be discussed.

Feb 2008:

Stanford presentation by Dr. Francis Collins (who led the federal government analysis of the human genome) can be found here.