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Adult Education 2011 Fall Christian Education brochure
This year in Adult Education we are pleased to offer a spectacular line-up of visiting lecturers, seminars, Bible studies, and small group discussion each Sunday morning at 9:30 in the Friendship Hall and Adult Education Room.
Becoming a Good Samaritan ~ September 19 - October 24 Friendship Hall Love your neighbor, change the world... It starts with you. It starts today. The homeless man wandering your town. The disabled forgotten in your neighborhood. The sick and lonely longing for your touch. Let's get to work. This series will help you learn to live out Christ's love in a world-changing ways, right now, right where you live. We will explore such issues as poverty, social injustice, pandemic diseases, the environment - and teach you how you can start making a personal, street-level impact today. You will engage through discussion questions, radical but commonsense ideas, and personal applications that will help you live out your faith in ways that will change your neighborhood, your community, your world. John Ortberg is your host for six emotionally-packed sessions featuring such global Christian leaders as: Eugene Peterson, Philip Yancey, Matthew Sleeth, Jim Cymbala, Charles Colson, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Brenda Salter McNeil, Kay Warren, Joni Eareckson Tada, Rob Bell, Shane Claiborne, and many others. Prepare to have your eyes opened, your heart stirred, your vision kindled, and your faith focused and invigorated like never before.
A Candid Camera on Confirmation ~ October 31 & November 7 Friendship Hall Bob Ruefle will present his reflections on the youth confirmation process through a series of documentary videos collected during last year's Confirmation class. These candid interviews with the confirmands along with Bob's more general observations about youth, young adults and growing to maturity in faith raise some compelling questions about how Christianity is passed on from one generation to another. Join us for this extraordinary and often unguarded look into the faith journeys of the latest generation of young Christians.
Pray Big for Your Child ~ October 31 - December 5 Adult Education Room Talking to your kids is important. Talking to God about them is critical. If you're a parent, nothing touches your heart more deeply than your child. Whether it's learning to talk, choosing a vocation, or accepting the gift of salvation, every step in your child's life matters to you - and to God. His Word is filled with promises just waiting to be fulfilled on behalf of your child. Using Scripture as your guide, discover how to confidently and powerfully apply the most effective parenting tool available - prayer. Learn how to boldly pray big, audacious prayers for any stage or circumstance in your child's life. Pray Big for Your Child will teach you relevant prayers to get you started, including specific prayers for both daughters and sons. It includes a powerful thirty-one-day prayer guide and twelve around-the-clock reminders to help you pray for your child throughout the day.
The Upper Room ~ November 14 Friendship Hall The Upper Room is a new church plant in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, sponsored by Pittsburgh Presbytery, and local churches (including OPC). The goal of the Upper Room is to be a body of believers dedicated to the growth of the kingdom of God, who emphasize three particular callings: - calling new people into relationship with Jesus Christ; - equipping them as disciples for ministry; - sending them into the world in mission. Join us to find out how the Upper Room is becoming a cross-cultural, sacramental and missional community, and what we can learn from their experience.
Garfield Community Farm ~ November 21 Friendship Hall During the winter of 2008 a group from the Open Door Presbyterian Church, in partnership with Valley View Presbyterian Church, began making plans to do organic gardening on abandoned or unused land in East Liberty and Garfield. Their plans focused on beginning the reclaimation of nearly three acres near the water tower in Garfield and small-scale food production at two smaller gardens, one in Garfield at Valley View PC and one at the Union Project in Highland Park. The two small gardens were successful teaching tools for community and congregation members. They learned together how to organically and sustainably care for a garden, harvest produce, and make it available to the community. In the spring of 2008 the two churches began work on a large three-acre tract of land in Garfield. Contaminated soil, invasive plant species and a desire to create neighborhood ownership and excitement caused the development to move slowly but with effective plans for long-term solutions. So far over one hundred different volunteers have put in thousands of hours at the gardens. Come hear more about this unusual ministry, sponsored in part by OPC.
Friends of HaiTi ~ December 5 Friendship Hall Oakmont native Dr. Dan Lattanzi will share about Friends of HaiTi, a collaborative effort to support the LaCroix New Testament Mission. Lattanzi and one of his nurses, Andrea Lorther first visited the LNT Mission in 1997, offering health care to a community that had never seen a doctor or nurse before. The first "clinic" was held under a tree using wooden benches as the exam tables and pharmacy. Since then a more permanent medical clinic and birthing center have been constructed and staffed, serving about 100 people each day. The goal of the Friends of HaiTi is to work in partnership with the people of Haiti through clean water programs, medical support, construction and education programs to empower the people to improve their quality of life, within their own culture.
Pastor to the Presbytery, Sheldon Sorge ~ December 12 Friendship Hall Sheldon Sorge will give us a refresher course in Presbytery 101: What is a presbytery? How does our presbytery work; and how does it compare with other presbyteries? Sheldon will also share about the staff and the presbytery’s mission work, as well as answering general questions.
The Me I Want to Be ~ January 2-30 Friendship Hall The most important task in life is not what you do but who you become.
There is a me each one of us wants to be. Someone who's more kind and generous, patient and loving, but there is a gap between the me I am and the me I want to be. Oftentimes we find it easy to trust God to bridge the gap between us and him, but we struggle to really live by grace and trust God to close the gap between the me I am and the me I want to be. Becoming God's best version of you is both God's desire and the greatest task of your life. And here's the good news...he's already working on it. Your life is God's project, not yours. The Me I Want to Be experience is a powerful way to move toward becoming the unique, fully alive, flourishing people God intended. Pastor and author John Ortberg teaches through five sessions how you can move toward becoming God's best version of you in four specific areas: your mind, your time, your relationships, and your experiences. Spiritual growth can often seem difficult or intimidating, but John Ortberg's humor and innovative thinking will leave you challenged, inspired, and hopeful about true spiritual growth happening in you, in your small groups, and in your church.
