"Spirituality and Love of Family"
9 a.m. Sundays--In Fellowship Hall A
Throughout November, we will look at relationships between
familial love and spirituality with a special interest in the
uses of story in exploring such relationships. As all of us
know, family relationships are rich resources for thinking about
relationships--in Biblical stories, for example, God is
frequently figured as "father." How can/do stories of familial
love and spirituality speak to us? What stories might we
tell?
November 2: "Coming to Terms with Love, Loss and Limits"
Joy Castro, Department of English, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln - Join us in hearing about one writer's efforts
to make sense of her own complicated childhood through the
weaving of multiple and only half-knowable stories. Through this
effort, we will engage questions of uncertainty, forgiveness and
spirituality in family story.
November 9: "Religiosity and the Family: A Research
Perspective" - Colleen Culaner, Department of
Communication Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln - This meeting
will introduce us to research on how families transmit religious
and spiritual beliefs from one generation to the next. This
conversation will engage us in thinking about our own families
and how our own spiritual traditions are expressed in our
day-to-day lives.
November 16: "Balancing Family, Work, Love & Faith"
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This panel discussion will feature a variety of church
members sharing their experiences with and strategies for
balancing work, family, love and faith on a daily basis. All who
come are invited to share their own concerns, questions or
strategies for meeting the complex demands of our multiple
roles as parents, children, siblings, workers and Christians.
November 23: "Family, Spirit and the Literary Imagination"
- Debbie Minter,
Department of English,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Join us in discussing a
particular short story (to be announced/ shared soon!) that
features family members who are engaged in spiritual and
familial struggle. Our discussion will take us to questions
of the literary imagination and the place of story- telling in
working out complicated relationships between the earthly
and the divine.
November 30: "Telling Our Own Family Stories--A Workshop"
Dr. Jody Koenig Kellas, Department of Communication Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
In this workshop, we'll focus on the function of telling
family stories, beginning to recall and reconnect with the
meaningful stories of our own spiritual and family lives.
Join us in considering what it might mean to bring focus
to these stories and to share them with others who are
important to us.
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9:00 a.m. Sundays - In the Parlor
Westminster
Bible Class
We will study Letters of Paul
and the spread of the Gospel
to new communities. November
will include the following
lesson leaders:
Nov. 2: Pat Leach
Nov. 9: Rev. Robert
McCallister
Nov. 16: Rev. Sara
Dingman
Nov. 23: Rev. Howard
Bailey
Nov. 30: Rev. Dr. Andrew
McDonald
New friendships and
insights are yours in
"Crossroads"
Sundays 9:00 a.m. - Library
We invite young adults to
Crossroads for Bible study and lively discussion relating
the scriptures to our present day.
Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. -
Youth Café
Food, Healthy Choices,
and Your Children
Presented by Susan Zander
Nov. 5 -Food and your Infant
Never buy baby food again! In this session you'll learn how
to make your own baby food, how to start solids foods,
what to feed your baby; and much more!
Nov. 12- Eating thru the Toddler Years
Introducing new foods to your toddler, making good foods
more appealing, healthy finger foods, and nutritional
guidelines.
Nov. 19--School Lunches and After School Snacks
Get ideas on how to pack a school lunch--and not
just peanut butter & jelly! Also, healthy after school
snacks, and teaching how to make good food choices
for your health.
Please join Susan in the church kitchen for these fun and
informative programs! Susan has a degree in food & health
sciences…you will leave with lots of great ideas, a plan to
keep your children healthy and how to help them make
good choices on the foods they eat. |
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