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OUR APPROACH TO LEARNING

 

We believe in making “God is Everywhere” real for our young people and helping them see the many ways Christians share the Fruit of the Spirit through Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-Control.

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CHILDREN'S FORMATION

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Kids' Corner (K-4th grade) begins at 9:45 am each Sunday. Child-centered adults engage children in learning biblical concepts in age-appropriate ways. The curriculum, Whole People of God, is lectionary-based so children and adults learn about the same scriptures each week.  Children join their families during The Peace, before communion. 

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TUESDAY MORNINB BOOK STUDY

 

 

The Tuesday Book Club: Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters, by Carmen Joy Imes. It is available from Amazon in soft cover or on Kindle for $14.99. Contact Ginny Arthur.

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We are a welcoming, caring, non-judging group of people who find meaning and purpose in reading and discussing a wide variety of often challenging books related to our faith. We would love to have you join us if you are interested. Please don't stay away because you may feel you "don't know enough." We are all learning! Information about our next book will be available soon.

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REFLECTION ON CHRISTIAN EDUCATION/DISCIPLESHIP

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 by Ginny Arthur

 

One Sunday the Adult Study Group discussed the Gospel According to Matthew’s account of the Beatitudes. Matthew tells us that Jesus did not offer this teaching to the whole crowd but only to those who had fully committed to discipleship: to, as our current Tuesday Study Group author puts it, “learn from him day in and day out.” In the Beatitudes, Jesus is not delivering a list of commandments to his disciples; he is describing for them the characteristics of a fully mature disciple.

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In baptism we too commit to being disciples: to “learn from him day in and day out” as we grow into the Christian maturity the Beatitudes describe. How do we do this in 2026 when we no longer have Jesus physically present to teach us? Perhaps our baptismal covenant gives us a clue when it reminds us, and we agree, to “continue in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship.” 

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At St. Paul’s we have several wonderful ways of doing so. We have, of course, our Bibles and our Prayer Books and Forward Day by Day to study as well as access to other written resources through which God speaks to us. In my own faith journey I have found that it equally essential to have community: “the fellowship.”  While I believe that the Holy Spirit lives in every Christian, continually seeking to teach and guide, I also know that as human beings we are often limited in what we actually receive individually. When we come together to share our experiences and our understandings, I always find more wisdom and insight than when I “go it alone.”

 

Thank you, St. Paul’s, for my Education for Ministry and various study group experiences as well as for all the examples, knowledge, and discernment provided by my parish family members!                         

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