Faith Formation is a vibrant space of learning between our worship time, where all ages come together to continue our faith formation as disciples of Jesus Christ. Often this is based from our lectionary readings used in worship on Sunday mornings. When Lord of Life built Grace Place, its purpose was for education with our congregation and the greater community. Grace Place is often full and used in ways we did not dream of in the planning. After completion we noticed a need for a change in how we approached Sunday School. We kept parts that were working quite well for our church but decided to focus on the meaningfulness of the Bible in our lives, the lifelong formation of the faithful, how the lectionary is relevant in our lives today and various needs of our congregation to be spiritually fed. These are bold steps! We decided to change the language from Sunday School to Faith Formation because we feel this more accurately reflects what we are doing on a Sunday morning at this time. We recognize that faith formation happen inside and outside of this time. It is in fact our life long call.
Our Faith Formation hour is fluid on purpose. It allows ownership of the classes by the participants. As a staff we work hard to offer classes that are relevant to the lectionary each Sunday while bringing in new and fresh ideas.
Current Offerings
Sunday Morning Faith Formation, from 9:00-9:45 a.m. There are classes for all ages.
- Children (K-5th grade) meet in the Craft Room.
- January 18 – Cleansing the Temple with Carla Lich
- January 25 – Nicodemus visits Jesus with Greg Yeager
- February 1 – The Woman at the Well with Kaia Dirks
- Youth (6-12th grades) meet in the LYO Room.
- January 18 – Cleansing the Temple with Marie E.
- January 25 – Nicodemus visits Jesus with Marie E.
- February 1 – The Woman at the Well with Marie E.
- Adults meet in the Middle School Room for the Adult Forum.
- January 18 – The Gospel of John week 2: Nicodemus with Deacon Karleigh
- January 25 – Budget Presentation with Treasurer Bob Scherpelz
- February 1 – The Gospel of john week 3: Woman at the Well with Pastor Kirsten
Other Study Opportunities – check out one of these groups that meets for study during the week. Many of them are starting new material this fall; check that out below.
- Sunday Scripture Bible Study meets on Zoom to discuss the coming Sunday’s scriptures with Pastor Kirsten on Tuesdays at 9:30 am; Zoom info:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81390849323?pwd=WHRQMXdjdkszR01aK1hJZnA3RjZTQT09
- Monday Night Bible Study meets on Mondays at 7:00 p.m. in Grace Place.
- Wednesday Zoom Social Justice Discussion Group meets on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom. The book being discussed is What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Dr. Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey.
- WELCA Bible Study for the winter months is focusing on Money, stewardship and generosity. The theme of the first lesson is “Money, What do we treasure?” We will meet on Wed, Jan. 28, at 2:00 in the Middle School Room. All women are encouraged to join us.