Community United Methodist Church

202 S. 6th St., P.O. Box 507, Westcliffe, CO 81252, 719/783-2511
Adult Study Classes                    
Adult Bible Study  *  Adult Classes on Contemporary Religious and Social Issues  *  Pastor's Study Classes

We offer a variety of exciting opportunities for you
to progress on your spiritual journey!

Come join in the fellowship, the fun and the learning!

PASTOR'S STUDY CLASSES
    

Paster Steve Miller's NEW 6-week study,
with able assistance from Sharon Larson
"Celtic Spirituality"

When?  Coming in September - Dates and times TBA
Where?  Community United Methodist Church, Annex
Cost? 

Call the church office to sign up 783-2511

ADULT CLASSES ON
CONTEMPORARY RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL ISSUES

This class meets 9:00 am in the Annex, and reads and discusses books dealing with contemporary religious and social issues. Past studies have included Eckhart Tolle's The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, Bruce Feiler's Abraham:  A Journey Into The Heart of Three Faiths, Judy Cannato's Radical Amazement: Contemplative Lessons from Black Holes, Supernovas, And Other Wonders of the Universe. Rabbi Michael Lerner's The Left Hand of God,  and Bishop John Shelby Spong's The Sins of Scripture.  Participants take turns leading the weekly discussions. Feel free to drop in even if you haven't had a chance to read the current selection. Come join us for thought-provoking and stimulating conversations!

Current Study

Jesus for President:  Politics for Ordinary Radicals
by Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw

Here is the must-read election-year book for Christian Americans. What should Christians do when allegiances to the state clash with personal faith? Haw and Claiborne (The Irresistible Revolution) slice through politics as usual and well past the superficial layers of the culture wars with their lucid exploration of how Christians can and should relate to presidents and kings, empire and government. Their entertaining yet provocative tour of the Bible's social and economic order makes even the most abstruse Levitical laws come alive for our era. They also provide a valuable political context for Christ's life, reminding readers that Jesus did not preach the need to put God back into government—he urged his followers to live by a different set of rules altogether, to hold themselves apart as peculiar people. The compelling writing is enhanced by a lavish, eye-popping layout. The pages are a riot of textured callouts, colors, photos and fonts—the perfect packaging for a message that must compete in a world of sound bites. With this second book, Claiborne emerges as an affable, intelligent, humorous prophet of his generation, calling people out of business-as-usual in a corrupt world and back to the radically different social order of the biblical God.
--From Publishers Weekly

Upcoming studies:

TBA

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