We are a church of rich heritage and warm hospitality which follows Christ into worship shares with Christ in fellowship and serves Christ both within and beyond our doors
Our Core Values are faith in God and Jesus Christ love for neighbors both near and far and a burning desire to bring hope, wholeness and joy to all peoples in all stations of life
Young AdultWaldensian Presbyterian Church WPCYA (YOUNG ADULTS). I cannot express enough how excited we were to see so many young adults at our planning meeting on January 15. We learned a lot about each other, and we shared our own ideas for young adult ministry. The result: An actual calendar of events for 2012! This calendar, like our crazy lives, will be flexible at best; but, having experienced our time together, I’m confident it touches on the three major types of gatherings we talked about. You’ll notice events that help us explore the faith, events that allow us space for Christian fellowship, and events that help us get our hands a little dirty in Christ’s work in the world as the months unfold. Let’s take a look at February. Family Nights, Wednesdays, 5:30pm – This is a great opportunity for you! First, a wonderful supper is provided each week. Also, there’s a class for children that begins at 6:30 pm and lasts until 7:30 pm. What will you do with yourselves during this time? EXPLORE your faith! Along with other great classes offered, here’s a great option just for you: A Faith and Film Experience (AFAFE), 2nd & 4th Wednesdays, 6:30pm-7:30pm – During this Family Night semester (Feb-May), we will explore three major themes of our faith, allowing Hollywood to spark our thinking. During February, we’ll explore “the quest for God,” using the movie Contact, based on a book by Carl Sagan, and the movie Hannah and Her Sisters, diving headlong into the wacky world of Woody Allen. March will bring discussions of a “suffering servant.” We’ll explore this theme through the lenses of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, a great movie starring the young Jack Nicholas, and Dead Poets Society, Robin Williams at his best! We’ll finish AFAFE with The Shawshank Redemption as we explore the theme of “resurrection.” The structure is simple. You’ll be asked to try to view these movies sometime before we discuss them. Due to time constraints, I’ll be forced to facilitate discussions with clips only. So, if you don’t get to see the whole movie before we meet, we’ll carry out discussion in such a way that everyone will be included and on the same page.
Friday, February 17, 6:30pm Mellow Out at the Mellow Mushroom, – Let’s do dinner! Sunday Mornings, 9:30am – Drop the kids off at their classes, grab some coffee, and meet in Pioneer Hall after Connections for some conversation about this week’s lectionary passage. |
