Donegal Presbyterian Church

Sunday School Classes, Winter-Spring 2010. 

Church School for all ages ,

Sundays, 10:20-11:10 a.m.

NEW ADULT CHRISTIAN ED PROGRAM BEGAN - SIMPLY ENOUGH: Straight Talk From Tony Campolo & Shane Claiborne On Simple, Just Living.  January 24 – February 28.  This class meets in the Conference Room, 10:20-11:10 a.m.  There are segments on Lifestyle, Food, Celebrations, Stuff, Money and Justice. The presenters are Tony Campolo & Shane Claiborne.  $imply Enough is unique in program of its kind. It presents challenging and refreshing new insights into old biblical texts. It calls us to responsible action, and poses some very radical challenges, but it does this in a way that is loving and hopeful, while also offering concrete examples of such responsible action. Reviewers have called it theologically sound, intellectually enlightening, and morally engaging.

Living the Questions – Set II - 3/7 – 4/25 (No class on Easter, April 4)

LtQ2 is an open-minded alternative to studies that attempt to give participants all the answers and instead strives to create an environment where participants can interact wit one another in exploring what's next for Christianity.  Themes of this set are:

• Restoring Relationships    
• The Prophetic Jesus    
• Evil, Suffering & A God of Love    
• The Myth of Redemptive Violence    
• Practicing Resurrection
• Debunking the Rapture            
• Reclaiming the World

Book Study – “What Jesus Meant” by Gary Wills - 5/2 – 5/23

Christianity has been twisted and warped to such an extent that not even Jesus would recognize it now. This is Wills' thesis in his look into the life and message of Jesus of Nazareth. The now-ubiquitous phrase, "What Would Jesus Do?" encouraged Wills, professor of history at Northwestern University and prolific writer on contemporary religion, to take a closer look at how the Christian message has been used and abused in recent times. Wills believes that most Christians don't understand Jesus' startlingly radical message, so they should not claim to have knowledge of how he would act today. People of all political persuasions have used Jesus' words to rationalize a domesticated, flaccid Christianity that upholds the status quo, or, worse yet, supports discrimination toward those who are on the margins. This attitude, according to Wills, completely misses the truth that Jesus "walks through social barriers and taboos as if they were cobwebs." At its core this book invites Christians toward more honest reflection on the life and message of the one they call "Savior."