As Dar mentioned in her Promiseland Chatter May newsletter article, there will be no Discovery Hour June 6th through August 29th. Not only will the children not have Discovery Hour, but the adult and youth will be taking the summer off as well.
Adult Discovery Hour in the White House on Sunday
This upcoming Sunday, May 2, the Adult Discovery Hour class will meet at 9am in the first floor living room of the white house at the corner of Salisbury and Lindberg. You can enter the house through the porch entrance on the church-side of the house.
E100 Week 16 Discovery Hour
Lesson from Sunday, April 25th, 2010
The readings for this week all come from the book of Acts and focus most on Paul’s missionary journeys in the last two-thirds of the book. These texts cover his first missionary journey from 46 – 48 A.D. (Acts 13-14), second 49 – 52 A.D. (15-18), and third 53- 58 A.D. (18-21). It begins with Saul/ Paul’s conversion. Importantly, in Acts 9: 4 when Jesus appears to Paul on the road to Damascus he says, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” This is interesting and important because Paul was actually persecuting Christians and the Church but in this statement Jesus makes the point that our identification with him is so close, that these are the same thing. There is also a clear pattern in these chapters of the gospel being first offered to the Jews, but then also offered to the Gentiles. By the end of the book, the church has spread well beyond Jerusalem and well beyond the first Christians who were Jewish. In class we will focus on Paul’s engagement with those not yet of the faith, in particular in Acts 17:16 – 34, but also, if there is time, Acts 14.
Let Us Pray
Feel called to pray? Then you’ll fit right in on Sundays at 9 a.m. in the white house with the growing group of prayer warriors who feel God’s call to blanket Riverside and its ministries in prayer. This team focuses on intensive conversation with the Father and is equipped weekly with the stated prayer needs of the staff, leadership team and ministry leaders. It’s a powerful time of intercession that pours forth in gatherings and focused prayer walks during the Discovery Hour. Questions? Contact Diane Kelley [email protected] or Linda Bogan [email protected]. Child care is provided. Come and participate in the conversation. You’ll be greatly blessed.
E100 Week 14 Discovery Hour
Lesson from Sunday, April 11th, 2010
Though this is the week following Easter, the E100 program had us reading passages from Passion Week including the Crucifixion and Resurrection, this week. One of the aspects of this that I have found interesting, related to the Stations of Cross practiced by the Catholic Church and even the prayer stations we used at our Maundy Thursday service, are what are referred to as the seven last words of Christ. A more accurate name would likely be the seven last statements. In any case, here they are:
Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing (Luke 23:34)
I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in Paradise (Luke 23:43)
Dear woman, here is your son (John 19:26)
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? (Mark 15:34)
I am thirsty (John 19:28)
It is finished (John 19:30)
Father, into your hands I commit my spirit (Luke 23:46)
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