We are happy to provide quality child care for the morning sessions. In order to make it affordable for every woman to come, we ask that everyone, who is able, give a love gift to help cover the expense of the workers caring for the children and the hospitality supplies. A suggested amount is $5/week (11 weeks = $55). You may include this in your check or use the collection baskets in your class. Homeschooled children will be provided with a classroom monitor. We request that all children six months of age and older be placed in our child care.
Course descriptions are below.
Christianity...ever wonder what it's all about? Have you been wondering how to help your friends find answers to their spiritual questions? Alpha is specifically designed to lead people to Jesus through a personal, joyful and exciting encounter. Come hear talks by Nicky Gumbel and participate in relaxed, non-threatening discussion. Alpha is a place to ask your questions. Whether you've been a Christian for years or you are just starting to think about God, Alpha will give new insights.
Homework: None Leaders: Tara Lucido & Laura McCabe Book: None Level: All
Esther may have been a queen, but her life was no fairy tale. An outsider, a foreigner & an orphan, she found herself facing an evil plan to destroy her people. The Old Testament story of Esther is a profile in courage & contains many modern parallels for today's overloaded & stressed woman. If you've ever felt inadequate, threatened, or pushed into situations that seemed overpowering this study is for you.
Homework: 3 1/2 hrs/week Leaders: Nancy Makowski & Cyndi Alioth Book: Participant guide Level: All
After the death of a spouse, child, family member, or friend it may be hard for you to feel optimistic about the future. Many people seem to not understand the deep hurt you feel. This can be a confusing time when you feel isolated and have many questions about things you’ve never faced before. GriefShare groups meet for 13 consecutive weeks to help you face these challenges and move toward rebuilding your life. Group leaders have experienced significant losses in their lives and are examples of the healing and restoration that can occur as an outgrowth of deep grief.
This class is close to full. Please contact us for an additional opportunity to participate in this valuable class.
Homework: 1-1 1/2 hr/week Leader: Marinda Sellwood Books: GriefShare - Your journey from Mourning to Joy Workbook & Through a Season of Grief - Devotions Level: All who have experienced the death of a loved one!
What does a heart for God look like when lived out in flesh and blood in the daily circumstances of life? As we walk together through 2 Corinthians, Acts & other portions of Scripture, we'll begin to understand what it's like to have a heart like his.
Homework: 1 hr/week Leader: Nancy Padjen Book: Lord, Give Me a Heart For You by Kay Arthur Level: All
Jesus often wrapped his deepest truths in stories so that the truth could be received to, hopefully, unfold, grow and reproduce in his listeners. Tell it Slant is taken from a line of a poem by Emily Dickinson, a reminder that the way we speak the truth is as important as the truth itself. The first part of the book reveals Jesus’ intimate means of communication in all manner of contexts. The second part turns from the parables to reflect on Jesus’ communion with his Father in prayer. The level of the course is mid to advanced (depending on the time you have to give it), though the parables and prayers would appeal to anyone. Homework will vary according to interest and desire to research.
Homework: varies Leaders: Cathy Morgan & Alison Mullins Book: Tell It Slant by Eugene Peterson Level: All
From beginning to end, the Bible is about a divine romance. We, as women, are designer goods, designed, cherished and pursued by God. But very often from society and even within the church, women receive a much different message about their femininity and sexuality. This interactive Bible study will look at the beauty and holiness of our sexuality and help us protect our hearts and minds from cultural temptations and influences that have begun to shape our view of feminine sexuality, often so subtly that it goes unnoticed. The straightforward lessons will focus on love, sex and intimacy within marriage, purity, modesty, and dynamics of interpersonal relationships between men and women. These timely messages are for women, whether married or single, mother or daughter. Class will include a combination of video and discussion.
Homework: 2-3 hrs/week Leaders: Terry Nesbitt, Erica Cheese & Christine Faro Book: Workbook Level: All
So many of us live stuck. Stuck trying to seem perfect. Stuck in sadness. Stuck feeling numb. Stuck pursuing more stuff to make us happy. Stuck in something we can't even name. These stuck places often go unattended inside of us and they are shaping our lives more than we would like to think. GOD has a plan for these spaces inside of us, the places we feel broken, but we have to go to Him. Stuck is a journey through Scripture to take an honest look at ourselves, leading us to God who has a plan to restore it, to restore us.
Homework: 3-4 hr/week Leader: Jamie Plasterer Book: Stuck by Jennie Allen Level: All
With a jam-packed life, what’s missing is space – space for God to speak, room for you to hear. It’s time to set aside the activities and busyness that swallows up rest and peace. It’s time for us to breathe and build margin into our lives for God.
This 5-week study includes a DVD teaching and a Bible study journal. The study will help us see that God created Sabbath in the very beginning when he created the world. We’ll discover that we may be enslaved by GOOD things that control us and we are unaware of the entrapment. We’ll discover that Sabbath is so much more than what man has made it – and that God has so much more in mind for each of us. Priscilla states that “God always and eternally intended the Sabbath to be a lifestyle – an attitude, a perspective, an orientation for living that enables us to govern our lives and steer clear of bondage.” Join Pricilla and discover Sabbath margin – the boundary God enables us to put around things we enjoy so that we never become slaves again.
To receive the most out of this study, a minimum of an hour daily for thought, prayer and journal entry is recommended.
Homework: 5 hrs/week Leaders: Beth Marquiss & Tanya Holstay Book: Participant Guide by Priscilla Shirer Level: All
Need to strengthen your core understanding of Scripture? Join us for a workout as we learn to search Scriptures for lessons we can apply to our daily lives. This class will focus on methods for biographical, topical, passage and book studies. The goal? We become equipped and fit for God's service!
Homework: None Leader: Emily Chase Book: None Level: All
Deuteronomy, the fifth and final book of the Pentateuch, was written to prepare a new generation of the Lord's chosen people to be his kingdom representatives in the land He had promised them hundreds of years earlier. Now, after forty years in the wilderness, they are ready to enter the land of promise. Through Moses, God tells His children how to live in that land. Discover what God expected back then, and what He still expects now, and how we should live as His children in the world today. 8 lessons
Homework: 5 hrs/week Leader: Lisa Mays Book: Precept Guide Level: Intermediate
Many worldviews, religious perspectives and false teachings bombard us every day. The Church is threatened without and within by secularism, pluralism, and pragmatism to name a few. Peter urges us to remember and call to mind the truth of God’s Word which will keep us from falling. The instruction Peter gives is to be diligent to be “found by Him without spot or blemish” and uncompromising in our faith. A much needed study for the modern-day Church.
Homework: 3 hrs/week Leaders: Joy Nixon & Allene Tennant Book: Precept Guide Level: Intermediate
What would you do if you found out you only had one month to live? Most of us would live differently for those thirty days. We would be more authentic about who we are and more deliberate about how we spend our time. In this study, One Month To Live, we are going to answer the question: what keeps us from living this way now? In learning how to live a life of no regrets, we are going to sharpen our focus on what is really important in life. This six- week study will include a 20-minute video each week along with class discussion. Thought- provoking daily home work assignments require one to two hours per week.
Homework: 1-2 hrs/week Leaders: Cindy Ebner & Kim Engle Book: One Month To Live by Kerry & Chris Shook Level: All