Discovering Our Future — God's People Doing God's Work

SEPTEMBER 16 AT 10:45 AM: SUNDAY CHURCH SCHOOL BEGINS

THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!

Nursery for infants through 2 year old toddlers continues during the Church School hour. Upstairs Room 21.

Preschool class for Ages 3-5. We'll begin the year learning about the Bible stories of Noah and Joseph. We meet in the 1^st room on the right in the Celebration Wing (under the Sanctuary).

Bible Adventure Times for Kindergarten through Fifth Grades. We begin each Sunday together in Creation Playhouse (first room on the right in the Hallelujah-Education wing) before going to the various workshops. Our units this year are:

Joseph: God's Dreamer; Jonah; Advent: Mary's Song; Boy Jesus at the Temple; Jesus Teaches Us to Pray; The Great Dinner and Peter: Three Times "No!" And Three Times "Yes!"

Sixth & Seventh Grade Pre-confirmation Class meets in the second room on the left in the CelebrationWing (under the Sanctuary). Our class will be using "So Great a Cloud of Witnesses: a Survey of Church History".

Confirmation (8^th Grade) meets in the lounge. On September 16^th we will meet with all 8^th graders and their parents to talk about the plans for the year. Watch for more information coming in a letter.

Senior High youth are invited to join the adult special topics group on September 16, 23, & 30- check out the information below for details. Your help is specially needed with the discussion on the September 23^rd (Children and Video Games).

 Adult Opportunities -Beginning Sunday, September 16 we will have two offerings and on some Sundays a third topic will also be available.

Sermon Talk meets in the Group Room (next to the nursery upstairs) for discussion of the sermon and/or scripture references.

Special Topic Discussion meets in the Library and will discuss different topics each Sunday. See the Adult Education Opportunity column in each month’s Tower, your bulletin, and the church website for the specifics about each Sunday's topics.

September 16: Join Lynn Yueill to learn through pictures and stories about the Women Walking with Women trip to Guatemala (workshop trip supported by our mission money). Four women from MN Valleys Presbytery and CEDEPCA staff presented workshops to about fifty women (and a few men) on wholeness of spirit, body and relationships. Come and hear this beautiful story of the faith and life journeys of amazing Christians in Guatemala.

September 23: Join Kimm Anderson for a discussion of "Children and Video Games: What's the Problem?" from TheThoughtfulChristian.com. The study "provides an introduction to the world of video games, explains the lack of self-control by the video industry, which is most eager to make sales, and provides some resources for those just wanting to learn more or others wanting to join efforts to control access and irresponsible content." (info from the website)

September 30: GRIP Faith and Democracy dialogue, “Creating a Common Future Together.” As people of faith, we have a set of beliefs that embraces all of us in a common future — yet we remain deeply divided. Help create a bold vision of people of faith acting powerfully in the world to challenge the forces of fear and division — and to create a renewed vision for a common future together. This group will meet in Fellowship Hall.