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Adult Education
2011-12 Christian Education Brochure
2012 Spring Film Series 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.
Drumming for Peace, January 15
Jim
Donovan will be our speaker/motivator for Sunday School (for all
ages - children, adolescents and adults) on Jan. 15th.
He is the former drummer of the internationally acclaimed
band Rusted Root, and is a facilitator for drum circles. He
is able to communicate ways to listen, work together and offer peace
through drumming. So, on the eve of Martin Luther King’s (remember
his sermon "Drum Major for Peace"?) birthday we will have Jim
here at OPC leading us in peaceful drumming. This will be
intergenerational and held in Friendship Hall. All will be
participating, including the little ones. He offers a message on a
couple of levels, so while the kids enjoy drumming or hitting
boomwackers, he will be talking to adults as well. Jim has been
here before, and is very inspiring. Spread the word and bring a
friend! Drum On!!!!
God's Story, Your
Story ~
September 25 -
November 20
Friendship Hall
Carpools and car
crashes, job switches and joint custody, moves and motionlessness.
Is there a cohesive storyline to the chaos, confusion, and clutter
of your daily life? According to well-loved author Max Lucado,
the answer is a resounding yes! So what is the text of your
life? With his unequaled warmth and honesty, Lucado plumbs the
depths of your storyline and comes up smiling. "Your story
indwells God's," writes Lucado. "This is the great promise of
the Bible and the hope of this book...Above and around us God
directs a grander saga, written by his hand, orchestrated by his
will, unveiled according to his calendar. And you are a part
of it."
Join Max for an
unforgettable journey woven with New Testament stories and
contemporary examples of God's beautiful story-making skills.
The beginning of the narrative is legendary, the middle unfolds with
surprises still in store, and the ending of your final earthly
chapter ushers in a reunion that almost defies description.
It's time to see what your life looks like when God's story becomes
your story.
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.
Advent Conspiracy ~
November 27 -
December 18
Friendship Hall
The story of Christ's
birth is a story of promise, hope, and a revolutionary love.
So, what happened?
What was once a time to celebrate the birth of a savior has somehow
turned into a season of stress, traffic jams, and shopping lists.
And when it's all
over, many of us are left with presents to return, looming debt that
will take months to pay off, and this empty feeling of missed
purpose. Is this what we really want out of Christmas?
What if Christmas
became a world-changing event again?
Welcome to Advent
Conspiracy.
Abounding in God's
Love ~
January 8 - 29
Friendship Hall
"God is love" is one
of the most basic and profound statements about who God is, and yet
do we really know it, have we tasted it, and are our lives filled
with it to the point of spilling over?
Two-thousand-years ago
the Apostle Paul prayed that our love might abound more and more
in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to
discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of
Christ. And that we would be rooted and established in
love, having power, together with all the Lord's people, to grasp
how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to
know this love that surpasses knowledge - that we may be filled to
the measure of all the fullness of God. Now that is a
prayer and a vision of life worth exploring and living!!!
Ron Tappy ~
February 5 - 12
Friendship Hall
Dr. Ron Tappy is the
G. Albert Shoemaker Professor of Bible and Archaeology at Pittsburgh
Theological Seminary. He also serves as director of the James
L. Kelso Bible Lands Museum and as the project director and
principal investigator of the Zeitah Excavations, an archaeological
field project at Tel Zayit, Israel. His teaching focuses on
the life and literature of the Old Testament period, Biblical
Archaeology, and the history of Israel, and his teaching method
examines ways in which the broader cultural context of biblical
Israel shaped both the world of the biblical writers and, by
extension, their theological outlook.
The Christian
Atheist ~
February 19 -
March 25
Friendship Hall
The Christian
Atheist, by recovering Christian Atheist Craig Groeschel, is an
honest, hard-hitting and eye-opening look into the ways people
believe in God but live as if he doesn't exist. From his own
lapses in faith as a young man to the painful self-admission he had
to make as an established pastor, Groeschel's own journey will
immerse you and challenge you into a deeper, Christ-filled life.
