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NEWCOMERS AND CONFIRMATION CLASSES
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| New Comers Orientation |
| Tuesdays: Feb. 13,20,27 6:00-7:00pm
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| Leader: The Rector |
| A three week introduction to the Episcopal Church and particularly to the Parish of Bethesda-by-the-Sea.
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| Inquirer's Class and Preparation for Adult Confirmation, reception or Reaffirmation |
| Tuesdays: Mar. 6,13,20,27 Apr. 3,10,17,24; May. 1; 6:00-7:00pm
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| Leader: The Rector |
This course is designed to prepare adults:
For Confirmation if they have never been confirmed by a Bishop in Apostolic Succession.
For Reception as members into the Episcopal Church if they have previously been confirmed by a Bishop in another Christian denomination.
For Reaffirmation of their Baptismal vows if they have been previously baptized and confirmed in the Episcopal Church.
The course will survey the faith and worship of the Episcopal Church from early Church to today and explore meaningful ways in which the Christian faith may be expressed by adults in a contemporary setting.
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BIBLE STUDIES
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| Tuesday Morning Bible Study |
| Tuesdays: Ongoing; 7:15-7:55am
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| Leader: Members of the Clergy Staff |
| Explore the Biblical texts for Sunday with the scheduled preacher. Learn the historical and critical background of the text. Discuss what you think the Scripture is saying. Suggest what you think should be included in the sermon. This Bible study provides you with an opportunity to have your say and, perhaps, help shape each Sunday's sermon. Immediately following are a communion service at 8:00 and a light breakfast. No registration is necessary.
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| Discovering the Bible: A Basic Introduction to the New Testament |
| EVENING CLASS - Mondays: Feb. 5 - May 21 6:30-8:00pm
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| Leader: Tom O'Brien |
| An introduction to the New Testament using the well-known and highly regarded Kerygma Program. A rich resource that invites adults into a new adventure of learning and growth, Kerygma: Discovering the Bible explores people, events, Biblical ideas, and places through a process of reading, reflection, discussion, creative expression, and discovery.
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ADVANCED BIBLE SEMINARS
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| The Substance of Faith: The Book of Common Prayer |
| Thursdays: Feb. 15- Apr. 5 4:00-5:30pm
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| Leader: The Rev. Jess Reeves |
| This course will explore the book of Common Pryaer as our standard of devotion, worship and belief as Episcopalians.
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OTHER ADULT COURSE OFFERINGS
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| Emily Dickinson: The Art of Belief |
| Wednesdays: Mar. 7,14,21 & 28 4:00-5:30pm
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| Leader: Susan Abbott, M.A. |
| One of the most popular American poets, the Belle of Amherst wrote much poetry that is deeply spiritual and profoundly introspective. Her own brand of personal belief evades all categorization while being remarkably easy to appreciate.
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| Wordsworth: Fanning the Devine Flame |
| Wednesdays: Apr. 4,11,18 & 25 4:00-5:30pm
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| Leader: Susan Abbott, M.A. |
| From radical agnostic to spiritualist to pantheist to orthodox, William Wordsworth ranged far and wide in his religious development reflected in his poetry. One of the premier English-language poets, he aims in some of his most famous works tobring out the deeper spiritual meaning in mundane people and events, minutely observing their emotional qualities.
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| Reading and Discusion Seminar: C.S. Lewis |
The Screwtape Letters
Mondays: Feb. 5,19; Mar. 5,19
The Four Loves
Mondays: Apr. 2,23; May 7
Afternoons 2:00-3:30pm or Evenings 7:00-8:30pm
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| Leader: The Rev. Robert Pollard III |
| This seminar (in two convenient sessions) will continue reading and discussing the reflections and imaginings of one of the greatest Christian apologist of all time. The group meets throughout the fall, winter and spring. Newcomers and visitors are always welcome.
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| Divine Poems & Holy Sonnets: John Donne and George Herbert |
| Mondays: Mar. 12 & 19 6:30-8:00pm
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| Leader: John Neibch, Ph.D |
| During the formative first century of the Anglican Church, its religious leaders struggled to refine a faithful via mdeia between the extremes of a Roman Catholic counter-Reformation and reductionist Puritans. This challenge bore the marvelous fruit of an incarnational piety expressed profoundly in the devotions of John Donne and Geroge Herbert.
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| Improving Your Communication Skills and Enhancing Family Relationships |
| Mar. 6,13,20 & 27 7:00-9:00pm
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| Leader: Judith Taylor |
How can I build a better relationship with my chilren and others?
A practical spiritual approach to parent-child relationships, this course offers effective practices and techniques. STEP - Systematic Training for Effective Parenting, an approach based on mutual respect, will be the foundation for the class.
Judy Taylors extensive experience is that of a resource teacher and guidance counselor in the county schools, teacher of parenting classes for 12 years and life-long Episcopalian.
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| EFM: Education for Ministry |
| Wednesdays: beginning Sept. 6; 6:00-9:00pm
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| Leader: Ann Hokanson |
| A rigorous, intensive four-year program of study designed to provide a comprehensive, experimental education in the foundations and message of our Christian faith. Offered by the School of Theology of the University of the South, it teaches how to think theologically and deepens faith and understanding. This is a nine-month cycle of meetings and extensive reading. Registration fee and credit hours given. For more information please contact Ann Hokanson at 561-792-5813
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A Special Epiphany Offering
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| A Light To Lighten The Gentiles: Early Christianity in the British Isles |
| Wednesdays: Feb. 7,14 & 21 7:00-8:30pm
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| Leader: Dr. Carol E. Gesner |
| These three lectures will address the coming of Christianity and university caliber studies to Britian. These lectures will center on the monastic houses at Iona and Lindisfarne and on the Venerable Bede. There will be slies of monestaries and elaborate Celtic manuscripts, including the Book of Durrow and Kells and the Lindisfarne Gospels.
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| Heaven Belongs to Everyone |
| Tuesdays: Feb. 13 & 20 2:00-3:30pm
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| Leader: Bill Soter |
| Mr. Soter will discuss his book in two parts. The first part will be various issues in religion: the ordination of women, whether attendance at corporate worship is important, the similarities and diddimilarities between the three religions of Abraham. The second part addresses the crucial matter of the separation between church and state as mandated by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Mr. Soter's book is available in the Bethesda Bookshop.
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