Adult Sunday School Classes & Programs


Letters of Peter and John.
Peter and John are two names that immediately come to mind when we think of the apostles. These two apostles wrote short letters that have applications for all generations.

In his letters, Peter speaks to our own pilgrimage when he tells of suffering now and the glory to come. Stormy seasons of persecution were beginning for the churches in Asian Minor. These storms rage on in the modern world. It has been said that no true Christian can escape at least a measure of suffering for Christ's sake. Out of his firsthand knowledge as an apostle of Christ, Peter shows us what the story of Jesus' life means for us as we take up our cross and follow Him. Peter left in his legacy two of the most wonderful letters of compassion and courage in all the New Testament. His theme in I Peter is “hope for the hurting.”

To each of our negative attitudes Peter applies a new perspective and a fresh word of hope. He helps us face the pain that reaches deeply into our lives and encourages us to begin to see how God never lets go of us through it all. In his second letter Peter teaches Christians how to deal with internal enemies such as false teachers and other evildoers who infiltrated the church. His letter urges all readers to beware . . . to be ready . . . to be alert, so that we don’t fall into the trap of indifference and aimlessness at a time when we desperately need to be salt and light in this world.

The letters of John (I, II, and III John) reveal the heart and soul of this tender man of God. John’s writings were all undertaken toward the end of the first century; by that time the freshness of the faith had begun to wear off. His letters were written during an ever-widening storm of heresy called “Gnosticism.” John provides a practical application of the gospel. He applies the truth and implies a morality in his letters that is for all generations; writing to tell people how to have eternal life and what that eternal life includes. As we look carefully at his letters we will find the life of God displayed in all its glory and splendor.
This study meets in the Hometime room and will be led by Dick Falb and Don Estes. Enroll.

Back to Basics - Finding Power for Today’s Church.
This class is a forum on the early church as it is presented in the book of Acts to find out what made it strong and how it survived in a pagan culture. The early church exhibited incredible power for change and growth. It was completely new; it taught truths that seemed unbelievable, and it was subject to enormous obstacles, intense hatreds and persecutions. Despite this, the church managed to spread across the early world within the lifetime of the first generation of believers.

Our guide will be An Expositional Commentary on ACTS by Dr. James Montgomery Boice. In fifty chapters that progress through the Book of Acts, Dr Boice issues a challenge to believers to follow the first century church. We are encouraged to glean the vital principles that enabled the early church to expand, and then to apply them to our modern day church.
“Today’s evangelical church no longer understands the gospel it claims to uphold, and if it no longer understands the gospel, it certainly no longer proclaims it to an unbelieving world,” writes Dr. James Montgomery Boice. “There is nothing today’s church needs so much as to rediscover the doctrine, spirit and commitments of the early Christian community.”

As we study the expansion of the early church, we will seek to learn from the church’s vitality and apply its principles to our lives, in order to spread the gospel the way it was spread during the first century—by the faithful preaching and teaching of the great truths of the Bible.

This class meets in the Main Dining room and will be led by Jerry Spencer. Enroll

Experiencing God’s Attributes.
Many can probably name at least some of the attributes of God, but what is it like to experience His majesty? His grace? His beauty? His love? The more we know about God the more we trust Him—no matter the circumstances. 

This class focuses on group discussion of scripture that describes God's attributes, helping us to know Him better.  We will use the study guide, Experiencing God's Attributes by Warren and Ruth Myers. The leaders will attempt to correspond our lessons with Dr. Maxwell’s sermon series on God's attributes.

This class is led by Bill & Laurie Aseltine and meets in the Lynch room. Enroll