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 & Wendy Lundeen
• Grades 4-5
  John Arthur Room (upstairs) with Barbara Erickson & Maria Cortez
• Grades 6-8
  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.
• Holy Communion class. This class is for young children who are beginning to be more mindful of their faith journey and relationship with Christ and the church. Children, and parents, will be invited to a class or two to explore the meaning of this sacrament. The class is offered during the Epiphany or Lenten seasons as scheduled.
• 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:

  February 5, 2012
  • Forum will discuss Options for Dealing with Sin. Recent Forums have discussed moral hazards (consequences that can occur when an individual or organization does not take the full consequences and responsibilities for its actions) and how moral hazards were a notable part of actions, many of which were sinful, that resulted in the mortgage foreclosure problems in this Country. Forum will also discuss Biblical guidance for addressing widespread sin using the mortgage problems as a framework.
  February 12, 2012
  • Ken Schreiber will lead a discussion of Syncretism, the combination of different forms of belief systems. Syncretism is not only a notable Biblical issue but a current challenge: How should the ministry of First Lutheran Church relate to the diverse multi-cultural Silicon Valley environment?
  February 19, 2012
  • Ken Schreiber will lead a discussion on religiosity in America focusing on those who take the position that: “I’m not religious, but I am spiritual.”
  February 26, 2012
  • Martha Stillman will lead a discussion of life in First Century Palestine at the time that the Gospel of Mark was being written. Aspects of everyday life (e.g., how people earned a living, government, the military, role of slavery, role of woman, education) were important contexts for the Gospel that influenced the content of the Biblical text.

  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.