Revelation Bible Study
Select Sundays, Including, 9/13 & 9/20, 11:15 am-12:15 pm
Where: Adult Education Classroom
Instructor: Rev. Eric Bergland
The Book of Revelation is puzzling, fascinating, and relevant to believers whether Jesus' return is tomorrow or in another 2,000 years. Join us for a chapter-by-chapter study in which we try out various interpretive strategies and learn from each other. Prior reading is helpful but not required!
Eric Bergland is a Presbyterian pastor who currently serves as a family coordinator with Donor Alliance and a chaplain with Penrose and St. Francis hospitals. Eric is also a Parish Associate at MCPC, where he provides pastoral care, preaching, and teaching as needed.
Eric Bergland is a Presbyterian pastor who currently serves as a family coordinator with Donor Alliance and a chaplain with Penrose and St. Francis hospitals. Eric is also a Parish Associate at MCPC, where he provides pastoral care, preaching, and teaching as needed.
Trinity Forum: Conversations with Christian Leaders of Today
Sundays, Including, 9/27, 10/25, & 11/29, 11:15 am-12:15 pm
Where: Fellowship Hall
Instructor: Scott Ross
Art and Faith: a Theology of Making by Makoto Fujimura
If at the center of reality is a God whose love is a generative, creative force, how do humans made in God’s image begin to reflect this beauty and love in a world rent by brokenness and ugliness?
Artist Makoto Fujimura is interviewed and presents his belief that it is in the act of making that we are able to experience the depth of God’s being and grace, and to realize an integral part of our humanity. Per Makoto - “Love, by definition, is something that goes way outside of utilitarian values and efficiencies and industrial bottom lines. It has to…and when we love, I think we make. That’s just the way we are made, and we respond to that making. So we make, and then when we receive that making, we make again.”
We will present this interview with images of Makoto’s art and discussion in two sessions, (9/27 and 10/25) to learn and share how the act of creation is our expression of God’s love and his purpose in our world.
If at the center of reality is a God whose love is a generative, creative force, how do humans made in God’s image begin to reflect this beauty and love in a world rent by brokenness and ugliness?
Artist Makoto Fujimura is interviewed and presents his belief that it is in the act of making that we are able to experience the depth of God’s being and grace, and to realize an integral part of our humanity. Per Makoto - “Love, by definition, is something that goes way outside of utilitarian values and efficiencies and industrial bottom lines. It has to…and when we love, I think we make. That’s just the way we are made, and we respond to that making. So we make, and then when we receive that making, we make again.”
We will present this interview with images of Makoto’s art and discussion in two sessions, (9/27 and 10/25) to learn and share how the act of creation is our expression of God’s love and his purpose in our world.
Mid-Week Opportunities
Exploring Spiritual Practices
Beginning Monday, 9/28, 5:30 - 6:45 pm
Where: Adult Education Classroom
Instructor: Pastor Dave Pettit
Pastor Dave will open this series exploring the role of spiritual practices, what these offer to our journeys, and how they engage us in relationship to God in various ways. We may begin to explore “The Examen” as an entry in the practices. The Examen is a short, daily prayer practice of reviewing your day to notice where God was present and active.
Spiritual Practice:
Immanuel Journaling
Mondays, 10/12 and 10/26, 5:30 - 6:45 pm
Where: Adult Ed Room
Instructor: Holly Pettit
Holly Pettit will lead us in learning about and practicing Immanuel Journaling. Immanuel journaling is a spiritual writing practice where you slow down, share your gratitude and feelings with God, and write down what you sense is His loving, compassionate response to you.
Spiritual Practice:
Lectio Divina
Mondays, 11/9 and 11/23, 5:30 - 6:45 pm
Where: Adult Education Classroom
Facilitator: Kristin Hersh
Kristin Hersh will lead us in the scripture-study practice of Lectio Divina. Lectio Divina is a traditional Christian practice of slow, meditative prayer and reading of Scripture that means "divine reading" in Latin.
Future sessions in this series will include Devotional Reading with Dr. Bob Ewell, Journaling with Christie Bergland. Additional practices may include imaginative prayer, and walking a prayer labyrinth.
