Bible Study
The a-ha! Approach: no lectures, no veiled moral catechism.
We consider the scripture that will be read in church this coming Sunday and respond to whatever concerns you may want to bring to the group. You set the agenda—it’s not laid down from “on high.” Fine fellowship, free coffee—and fun. Serious study as well as a personal approach, laughter along with the learning. Everyone is involved; all are invited. We meet in the library on Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m. until 11:20.
Education for Ministry Courses
Designed by the University of the South
Sometimes called “the layman’s version of a seminary education.” Since 1997, we have offered two or three classes every year—the maximum number of students allowed in each section is 12 (ages 29 to 84). A study of the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament gospels and kerygma, a history of the church and its doctrines, theology and ethics, theological reflection.
EFM is a four-year course, but we ask student commitment for only one year at a time, meeting two and a half hours one day each week (morning or evening) except during the summer and the month of December. A mentored approach to education, no canned lectures; students teach each other and take the initiative in homework and classroom studies.
A promise: your life will be changed (as well as enriched) if you complete this course. Intense, enlightening, energetic, argumentative and enlarging.
Youth Program
Sunday School – grades 6 – 7 and 9 - 12
Sunday School and leadership roles grades grades 11 and 12
Youth Sunday (twice per year) – worship leadership
Acolytes – Youth assigned once per quarter to the 9AM or 11AM service
Ushering
Youth Groups
- Grades 6 and 7 – meet every other week on Sunday, 4 to 6PM
- Grade 8 – meet once or twice per month on Sunday after church
- Grades 9 through 12 – brunch offered weekly on Saturday AM
Retreats: Shrinemont
- September, grade 8
- November, grades 6 and 7
- March, grades 9 through 12
SKI TRIPS:
- Grades 6 and 7 – All day ski adventure to Wintergreen
- Grade 8 – Night skiing at Wintergreen
- Grades 9 through 12 – weekend ski trip to Snowshoe
CARITAS:
- Grade 7 prepares and serves dinner for CARITAS guests on first Sunday of visit
Mission Trips:
- GRADE 8: Westview on the James in Goochland – team building and home repair
- GRADES 9 THROUGH 12: Confrontation Point Ministries in Tennessee– wilderness team building and home repair
