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Why Study the Bible? The Bible begins with a universe described as water and chaos shrouded in darkness. God spoke into the darkness and the chaos, and changed it. God spoke and created the world we live in. The crowning glory of creation was the creation of humanity - male and female who were made in God’s image. This account of creation reveals much about God, His word and why we should study God’s word. At its most basic, this account of creation declares that when God speaks, things happen, light and life emerge; chaos is tamed and order is brought into the world. The Bible also teaches that human beings were created in a state of innocence; however, that innocence was shattered and there was a fall from God’s grace. Because of this fall, sin and death came into our world. Chaos returned once again to the world. God promised to change this state of affairs and speak into the chaos again. The Bible teaches us that the ultimate expression of God’s Word is Jesus Christ, God’s one and only Son. The Gospel of John calls Jesus the “Word Made Flesh” (John 1:14). We believe that Jesus, through His life, death and resurrection, was the greatest expression of God’s love for the world and saved the world from sin and death (John 3:16). We believe that when we study these words, God works a change in us and we come to have faith in God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. We believe that God’s Word speaks into the chaos and darkness of our lives and we can become a new creation of God. We have formed a committee for the purpose of reviewing Bible Study and Faith Formation and will update this web page as more opportunities for Bible Study and Faith formation emerge. These opportunities for Study of God’s Word are currently available at Grace: Weekly Sunday Morning Bible Study: When: 10:00 –10:40 AM from September to May Where: Fireside Room Leader: Pastor Ed Skutshek Topic: Book of Revelation Monthly Ladies Study When: Bag Lunch and Bible Study on the First Wednesday of each month from September to May. Where: Fireside Room Leader: Ladies from the group Topic: TBA Bi-Weekly Prayer & Visitation Group When: Second and Fourth Monday of each month from September to May. Where: Fireside Room Leader: Men and women from the group Topic: This group meets for a devotion followed by a time of intercessory prayer; then they go out and visit the shut-ins and others of our congregation. Faith Formation During Lent: Sunday March 4th 2007 - 7:00 PM: Mel Gibson’s “Passion of the Christ” We will be showing the Passion of the Christ in our main sanctuary, which has a seating capacity of just over 300. ‘Tickets’ will be available at the church office. There is no charge for tickets. They will be available beginning April 15th. We will examine three themes from the movie on the three Sundays which follow Sunday March 4th. Sunday March 18th 2007 - 7:00 PM: Sunday March 25th 2007 - 7:00 PM: Thursday April 5th 2007 – 7:30 PM: Friday April 6th 2007 – 7:00 PM: Sunday April 8th 2007 – 11:00 AM: |
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