Adult Faith Formation
Still Waters: January 17, 2026
Still Waters Fellowship takes place around a good meal and the exploration of one or more of the traditional practices that can help us grow in our relationship to God. All are welcome! RSVPs are encouraged in the interest of meal planning.
Our next gathering will be on Saturday, January 17, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the home of Roger Parker. For more information or to RSVP to Roger, click on the link below.
Bible Study: January 2026
We meet every Wednesday at 11:15 a.m. in the church library. Our hour consists of communal prayer, attention to scripture as it applies to our lives, and fellowship.
Topic for January: The Plan of God, Our Place in It, and Scripture
"From before time began God has had a plan: that humankind will have a
place
in God's Kingdom."
Our modern Bible gives us the story, the plot, the plan which was conceived by the
God whose presence was before, now and will be forever. The Plan begins with the act of Creation, the
Moment of Creation. In the Christian Bible the Plan ends with the Book of Revelation which tells of the last
moments of the earthly Kingdom of God. Between the beginning and the end we find the Moment of
Redemption: the incarnation, death, and resurrection of Christ.
Our study will be based on the people who advance what we could call the plot, or story line. We will
think/meditate about these folks, most of whom with names we will recognize. They will be found with
characteristics which we can find by looking into our own mirrors. They will also be a particular "people"
whom God chose to put the Plan into place.
You will need a Bible to perhaps use at home and in our meetings to use with the study sheets which
will be available each week. This method and design will be different from what we have been using for the
last 14 or so years and we will have a new framework for our understanding of scripture and why we have it as a
tool.
Suggestion.....give it a try...you may like it. The subject of God is a non-ending mystery unsolvable in
this life. But it is an excellent topic of conversation. And a system for spiritual growth.
Psalm of the week for January 25: Psalm 27, Dominus illuminatio (God is my light)
This psalm skips around some of the verses according to the long ago choices of liturgists
who felt the need to make those changes. Happens a lot with liturgists. Not a bad thing and can be a good
thing when we are called to think a bit about the reasons that a portion of verses is left out. Feel free to play
around with it. Verses 2-4 and 14-18 will probably not be read on Sunday next and I suspect you will
understand why.
There is a big shift in the tone being prayed. "The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom
then shall I fear" (vs 1). Think about how we hear this if we assume that King David wrote the psalm. When
we look at verses 2 -4 or verses 14-17, what do we see? I wonder if we find all of those verses full of fear.
But the psalmist does not stop there. Look at how the psalmist comes to an understanding of the actions of
God. What can we learn? And what can your prayer say in response?
Stay well, stay warm..