Weekly Schedule of Class Offerings Adult Education

Monday
Zoom Class Offerings
• 1 pm Current Events and Faith (1st & 3rd Mondays, beg. 9/21)
Rev. Dr. Wes Brun & Rev Marshall Dunlap
Fall 2020
Tuesday
• 9:30 am Tuesday Mornings with Amy (8 weeks, beg. 9/22)
Rev. Amy Mayo-Moyle
• 6:30 pm Restored: Finding Redemption in our Mess
(6 weeks, beg. 9/22) Rev. Amy Mayo-Moyle
• 7 pm Women’s Bible Study (6 weeks, beg. 9/8) Front cover with three church explanation/info

September 2020
Barbara Walker
• 7 pm Current Events (third Tuesdays, beg. 9/15)
Dave Albery
• 8 pm Heart Sisters (ongoing, beg. 9/15)
Class Offering Start Dates
Colleen Aben
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Wednesday
• 9:30 am Wednesday Mornings with Melanie (6 weeks, beg. 9/9) 1 2 3 4 5
Rev. Melanie Lee Carey
Prayer Time
• 12:15 pm Prayer Space (ongoing, beg. 9/2)
(aft/NP)
Rachel Kain, Chad Smith & Rev. Lynn Hasley
• 1 pm Majoring in Minor (13 weeks, beg. 9/16)
Rev. Anthony R. Hood
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
• 5:30 pm The Cross and the Lynching Tree (5 weeks, beg. 9/9)
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Women’s Wednesdays Men’s Bible
Rev. Beth Titus Bible Study with Melanie Study his Fall, Farmington First UMC, Nardin Park UMC, and Orchard
• 6:30 pm The Bible 101 (8 weeks, beg. 9/23) (pm/FF) Bible Study (am/NP) UMC are partnering together to offer you many options for study
Rev. Nick Bonsky (am/NP) classes. Most of them are offered by Zoom. Read the descriptions,
order your study book, and contact the class leader to sign up! For
Thursday Book Study questions on particular classes, you can also contact the individual
• 6:30 pm A Thousand Tongues to Sing (8 weeks, beg. 9/24) (pm/NP) churches below.
Jantz Black
• 7 pm Discovering Daniel (9 weeks, beg. 9/17) 13 14* 15** 16 17 18 19
Rev. Anthony R. Hood
Current Majoring in Discovering
Saturday Events— Minor Daniel
• 10 am Saturday Morning Men’s Book Study (beg. 9/12) monthly (pm/FF) (pm/FF)
Allan Knappenberger (pm/OUMC)

__________________________ Heart Sisters

(pm/OUMC)
Book Club
Discussion on Between the World and Me
Rev. Amy Mayo-Moyle 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Current Tuesdays Bible 101 1000
• 7 pm Monday, September 14—Zoom
Events & with Amy (pm/OUMC) Tongues
• 7 pm Tuesday, September 15—in-person Faith—1st (am/OUMC) (pm/OUMC)
& 3rd Mon-
days “Restored”
(aft/NP) Book Study
(pm/OUMC)

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248.474.6573
info@farmingtonfumc.org