Future sessions in this series will include Devotional Reading with Dr. Bob Ewell, Journaling with Christie Bergland. Additional practices may include imaginative prayer, and walking a prayer labyrinth.
GIFT* Women's Bible Study
The Book of Acts
*(Growing in Faith Together)
Starting Thursday, 9/10
Thursdays, 9:30 am-11:15 am
Where: Adult Education Classroom
The Women's GIFT (Growing In Faith Together) Bible study will began again on Thursday, September 10, 2026. We meet from 9:30-11:15 AM on Thursdays in the Adult Education Room.
This Women's Bible study will meet every Thursday in the Adult Ed room until Thanksgiving, then we break for the holidays. This fall we will be using N.T. Wright's study on "The New Testament You Never Knew". N.T. Wright is a New Testament Biblical scholar. We all like discovering 'the rest of the story'. In this study, he and co-author Michael F. Bird will help us learn behind-the-scenes facts about stories we think we already know. Through reading the New Testament, we will discover that God does keep his promises, but not always in the ways we expect. This study includes video teaching and also an individual study book. The cost of the book is $20, and will be available at the first meeting. This study is open to all women, so we hope you will join us! Questions? For more information contact the church office during normal business hours.
This Women's Bible study will meet every Thursday in the Adult Ed room until Thanksgiving, then we break for the holidays. This fall we will be using N.T. Wright's study on "The New Testament You Never Knew". N.T. Wright is a New Testament Biblical scholar. We all like discovering 'the rest of the story'. In this study, he and co-author Michael F. Bird will help us learn behind-the-scenes facts about stories we think we already know. Through reading the New Testament, we will discover that God does keep his promises, but not always in the ways we expect. This study includes video teaching and also an individual study book. The cost of the book is $20, and will be available at the first meeting. This study is open to all women, so we hope you will join us! Questions? For more information contact the church office during normal business hours.
Anchored Hearts
Women's Ministry
Our next gathering,
Saturday, 9/19, 9:30 - 11:00 am
Where: The Great Room
The women of MCPC are rooted in faith and love, growing together in our walk with God and in meaningful connection with one another. Our ministry serves both our church and our community, gathering quarterly for studies on women in the Bible and offering additional opportunities for fellowship, learning, and joy.
Powerful Tools for Caregivers
Saturdays, 10/17 - 11/21, 10:00 -11:30 am
Where: Great Room
Facilitators: Susan Martini, R.N. and Stacey Ward, R.N.
This is a joint learning opportunity for the whole Community and Silver Key members. Powerful Tools for Caregivers is a series of class to support caregivers in taking care of themselves while caring for someone else. By taking care of their own health and wellbeing, caregivers become better caregivers! Whether you are caring for a spouse with a chronic condition, aging parents or a friend down the street or in a care facility miles away, you will benefit from this class! Participants will receive practical help reducing stress, improving their confidence as caregivers, managing time demands, communicating clearly in challenging situations, making tough decisions, and finding helpful resources. Susan and Stacey are both retired medical professionals who have been in the field of nursing their entire careers. They are trained facilitators who are experienced in helping others.
Small Group or
One-on-One
Discipleship Opportunity
Dates/Times: TBD by those interested
Facilitators: Bob and June Ewell
Bob Ewell is happy to guide those seeking to go deeper in their journey of discipleship through Growing Strong in God’s Family, Book 1 of The Navigators’ 2:7 Series.
Meeting times can be worked out around those interested.
2:7? The name is based on the Scripture verse Colossians 2:7—the statement of the Apostle Paul to a New Testament church: “Rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.” Growing Strong in God’s Family is an 11-week discipleship training program designed to build you up in Christ and strengthen your faith. It’s the first of three courses and includes instruction in practical Bible study techniques, Scripture memory skills, and how to have an exciting devotional life. Bob has been teaching it since 1976.
Meeting times can be worked out around those interested.
2:7? The name is based on the Scripture verse Colossians 2:7—the statement of the Apostle Paul to a New Testament church: “Rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.” Growing Strong in God’s Family is an 11-week discipleship training program designed to build you up in Christ and strengthen your faith. It’s the first of three courses and includes instruction in practical Bible study techniques, Scripture memory skills, and how to have an exciting devotional life. Bob has been teaching it since 1976.
