Adult Education
Adult Education Programs
Adult Education offers a three-pronged approach to adult education: Bible Study, Contemplative Practice, and Witnessing Our Faith, Living Our Values.
During the Covid 19 pandemic, while we are not meeting in the church building, offerings will be online via Zoom at the below link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86362015470
Dial into the meeting: +1 346 248 7799
Meeting ID: 86362015470
Adult Education offers a three-pronged approach to adult education: Bible Study, Contemplative Practice, and Witnessing Our Faith, Living Our Values.
During the Covid 19 pandemic, while we are not meeting in the church building, offerings will be online via Zoom at the below link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86362015470
Dial into the meeting: +1 346 248 7799
Meeting ID: 86362015470
Schedule
Upcoming opportunities for Adult Learning will be posted on this page, the Calendar, This Week, and in The Spire.
Upcoming opportunities for Adult Learning will be posted on this page, the Calendar, This Week, and in The Spire.
Contemplation Before Action
October 4, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Many of us participate in or consider joining in direct action as a way of working for justice. How do we take care of our body, mind and spirit while we are engaging in protests that challenge us to stay present and calm in the face of potential conflict? Pastor Anita Peebles will talk about ways she has found spiritual grounding before participating in direct actions and will lead a conversation about how to establish rituals around demonstrating for justice in the streets.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86362015470
Dial into the meeting: +1 346 248 7799
Meeting ID: 86362015470
October 4, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Many of us participate in or consider joining in direct action as a way of working for justice. How do we take care of our body, mind and spirit while we are engaging in protests that challenge us to stay present and calm in the face of potential conflict? Pastor Anita Peebles will talk about ways she has found spiritual grounding before participating in direct actions and will lead a conversation about how to establish rituals around demonstrating for justice in the streets.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86362015470
Dial into the meeting: +1 346 248 7799
Meeting ID: 86362015470
| Contemplation Before Action.pdf |
Advocating for the Unhoused,
October 11, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Learn about the many faces of unhoused people in our community, especially during the current pandemic, and the numerous challenges social workers face in advocating for them. Our speaker is SFBC member David Delgado, who has worked locally for 20+ years serving youth, mentally ill, and unhoused people. David now works at Evergreen Treatment Services as a social worker who intervenes in emergency calls in a U District program he spearheaded. David will share personal stories about working with people who are unhoused. Please bring questions.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86362015470
Dial into the meeting: +1 346 248 7799
Meeting ID: 86362015470
Puyallup Tribes “Ancestral Waters” Movie and Conversation
Movie: Watch “Ancestral Waters” on your own sometime before our conversation: http://www.nativedailynetwork.com/ancestral-waters
Conversation, October 18, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
“Ancestral Waters” tells the story of the Puyallup Tribe’s current fight for their water, their treaty, and their way of life. They are fighting against the construction of a liquefied natural gas plant on the Tacoma Tideflats, land that is located within Medicine Creek Treaty Territory. This fight to protect their children and their way of life is a continuation of the tribe’s 164 years of active resistance against corporate greed and exploitation.
Please participate in this important two-part program about indigenous treaty rights and environmental racism, and learn how you can support the Puyallup Tribe in this struggle. The film’s directors, Benita and Darren Moore of Native Daily Network, a non-profit independent media organization, will join us on October 18. Watch the documentary online (81 minutes); then participate in our Zoom conversation. Please bring your questions and passion for justice.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86362015470
Dial into the meeting: +1 346 248 7799
Meeting ID: 86362015470
Join the Tour! Washington State Legislative Advocacy Training
October 25, 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
The Washington State Legislature website is your most powerful tool for effective advocacy in Olympia. It is the gateway to communicating with your legislators, testifying remotely during "COVID times," tracking progress of a bill and more! Our own Laura Van Tosh will give us a tutorial on how to navigate the website followed by a question and answer period. Laura has experience in Olympia and leads Peer Legislative Advocates - Washington State. The tour will be an introduction to the basics. It would be helpful but is not required to take a peek at the website in advance of the training. http://leg.wa.gov/
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86362015470
Dial into the meeting: +1 346 248 7799
Meeting ID: 86362015470
October 11, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Learn about the many faces of unhoused people in our community, especially during the current pandemic, and the numerous challenges social workers face in advocating for them. Our speaker is SFBC member David Delgado, who has worked locally for 20+ years serving youth, mentally ill, and unhoused people. David now works at Evergreen Treatment Services as a social worker who intervenes in emergency calls in a U District program he spearheaded. David will share personal stories about working with people who are unhoused. Please bring questions.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86362015470
Dial into the meeting: +1 346 248 7799
Meeting ID: 86362015470
Puyallup Tribes “Ancestral Waters” Movie and Conversation
Movie: Watch “Ancestral Waters” on your own sometime before our conversation: http://www.nativedailynetwork.com/ancestral-waters
Conversation, October 18, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
“Ancestral Waters” tells the story of the Puyallup Tribe’s current fight for their water, their treaty, and their way of life. They are fighting against the construction of a liquefied natural gas plant on the Tacoma Tideflats, land that is located within Medicine Creek Treaty Territory. This fight to protect their children and their way of life is a continuation of the tribe’s 164 years of active resistance against corporate greed and exploitation.
