Adult Christian Education Invitation From Tom Bolton
The Lenten Season gives us a special opportunity to strengthen the weave of our relationship with a caring and forgiving God who loved us so much that God did not hesitate to accept taking on the humble form of human life itself, with all its risks, even to that life itself.
In the most sacred prayer God’s son taught us to pray daily, including “give us today our daily bread”, we are reminded that this bread is uncommon and life-saving. As we partake, we grow and are sustained in overwhelming and seemingly without hope of redress. This is a covenantal, communal undertaking that we can readily enjoy in many ways, including attending weekly studies here at First UMC!
Our Lenten study series of the Last Twenty-four Hours Jesus’ life, written by Adam Hamilton, takes us right to where it happened, by this well-respected pastor and biblical scholar, in a video accompanying each chapter and study session. This gives us a real taste of what it means to be authentic in our profession and discipleship, especially when faced with the disheartening and difficult moral challenges of our times and places.
Lay Leader Tom Bolton’s ongoing study of Jesus in the Gospels continues to refresh our minds and hearts in these endeavors. Monthly reflections on our community, nation, and world’s critical ethical concerns allow us to exercise UMC Social Principles recently revised with a global perspective. You are invited to join us!
Thomas Bolton
God cares about you and so do we.