Christian education at FLC

For Children and Youth

Sundays 9:15-10:15 a.m. (September - mid-June)

Confirmation class making Communion bread

• Pre-K - K
  Children's Center (downstairs) with Marjorie & Wendy Lundeen
• Grades 1-3
  Children's Center (downstairs) with Kathryn Singh & Steve Souders
• Grades 4-5
  John Arthur Room (upstairs) with Barbara Erickson & Don Harrier
• Grade 6
  Upstairs with Vince Barich
• Grades 7-9
  Confirmation, upstairs with Pastor Kemp
• Teens/FLY (First Lutheran Youth group)
  Youth Room upstairs or other locations tbd with Nathan Winterhof
  See the FLY page for more FLY activities.
• 6-7 grade mentoring program, 2nd Sunday of the month,upstairs

More opportunities for Children & Youth

• Confirmation Class, Sundays 9:15-10:00 a.m.
  Confirmation class is a two-year study of the Christian faith from a Lutheran point of view. It leads to the Rite of Confirmation in which the young person affirms the covenant with God and the church made by parents and sponsors at her or his baptism. Meet upstairs in the Youth Room with Pastor Kemp.
• Baptism. Children or Adults who have not been baptized and want to become members of Christ's church through this sacrament are encouraged to speak with the Pastor.
• Mount Cross- Lutheran Outdoor Ministries of N. California. See http://www.mtcross.org/ or contact Sally Mendiola for more information

For Adults

Sundays 9:15-10:15 a.m.

• Adult Forum
  Meet in the Library for a mix of Bible study, guest speakers, discussion of life/faith issues, ministry in daily life. In the summer Forum studies the readings of the day. Through the rest of the year the topics are chosen by Ken Schreiber.

  Upcoming topics:

  September 5, 2010
  • Jill Knuth will lead Forum in a review of the Reading for the Day.
  September 12, 2010
  • No Forum---Come to the Rally Sunday events between 9:00 and 10:15.
  September 19, 2010
  • Lutheran CORE, which claims to represent Lutheran orthodoxy, is an organized effort to oppose ELCA decisions on sexual orientation issues and encourage congregations to leave the ELCA. Joe Haletky will lead a discussion of “The Core of Lutheran CORE: American Civil Religion and White Male Backlash", a study done by Jon Pahl, PhD, Professor of the History of Religion at the ELCA seminary in Philadelphia.
  September 26, 2010
  • Last Spring, two Forum discussions focused on concepts of God and gods, and specifically the Evolution of God in Mesopotamia. Old Testament readings from Genesis to Zephaniah that spoke to belief in numerous gods (Polytheism) were reviewed. By the time of Christ, the Jewish religion was firmly Monotheistic---belief in one God. Forum will now look at when the shift to Monotheism occurred and why it happened.

  More opportunities for Adults

  • Seasonal Devotional Books. Seasonal Devotions available for adult personal study and Davey & Goliath Devotions for family/young children You can find them in the Parish Hall
  • Wednesday Bible study at Channing House sponsored by First Women.
  • Thursday morning Lectio Divina, 10-11am, church library. Under the leadership of Pastor Segerhammar, we look at the Gospel lesson for the coming Sunday, using the Lectio Divina method. This method uses a prayerful approach, letting the text speak to each of us, rather than dissecting it intellectually. (Though we also discuss context and history.)
    
    Read, ponder, share, pray.
    Lectio Divina yields
    new revelations.