Adult Sunday Classes

Disciples on the Edge Adult Sunday School Class

This adult Sunday School class meets in the parlor on Sundays at 9:40 AM. The January/February series is created in honor of Epiphany which celebrates the arrival of the wise men from around the ancient world. Every January they develop a global theme. This Epiphany, the theme is world hunger. They have entitled the series, "Food, the Bible, and World Hunger." The sessions are listed below:

January 17 - Dr. Etta Madden - "The Ethics of Eating"
January 24 - Film: "Fresh"
January 31 - Bart Brown, Executive Director of Ozarks Food Harvest - "Local Hunger"
February 7 - Dr. Peter Browning - "How to Reduce World Hunger"

Christology 213 Adult Sunday School Class

Young couples and others are invited to the class meeting around tables each Sunday at 9:30 AM in the Fellowhip Hall. Class discussions are on contemporary topics and the conversations are always interesting.

Yo-Ma-Co Adult Sunday School Class

The Yo-Ma-Co class was begun in the 1950's by members who were Young Married Couples at that time. The class meets in Room 103 each Sunday at 9:30 AM and is open to all. Rev. Hubert Lines leads the study, currently using a quarterly named "The Present Word" published by the Presbyterian Church in Louisville on behalf of the Christian Church (Disciples). The class supports the Agape House in Springfield quarterly and also Crosslines.

Wednesday Night Bible Study

This class will meet in the parlor on Wednesdays from 6:00 - 7:00 PM. The class will run from January 13 to February 10. Though all the gospels recast Jesus´ story to address their own circumstances and time, the revision is especially clear in the metaphorical scenes and symbolic images of John´s gospel. Clearly, for John, Jesus could not be defined merely by historical data of the past. Why? The risen, exalted Christ was too alive and too important for believers to ignore his present, spiritual reality. We explain how John differs from the first three gospels in the first week. At the same time, the gospel´s plot and outline will be reviewed as a basis for class members to divide up its scenes for discussion in the following weeks. As teacher, John White will be available as needed to supply relevant information for interpreting the gospel. Since none of the gospels are timid about dramatizing Jesus´ story for their churches, they encourage us also to discern Jesus´ presence for our day. As one sister denomination says, "God is still speaking." Thus, in the last class we discuss tentatively the message of the risen Christ for National Avenue at our time in history.