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Monday Afternoon Women’s Bible Study
Ever want to know more about how God has uniquely designed you for ministry?
Mondays from 1-3 pm in the Lounge.
3:16, The Numbers of Hope by Max Lucado
Max says of his favorite verse, “Every time I recall these words, they are fresh and as stunning as my first encounter with them. The mind-bending awareness of God’s limitless love, his incalculable sacrifice, and the priceless teaching at the core. How can we not review it again and again? I want this generation, and all who come after, to look closely at the key promise of God and choose the gift beyond all gifts.”
Throughout this updated and expanded edition of 3:16, Max will invite you to:
- Stand in awe of how deep, wide, long, and high God’s love is for you
- Understand more fully the living hope you have through Jesus’ death and resurrection
- Rest in the assurance that salvation is a gift from God, not something you can earn
If you know nothing of the Bible, start here. John 3:16 invites you to know God’s love deeply and intimately. And once you accept God’s love, your life will never be the same. If you know everything in the Bible, return here. Let John 3:16 become the banner of your life, so much so that the message of God’s unending and unbending love overflows from you to others.
Upcoming Lenten Study
The Lords Prayer, The Meaning and Power of the Prayer Jesus Taught by Adam Hamilton
The power and significance of the prayer Jesus taught.
Most Christians know the Lord’s Prayer by heart. We pray it often, at different times and in different settings. We remember it as the prayer that Jesus taught his disciples. But do we really understand and appreciate the meaning and power of its words, what we ask of God each time we pray it?
When the disciples asked Jesus how to pray, Jesus gave them this prayer. He likely taught it to his followers often, not just one time. He never intended the Lord’s Prayer to be a museum piece, framed and placed on a mantel or in a display case. It was Jesus teaching God’s people, through his disciples, how to pray.
In The Lord’s Prayer: The Meaning and Power of the Prayer Jesus Taught, pastor and bestselling author Adam Hamilton guides us to really know—and really pray—the Lord’s Prayer. He explores each of its rich lines and their meaning in the Bible, illuminating what we ask of God and what we ask of ourselves through its words. And he teaches us how to use it as a pattern for our own prayer life.
Tuesday Evening Men’s Bible Study
Men of all ages are invited to a study group at Shavertown United Methodist Church.
Tuesdays at 7:00 pm on Zoom. Topic: Historical and Chronological Context of the Bible
Take in the full history of the Bible with a detailed account that focuses on its major empires, events and personalities. Study the Bible with an eye on its ancient setting and develop an understanding of its key people, places and civilizations with Historical and Chronological Context of the Bible.
Special Topics Bible & Book Study Group
Thursdays at 7:00 pm in the Senior High Sunday School Room.
For our winter study we will be reading “The Five People You Meet in Heaven” by Mitch Albom. The book centers around, Eddie, a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him, as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination. It’s a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you knew, others who may have been strangers. One by one, from childhood to soldier to old age, Eddie’s five people revisit their connections to him on earth, illuminating the mysteries of his “meaningless” life, and revealing the haunting secret behind the eternal question: “Why was I here?”
Upcoming Lenten Study
Our upcoming Lenten Study will be In the Footsteps of the Savior: Following Jesus Through the Holy Land by Max Lucado, beginning February 23, 2023.
Wish you could take a guided tour of the Holy Land this year? Here’s the next best thing! Join beloved pastor Lucado on a lavishly illustrated expedition through Bethlehem, Nazareth, Jerusalem, and the rolling hills of Galilee as you reflect on Jesus’ ministry on Earth–and his sacrificial love.