Adult Education & Spiritual Formation
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Adult Educational Opportunities
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Christian study and growth opportunities for adults of all ages: Bible studies, Christian living issues; join us in growing in faith and understanding. Christy Sorensen Albright, Christian Education director 243-7834.
ALL YEAR CLASSES
WOW: Women of the Word
A Bible study & fellowship group for ‘grown-up girls.’ A place to learn about God, witness to your faith journey and find new friends committed to walking your spiritual journey with you. Childcare is available at every meeting. Meets Wednesdays 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. in room 305.
Thursday Noon Bible Study
 Thursday Noon Bible Study is taking a break for the summer! When it begins again in October, this in-depth Bible Study will meet from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. in room 305. The class begins at noon; bring a sack lunch to share a meal before class starts!
Weeknight Bible Study with Pastor Steve
The very popular Monday Evening Bible Study, led by our Senior Pastor, Dr. Steve McElroy, is taking a break for the summer! Join us in October as he resumes his sharing of the stories and wisdom of the Bible. This class will meet on Mondays, at 6:30 p.m. in the Social Hall. The study just concluded was in the Gospel of Luke.
SHORT TERM CLASSES
3rd Monday Book Club
This group meets the 3rd Monday of the month to discuss a book of the group’s choosing. This is an opportunity to catch up on some time-treasured books AND have a place to talk about them! Meets 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. in room 308 starting in March.
Stay tuned for a whole host of new classes to be announced soon!
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College/Young Adults
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United Methodist Campus Ministry at UNM (1801 Las Lomas)
Tuesday free snack supper and Bible study at 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday swing dancing after Bible study
Friday Faith Forum lunch at noon
Faith and Flicks on selected Fridays or Saturdays at 6:30 p.m.
Young Adult Fellowship
Once a month activity – Potluck/movie night, picnics, camping. Check
the Focus newsletter for a listing of the activity of the month.
11:00 - Pathfinders class – Boundaries – Living a Balanced Christian Life
For more information on UNM ministries, Young Adult Fellowship and Pathfinders, contact Rev. Lyle Reece at 243-7834.
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Pastor Steve's Weekly Emessage
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Well, summer is slowly coming to end. I know, I know, the heat is still with us but school has started for some and it’s about to start for others. The starting of school is the first indication that cooler weather is about 6 weeks away. Most of us have had our vacation time and hopefully that was good and relaxing. Now we can move back to the normal routines of life.
Last week I had the opportunity to go to Chicago for a Leadership Summit held at Willow Creek Community Church. I went with 6 other senior ministers from Albuquerque. The others were Lutherans, Baptists, one Church of Christ and I was the only United Methodist. I enjoyed having the chance to visit with and get to know pastors from other denominations in Albuquerque.
Willow Creek Community Church was very interesting. The Sanctuary (maybe auditorium is the correct word) could seat 7,000 people and it was packed for the Summit. Willow Creek is one of those Mega Churches and was started by Bill Hybels who is still the senior minister.
I heard some wonderful speakers at the Summit. I especially enjoyed author/minister Dr. John Ortberg; Harvard Professor Dr. Michael Porter; International filmmaker Richard Curtis who spoke about helping people in third world countries who have AIDS; Carly Fiorina who was the CEO of Hewlett-Packard from 1999 to 2005; former Secretary of State Colin Powell and former President Jimmy Carter. I must say that Colin Powell was my favorite speaker.
There was a wealth of information and inspiration. Over the next few months I will be sharing with you some of what I heard and what I felt. I also want to tell you that this trip did not cost Central United Methodist Church anything. It was fully funded from outside the church.
I was walking toward the van in the Willow Creek parking lot after one particularly inspirational session when I heard loud, angry voices behind me. I turned and saw a couple yelling at one another. Both the man and the woman were screaming terrible insults at each other and didn’t seem to care who heard them. For a moment I remembered the Christian message that we had just heard and now this couple was treating each other with such loathing. It reminded me that just hearing the Gospel doesn’t make us Christians or disciples. We must live our faith. This week may we connect with Jesus and may we truly live out our faith with other people.
I hope to see you this Sunday as we worship together.
Peace,
Steve
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