We encourage you to attend Sunday School as well as Meeting for Worship. Sunday School is an excellent forum to get to know us personally and find out more about the Society of Friends.
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Adult Sunday School is usually a lively discussion group which can cover a variety of topics
including spiritual life, current topics, Biblical studies, and personal development.
Sessions are led by our members, who volunteer to prepare and present topics in which they
have a special interest.
We encourage you to attend Sunday School as well as Meeting for Worship. Sunday School is an excellent forum to get to know us personally and find out more about the Society of Friends. |
Adult Class Topics
Starting October 2, we will be considering material in To Be Broken and Tender by Margery Post Abbott. The focus of our discussions will be be "How can we lead spiritual lives in the 21st century without getting lost in religion?" The book is a personal account of Margery's experience of coming alive in the spirit and the gradual changes that occurred in her life as she grew in her experience with God. Some of the chapter headings in the book are: Waiting and Attending, Sifting Through Fears, The Nature of God, The Light of Christ, The Light That Is In Us All, Spiritual Maturity, Taking Up the Cross Daily, Justice, Responding to Violence, Wholeness of the Earth, Solitude, Community, Be Gentle with Yourself, Breaking the Fear of Death, God's Way and Human Will.
We will begin on October 2 by considering Waiting and Attending.
Former Topics:
January 9 for six or seven weeks we will begin our study of the life and writings of Margaret Fell. Our basic text for this study will be A Sincere and Constant Love by Terry S Wallace. Various extra materials will be added from time to time, including an historical sketch at the beginning of the study. Extra materials will be accessible from links at this site as they become available.
December 19 & 26 will be seasonal activities.
December 12 is Quarterly Meeting at Salem Meeting, so there will be Sunday school. Meeting at Mullica Hill will be at 11:00 AM, its usual time.
November 28 and December 5 we will add one more study to the book Listening for the Voice of Truth, by listening to John 1:9 "That was the true Light which gives Light to every man coming into the world."
October 24 to November 21 we continue in "Listening for the Voice of Truth" with the chapter on 2 Corinthians 5. What meaning do we take from this passage? How do different translations affect the meaning of the text?
September 12 through October
The adult class will study based on "Listening for the Voice of Truth" by Patty Levering of Davidson, North Carolina, Friends Meeting. In five brief lessons, Patty Levering invites us to a way of reading the Bible with our whole body so that we "listen for the voice of capital "T" truth--a truth that "has more to do with love than with correctness, more with wisdom than with facts. It can't be contained by words. It doesn't fit in boxes--mine or yours." Guiding the reader into selected passages, Levering shares her own experience, offers new insight into familiar passages, and encourages readers to look at scripture--including difficult passages--with an open mind and heart. Copies will available at meeting by September 5.
August 29, September 5
Continue our careful reading and study of
Psalms.
We will again compare several translations
and interpretations, including our own personal perspectives.
August 22
Britney, who is studying to become a medical missionary, told us of her recent trip to
China to
establish a cooperative study between John Hopkins Univ. and a Chinese
university.
August 15 The Bible in English
For those
who missed it at quarterly meeting, Tom Etherington will present his historical
account of the translation of the Bible into English
August 8 A careful reading and study of
Psalm 19.
We will again compare several translations
and interpretations, including our own personal perspectives.
August 1
A
careful reading and study of Psalm 91.
We will compare several translations
and interpretations, including our own personal perspectives.