Please participate in this important two-part program about indigenous treaty rights and environmental racism, and learn how you can support the Puyallup Tribe in this struggle. The film’s directors, Benita and Darren Moore of Native Daily Network, a non-profit independent media organization, will join us on October 18. Watch the documentary online (81 minutes); then participate in our Zoom conversation. Please bring your questions and passion for justice.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86362015470
Dial into the meeting: +1 346 248 7799
Meeting ID: 86362015470
Join the Tour! Washington State Legislative Advocacy Training
October 25, 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
The Washington State Legislature website is your most powerful tool for effective advocacy in Olympia. It is the gateway to communicating with your legislators, testifying remotely during "COVID times," tracking progress of a bill and more! Our own Laura Van Tosh will give us a tutorial on how to navigate the website followed by a question and answer period. Laura has experience in Olympia and leads Peer Legislative Advocates - Washington State. The tour will be an introduction to the basics. It would be helpful but is not required to take a peek at the website in advance of the training. http://leg.wa.gov/
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86362015470
Dial into the meeting: +1 346 248 7799
Meeting ID: 86362015470
Program Descriptions
The Witnessing Our Faith, Living Our Values program
features a speaker or speakers on a special topic related to our values and current events. It also includes the sharing of our faith journeys. (Click here for the SFBC Affirmation of Values.)
Bible Study gives us an opportunity to reacquaint ourselves with our Biblical heritage. Unlike Bible study that may have alienated individuals at other churches and in other denominations in the past, we present the Bible in ways that reflect our values. We “own” the message, assisting people to feel safe reading the Bible, perhaps for the first time. Bible study is led by our pastors and by other faith leaders within and outside our congregation.
Contemplative Practice includes opportunities for learning personal and communal ways to listen to the Spirit. Contemplation includes various practices such as prayer, silent meditation, Lectio Divina, and other paths for listening and discernment. These programs are led by people within our church who are experienced with contemplative practices, or invited guests.
The goals of our three-pronged approach are to (1) help to create bonds among attendees through small-group sessions, (2) offer consistent spiritual content, (3) learn about and express social justice concerns through the lens of our faith, and (4) explore what it means to live our congregational values.
If you have any questions about Adult Education, please contact
Lynn-Gaertner Johnston or Joanne Wright, the 2020 Co-leaders of the Adult Education Commission.
The Witnessing Our Faith, Living Our Values program
features a speaker or speakers on a special topic related to our values and current events. It also includes the sharing of our faith journeys. (Click here for the SFBC Affirmation of Values.)
Bible Study gives us an opportunity to reacquaint ourselves with our Biblical heritage. Unlike Bible study that may have alienated individuals at other churches and in other denominations in the past, we present the Bible in ways that reflect our values. We “own” the message, assisting people to feel safe reading the Bible, perhaps for the first time. Bible study is led by our pastors and by other faith leaders within and outside our congregation.
Contemplative Practice includes opportunities for learning personal and communal ways to listen to the Spirit. Contemplation includes various practices such as prayer, silent meditation, Lectio Divina, and other paths for listening and discernment. These programs are led by people within our church who are experienced with contemplative practices, or invited guests.
The goals of our three-pronged approach are to (1) help to create bonds among attendees through small-group sessions, (2) offer consistent spiritual content, (3) learn about and express social justice concerns through the lens of our faith, and (4) explore what it means to live our congregational values.
If you have any questions about Adult Education, please contact
Lynn-Gaertner Johnston or Joanne Wright, the 2020 Co-leaders of the Adult Education Commission.