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Christian Educators at the Gateway
This February approximately two-hundred members of Presbyterians Organized in Nurture and Teaching (POINT) will gather in St. Louis, Missouri, for fellowship and training. Dr. Freda A. Gardner, professor emerita of Christian education at Princeton Theological Seminary, moderator of the 211th General Assembly (1999), and an elder, will speak on the theme “Our Inheritance, Our Hope.” When members of the POINT and Resource Center partnership sit with Dr. Gardner, what will they discover about our Presbyterian heritage and how they as servant leaders contribute to hope?
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Preparing Lent/Easter Workshop
What images come to mind when you think about Lent? I think of fish dinners at the Roman Catholic church on my block. Fish instead of red meat on Friday is traditionally known as a sacrifice of sorts and has been a Lenten tradition for years. I also think of people giving up such things as chocolate, coffee, or something else as a discipline to accentuate the penitential nature of the season. Giving up something for Lent as a spiritual discipline has been practiced for centuries.
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The Journey through Life: Avoiding the Potholes
The goal of “Checklist of Life” is to help young adults explore the reasons why some people stop growing: identity crisis, feelings of isolation, unrewarding careers, consumerism, and “control freak” behavior. With Scripture as our guide, we look at ways to open ourselves to genuine relationships with God and each other. We will also look at the stages of life and how they relate to real life as Christians.
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