Young Adult Summer Sunday School
Introducing a brand new Sunday School class opportunity for our Young Adults (Ages 20-35ish). Beginning on July 7th our Manager of Family Ministries Piers Fetters will be leading a book study on Rachel Held Evan’s book “Inspired.” The class will be held on the fourth floor in room 420 A during the Sunday School hour (9:45-10:45). This will kick off our Young Adult programming for 2019. Please email Piers (piers@chicagotemple.org) if you are interested in attending. All are welcome!
Book Summary:
“If the Bible isn’t a science book or an instruction manual, then what is it? What do people mean when they say the Bible is inspired? When Rachel Held Evans found herself asking these questions, she began a quest to better understand what the Bible is and how it is meant to be read. What she discovered changed her–and it will change you too.
Drawing on the best in recent scholarship and using her well-honed literary expertise, Evans examines some of our favorite Bible stories and possible interpretations, retelling them through memoir, original poetry, short stories, soliloquies, and even a short screenplay. Undaunted by the Bible’s most difficult passages, Evans wrestles through the process of doubting, imagining, and debating Scripture’s mysteries. The Bible, she discovers, is not a static work but is a living, breathing, captivating, and confounding book that is able to equip us to join God’s loving and redemptive work in the world.”
Schedule:
July 7 – Introduction
July 14 – Chapter 1 (The Temple/Origin Stories)
Jul7 21 – Chapter 2 (The Well/Deliverance Stories)
July 28 – Chapter 3 (The Walls/War Stories)
August 4 – Chapter 4 (The Debate/Wisdom Stories)
August 11 – Chapter 5 (The Beast/Resistance Stories)
August 18 – Chapter 6 (The Water/Gospel Stories)
August 25 – Chapter 7 (The Sea/Fish Stories)
September – Chapter 8 (The Letter/Church Stories)