Adult Religious Education 2019-2020

Adult Religious Education for 2019-2020 will begin Sunday, September 15, at 11:30 am in the Church library. The theme for this year and additional information is below. The class format is a round-table discussion format and the atmosphere is casual and relaxed so feel free to join and participate. These are not classes on high theology that are intimidating or difficult to understand. We focus on the “down to earth” and practical ways we should understand and live our faith. In His parables to the masses, Christ always used practical examples from everyday life to help people understand and draw near to God. We use the same model and spirit in this class.

2019-2020 Class Theme:  Forming Christian Culture

Description: “The culture of our own time continues this separation from Christianity, but not only from Christianity. Contemporary culture is losing its religious spirit, its meaning, and its beauty (Ivan Ilyin).” Like a rock thrown into a calm body of water that causes ripples outward, who and what we are inside ripples outwardly, affecting those immediately around us and creating conditions of a domino effect in our society. St. Paul tells us to have the mind of Christ within us and in our relationships (Romans 12:1-2, 1 Corinthians 2:16, Philippians 2:5-11). This simple yet profound teaching is what truly creates Christian culture by transforming us so profoundly from within that we become a “light of the world” (Matthew 4:15) and draw others to His light and beauty. Christ speaks to the conscious of everyone, but many can’t hear His voice until they experience Him through the light of another person.

For this Adult Religious Education year, we are going to focus on how we are formed inwardly by Christ, what we need to continually do to acquire the mind of Christ, and the practical ways this manifests itself in our everyday behavior and encounters. We will also equally focus on the broader implications to creating Christian culture around us.
 
When: Sundays at 11:30 (class typically runs until 12:30 but people are free to join and leave whenever they wish)
Where: Library
Contact: Michael.Haldas@Verizon.net

Note: Adult Education is video live-streamed through the Orthodox Christian Network’s (OCN) Facebook page –  https://www.facebook.com/MyOCN/.  The class reaches thousands in the United States, Canada, and dozens of other countries worldwide. This is an exciting opportunity through OCN to share the Orthodox Christian faith. Video of the classes are archived and can be viewed anytime using this link – http://myocn.net/orthodox-christian-video-programs/adult-study-classes/. All archived classes will be here and available even if you don’t have Facebook.

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