* Book Club—Between the World and Me—Zoom (one night discussion) Nardin Park UMC
** Book Club—Between World and Me—in-person (one night discussion) 248.476.8860
linda.npchurch@gmail.com
FF = Farmington First UMC
NP = Nardin Park UMC Orchard UMC
OUMC = Orchard UMC 248.626.3620
ministry@orchardumc.org
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Zoom Offerings
Tuesday
Tuesday Evening Women’s Bible Study Join with other women for this 6-
week study, with accompanying DVD, of Adam Hamilton’s book, The Call: the
life, ministry and message of the Apostle Paul.
7 pm beginning on September 8. Contact Barbara Walker to register and
receive the Zoom link.
Wednesday
Majoring in Minor This 13 session study will explore the writings and ministry
of the minor prophets Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. We will use
the NIV translation as our primary text, but feel free to have your preferred
translation as a companion.
1 pm beginning September 16. Contact Pastor Anthony to receive the Zoom
link.
Thursday
Discovering Daniel This 9 session study examines the Book of Daniel and the
question: How you can remain faithful to God even while in a hostile
environment? We will use the NIV translation as our primary text, but feel free
to have your preferred translation as a companion.
7 pm beginning September 17. Contact Pastor Anthony to receive the Zoom
link.
Book Club Offering
One Night Discussion, Two Dates, Two Meeting Options
Book Club Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates is next up for
our anti-racism book club. Toni Morrison declared, “This is required
reading.” A national correspondent for The Atlantic, Coates’ book is in fact a
letter to his adolescent son. In Between the World and Me, Coates creates a
new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis.
This book is Coates’ attempt to answer questions like: “What is it like to
inhabit a Black body and find a way to live within it?” and “How can we all
honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its
burden?” Between the World and Me is available through Amazon.
Date #1/Option #1: 7 pm via Zoom on Monday, September 14
Date #2/Option #2: 7 pm in-person outside meeting at the Orchard UMC
parsonage on Tuesday, September 15.
Contact Pastor Amy to RSVP for Zoom or outside. Details for your choice will
be emailed to you.
Nardin Park UMC
Zoom Offerings
Monday
Current Events and Faith This group selects topics of interest and engages in
lively discussion, using FaithLink materials as a framework. This class is led by
Rev. Dr. Wes Brun and Rev. Marshall Dunlap.
1 pm to 2:30 pm, this group will meet on the first and third Mondays of each
month starting on September 21. Contact Rev. Lynn Hasley to sign up and get
the Zoom link.
Wednesday
Wednesday Mornings with Melanie, Bible Study The Sermon on the Mount
in Matthew 5-7, contains some of Jesus’ most profound and most memorable
teachings. What might these teachings have meant to his disciples and to the
others who first heard them? How do they enhance our reading of the rest of
the Gospel of Matthew, and how do they speak across the centuries to listeners
today? How, if we pay careful attention to his words, does Jesus provide us a
road map to living as God would have us live? This six week class will explore
the new book Sermon on the Mount: A Beginner's Guide to the Kingdom of
Heaven, by Dr. Amy-Jill Levine. Purchase the book at Cokesbury or Amazon.
9:30 am beginning September 9. Contact Rev. Melanie Carey for the Zoom link.
Prayer Space In these unprecedented times, prayer is needed now more than
ever. Need a space to pray? Want to learn new prayer practices? Join the Prayer
Space with Rachel Kain, Chad Smith, and Rev. Lynn Hasley.
12:15-12:30 pm every Wednesday. Contact Rev. Lynn Hasley for Zoom link.
Book Study—The Cross and the Lynching Tree The Cross and the Lynching
Tree, by Rev. Dr. James Cone, will really make you think about the church,
faith, and racism. Purchase the book on Amazon. Read ahead. Then join in the
discussion!
5:30 pm beginning on starting September 9. Contact Rev. Beth Titus to sign up.
Saturday
Saturday Morning Men’s Book Study Join in this provocative discussion of
Bishop John Shelby Spong’s book Unbelievable. This class, led by the members,
will explore chapters of this book and participate in lively discussion.
Unbelievable by Bishop John Shelby Spong is available on Amazon. This is an
ongoing group.
10 am beginning September 12. Contact Allan Knappenberger, class
coordinator, to get Zoom link.
Orchard UMC
Zoom Offerings
Tuesday
Tuesday Mornings with Amy The Book of Psalms contains some of the most
moving words in the Bible. It is a book of songs, poetry, and prayer that
demonstrates our human longing, lament, praise, and thanksgiving. And in a
time such as this in our history, it seems that the Book of Psalms may have
something to offer us more than ever. Join the Tuesday morning Bible Study this
Fall—“Tuesdays with Amy.” We will study the Psalms by using The Immersion
Bible Study: Psalms. To purchase the book, search Amazon or Cokesbury for
Immersion Bible Studies: Psalms. This is an eight-week study.
9:30 am beginning on September 22. Contact Rev. Amy Mayo-Moyle for Zoom
link.
Restored: Finding Redemption in our Mess Now more than ever, it feels like
things are a mess. The pandemic, the protests, the politics—it’s all a mess. And
that doesn’t even include our own personal messes of guilt and shame and
desperation. Pastor Amy will lead this six week study using Toom Berlin’s book
Restored: Finding Redemption in our Mess. Together we will learn about
navigating the mess and finding redemption in the midst of it. This book is
available through Amazon or Cokesbury.
6:30 pm beginning September 22. Contact Rev. Amy Mayo-Moyle for Zoom link.
Current Events This conversation class will examine current news events in
light of Christian theology. Have your Bible handy and bring to the discussion
any news articles or topics that challenge your Christian view of the world.
This group will meet the on the third Tuesdays of each month at 7 pm,
beginning on September 15. Contact Dave Albery for Zoom link.
Heart Sisters Heart sisters began several years ago as a group of moms who
just wanted to connect and support each other. We discuss faith, we discuss life,
and we pick different books to chat about throughout the year. We only open up
the group once a year because information shared during meetings is
confidential and keeping the group closed helps build trust and understanding
among us.
8 pm via Zoom* beginning September 15. Contact Colleen Aben to express
interest. (*Group size will determine possible in-person or Zoom meetings.)
Wednesday
The Bible 101 The Bible is an intimidating book to open, filled with thousands
of years of stories spanning from Adam and Eve in Genesis to the Revelation of
John. Where does one even begin? Join Pastor Nick for a Bible study focusing on
this very question during this eight week class. Each week we will break down a
series of biblical books, and discuss what is in them, and why they should still
be read today. If you are someone who doesn’t know where to begin, or desire
to deepen your understanding of the biblical books you have steered clear of in
the past, then this is a class you will want to join.
7:30 pm via Zoom beginning September 23. Contact Pastor Nick for the Zoom
link.
Thursday
A Thousand Tongues to Sing During this eight week class, we will explore
the lives and works of some of the most important hymn writers in history:
Charles Wesley, Isaac Watts, Fannie Crosby, and others. We will also explore
some lesser-known authors and 20th/21st century texts. Materials will be
provided electronically.
6:30 pm beginning September 24. To sign up, email Jantz Black for Zoom link.