Continuing on the Spiritual Journey ~ February 5-27 Friendship Hall B.J. Woodworth...more information coming soon.
Gospel in Life ~ March 6 - April 17 Friendship Hall Gospel in Life is an intensive eight-session course on the gospel and how it is lived out in all of life - first in your heart, then in your community, and then out into the world. Led by Timothy Keller, session 1 opens the course with the theme of the city: your home now, the world that is. Session 8 closes the course with the theme of the eternal city: your heavenly home, the world that is to come. In between, you will look at how the gospel changes your heart (sessions 2 and 3), changes your community (sessions 4 and 5), and changes how you live in the world (sessions 6 and 7).
Ancient Christian Spirituality ~ March 6-27 Adult Education Room Tim Becker & Matt Bell...more information coming soon.
Letters to the Corinthian Church ~ April 3-17 Friendship Hall Dr. Robert Gagnon...more information coming soon.
Just Walk Across the Room ~ May 1-29 Friendship Hall Bill Hybels brings personal evangelism into the twenty-first century with a natural and empowering approach modeled after Jesus himself. When Christ "walked" clear across the cosmos more than 2,000 years ago, he had no forced formulas and no memorized script; rather, he came armed only with an offer of redemption for people like us, many of whom were neck-deep in pain of their own making. This dynamic four-week experience is designed to equip and inspire you to participate in that same pattern of grace-giving by taking simple walks across rooms - leaving your circles of comfort and extending hands of care, compassion, and inclusiveness to people who might need a touch of God's love today.
Raising a Modern-Day Knight ~ May 1-29 Adult Education Room What does it mean to be a man? Moreover, how does a father instill these qualities in his son? Using as an example the process by which a boy moved through the medieval stages of knighthood, we'll identify parallel stages for today's fathers to create ceremonies to commemorate significant milestones in a young man's journey toward becoming a modern-day knight. Beginning with a biblical perspective of manhood, we'll examine how Robert Lewis shares a unique approach to shaping a boy into a man by equipping him with three essential elements: a vision, a code of conduct, and a cause (Christianity) in which to invest his life.
New Members Class with Steve Wilson If you're curious about joining OPC we invite you to attend one of our New Members classes in the fall or spring. Led by Senior Pastor Steve Wilson the class will examine essential Christian beliefs, what life in OPC has to offer, and let you get to know the folks you've been sharing a pew with.
Weekly Bible Studies Weekday Bible Studies Each week two weekday Bible studies meet at OPC. Guided lessons and supplemental readings provide access to learners of all stages of Biblical familiarity, and the weekly discussion format is equally suitable for participants attending on a regular basis or simply as able, and new members are always welcome! The Food for the Journey Bible Study meets Wednesdays at noon in the Adult Education Room. We’ll begin reading through the good news of Luke (August 4th); good news not only of Jesus’ birth but of what he offered to everyone through his ministry. To the sick he offered healing. To the hurting, comfort. To the outcast, acceptance. In this study you will discover that this message of hope and joy is for you as well. The Sleepers Awake Bible Study meets Thursday mornings at 6:30 am in the Adult Education Room. We are currently studying Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians, as we spend some time learning just how the early church made sense of Jesus’ call, and lived out the life of faith. Come join us for either of these compelling studies and enjoy the blessings of growing and sharing in the life of faith seeking understanding. For more information contact Brad Walters (bwalters@oakmontpresby.org, 412.828.5770).
For more information about either of the above studies please contact Brad Walters (412.828.5770, bwalters@oakmontpresby.org).
Women's Bible Study meets on Thursday evenings at 6:30 pm in the Marie Berg Room. If you have questions about this group please contact Jessica Walters (412.401.3963, kipjess1@comcast.net) or Jane Kinter (412.828.5770, jkinter@oakmontpresby.org).
Men's Bible Study meets on Saturday morning at 8:00 am at various local restaurants. If you have questions about this group please contact Eric Walker (412.953.0249, ewalker@alcco.com) or Nick Cratsa (412.400.2366, nick@cratsa.com).
Christian Education Holidays - November 28th, 2010 ~ Thanksgiving Break - December 26th 2010 ~ Christmas Break - April 24th, 2011 ~ Easter Break
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For more information about education at OPC please contact our Education Coordinator, Bev Taylor. 412.828.5770
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Young Adult Discussion Class ~ September 19 - May 29 Youth Multipurpose Room New for this fall...check out our Young Adult Class, led by actor and filmmaker Bob Ruefle. We'll engage in a variety of conversations, seasoned with reflections from the popular Convergence series, on such topics as: Spiritual Practices: How to meet God in the Everyday - What is a spiritual practice? - Why should Christians do spiritual practices? - Did Jesus engage in spiritual practices? - Can spiritual practices bring me closer to God? - How do I start practicing them in my daily life? - What should I expect from spiritual practices?
Breaking the Ice: Learning to Share Our Stories - What's my story? Why is it important? - How have places impacted my life? - Who are the key people who have shaped my life? - What have been the key conflicts in my life? How have they shaped me? - What can I learn from listening to someone else's story?
Frustrations and False Gods: Living in a Fallen World - Are Christians supposed to be happy all of the time? - Why is life so unsatisfying? - What do I use to fill my heart? My time? My mind? - What does the Gospel have to say when I am disappointed with life? - How are we to live in a world filled with God's goodness yet plagued by sin and disappointment?
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