"The more I looked, the more I found Christian Atheists everywhere"
says Groeschel...and after a decade of successful ministry he had to
make a painful self-admission: although he believed in God, he was
leading his church like God didn't exist. To Christians and
non-Christians alike, to the churched and the unchurched, the
journey leading up to Groeschel's admission and the journey that
follows - from his family and his upbringing to the lackluster and
even diametrically opposed expressions of faith he encountered -
will look and sound like the story of their own lives. Now the
founding and senior pastor of the multicampus, pace-setting
LiveChurch.tv, Groeschel's personal journey toward a more authentic,
God-honoring life is more relevant than ever.
Christians and
Christian Atheists everywhere will be nodding their heads as they
are challenged to take their own honest moment and ask the question,
"Am I putting my whole faith in God but still living as if
everything is up to me?"
Betty Angelini ~
April 1
Friendship Hall
Betty is the executive
director of Pittsburgh Presbytery's Camp Crestfield. Come and
hear all about what's new at Crestfield as the camp and conference
center lives into it mission statement: Crestfield is called by
God to partner with churches and communities to nurture all people
in Christ through discipling, outreach, sanctuary and hospitality so
that they may participate more fully in what God is doing in the
world.
Romans 8 -
Inseparable ~
April 15 - May
20
Friendship Hall
Where do we find hope,
strength and comfort? Through faith in Jesus we can be
connected to the heart of the Father with inseparable love.
Romans, chapter eight, contains a message of hope-filled optimism.
We are loved children and our Father will never let go of us.
Nothing can separate us from the love of God...nothing.
Weekly Bible Studies
Women's Bible Study meets on Thursday evenings at 6:30 pm in
the Lona McCrae Room. If you have questions, please
contact Jane Kinter
(jkinter@oakmontpresby.org, 412.828.5770). If you are
interested in participating, please let Jane know so a
book can be ordered for you. (Or just show up Thursday night
at 6:30!)
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).
The
Bible from Scratch: The Old Testament,
beginning February 1 at noon, in the Adult Education Room.
Do you have memories of your Sunday school teacher expecting you
to memorize all of the books of the Bible in order? Can you
recite them still? Have you been in conversation with someone
who quotes so many Bible verses that you feel intimidated and
embarrassed about how little you know about the Bible? Were you
ever in a Bible study group when the leader instructed the class
members to look up a Bible passage and you weren’t quite sure
where to look? Have you been invited by someone to attend a
Bible study group but thought of many reasons not to go because
you were sure you would feel out of place? If you have
answered one or more of these questions in the affirmative come
and see what happens when we start from scratch and get a sense
of the sweep of the Old Testament, its characters, their
stories, and God’s story. Join the adventure for either part or
all of the series, but know that you are always welcome. For
more information contact Brad Walters,
bwalters@oakmontpresby.org.
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. The Sleepers Awake Bible Study
meets Wednesday mornings at 6:30 am in the Adult Education Room.
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 about either of the above studies please contact Brad
Walters (412.828.5770,
bwalters@oakmontpresby.org).
Christian Education
Holidays
To be announced...
Click on the links below for more information about:
Sunday School
Film Discussion Series
For more information
about education at OPC please contact our Education Coordinator, Bev
Taylor.
412.828.5770
btaylor@oakmontpresby.org
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The House of St.
Michael the Archangel
Devotional Conference
Focus: Devotion to the Name of Jesus
Dates: Friday-Saturday, January 13-14, 2012
Times: Friday, 6 pm - 10 pm; Saturday, 8:30 am
- 4:30 pm
Cost: $30 (includes meals)
Where: Oakmont Presbyterian Church
Optional vigil: There will also be an
optional vigil from 10 pm on Friday through 8 am on Saturday.
The vigil will involve the reading of the Acts of the Apostles and
the singing of the Jesus Prayer. People are welcome to
participate in the vigil as much as they're able.
Register for the conference online at:
http://devontionalconference.eventbrite.com

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