On Sunday, September 9, the Adult Bible Class will resume regular weekly meetings in the church parlor at 9:30 am.   During the thirteen weeks of the autumn, class discussion will center on the Book of Acts, a book which depicts the shift from Jewish Christianity to Gentile Christianity.    The class lasts for only 45 minutes each week., ending at 10:15 AM  The group engages in a lively discussion of the topics covered for that day.  Rev. Fuller adds to the discussion on a schedule permitting basis. 

 

The purpose of the group is to provide an opportunity for adults to read, study, discuss and reflect on specific chapters of the bible.  The group reads a few chapters a week and is in the process of reading the entire bible over the course of eight years.  We do this by using a curriculum entitled From Genesis to Revelation published by Cokesbury.  This curriculum features twenty-four class booklets containing thirteen lessons for a specific portion of the bible--usually one book or a logical group of books.  In this case the curriculum for the year will include reading the book of Acts in the fall, reading the Gospel of John in the winter and reading the book of Romans in the spring. 

 

For those of you who know your bible, you may wonder why we are reading the Book of Acts before we are reading the Gospel of John, since in the bible the Gospel of John appears before the Book of Acts.  So aren't we reading them out of order?  Yes, we are.  The reason we are reading them out of order and reading the Book of Acts before reading the Gospel of John is that class members suggested the change in order because while reading and studying the Gospel of Luke, they learned that the Book of Acts appears to have been written by the same author.  In some circles the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts are treated as two parts of a larger whole and are sometimes referred to as Book 1 and Book 2.  Scholars believe the introductions to both the Gospel According to Luke and the Book of Acts are addressed to the same person.  They also argue that the writing style and use of analogies is similar.  So the class decided to read the Book of Acts first, since we read the Gospel According to Luke last spring.

 

We usually have 8-12 people and we have room for more.  Come and join us.  Both Study Books and Bibles are available.  If you prefer, just come for the conversation.