Mount Zion United Methodist Church
Highland, Maryland
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Christian Education for Adults
Mount Zion provides adults with a full range of opportunities to expand their knowledge and faith through education. Review our 2008 - 2009 class catalog (pdf format).
Fall Bible Study - The Organic God
Dates: 24 August – 28 September 2008
Leader: Dave Ball
Imagine what it would look like to have an organic relationship with God - one that is stripped of all pollutants and additives of this world. The Organic God removes the unhealthy fillers and purifies our relationship with the God of the Scriptures. Through personal stories and biblical insights, Margaret Feinberg shares glimpses of God’s character - bighearted, kind, beautiful, mysterious - that point you to an authentic and naturally spiritual relationship with him, allowing you to truly discover God in a healthy, refreshing new way so that you can’t help but fall in love all over again.
Praying the Psalms
Dates: September 3 – November 19, 2008
Leader: Dave Ball
The human emotions expressed in the Book of Psalms rise to peaks of joy and descend into valleys of despair. In the Psalms, the promise of the reign of God meets the historical experience of God's people. Faith in God's faithfulness collides with human experiences of pain and suffering, enslavement, oppression, and exile. God's people— given voice in the Psalms—struggle to make sense of who God is and who they are, and in so doing they have composed a collection of moving testimonies of grace, glory, sorrow, and beauty unmatched in sacred literature. For students of the Psalms today, this study offers greater understanding of how these ancient texts of praise, lament, worship, and prayer can still speak to us and for us.
Summer Sunday School
Beginning at 9:45 in Conference Room 1 (end of hall), we will read and discuss the parables of Jesus. If you are interested in a Bible Study discussion, you are encouraged to attend. No prior experience is required! Discussion will be lead by Mike Jacobson. Don’t worry if you can’t come every Sunday – we will discuss a different parable each week! Bibles are available or bring your favorite translation.
Fall Sunday School
Sunday School classes will resume this Fall. Enhance your Sunday worship experience at Mt. Zion by attending one of these classes
The Pioneer Class
The Pioneer Class concentrates on studying specific
books of the Bible. This Fall we will continue our
study of the Gospel of Luke, with leaders Gregg &
Laurie Tubbs.
Location: Conference Room 1
Parenting Class
This class covers a variety of subjects and issues on
Christian parenting, instilling models of faith and
values.
Location: Conference Room 2
Three Simple Rules
This four-week series of sermons and small group
discussions (based on Bishop Rueben Job’s book)
will engage you in worship, relationship building
and service. The three simple rules are: No Harm,
Do Good, and Love God.
Dates: October 2008
Advent Studies
Dates: 30 November – 21 December 2008
Skill Training
Lay Ministry Training
Certified Lay Ministers are part of the historic continuation of leadership in the church, resembling early Methodism’s class leaders and lay preachers. The Baltimore-Washington Conference will offer a fourmodule Certified Lay Minister course in February 2009.
Network Class
Network is a dynamic six-session process to help Christians understand who God has uniquely made them to be and guide them to a place of meaningful service in the church. Each participant will work through a series of assessments, which leads them to discover their unique blend of spiritual gifts, personal style, and ministry passion.
Christianity 101
This Fall, Mt. Zion will begin offering a series of “Get Acquainted” classes, interspersed with Advent and Lenten Bible studies, allowing anyone to familiarize themselves with Christian beliefs and history. Each course is eight weeks in length. Everyone is encouraged to participate in any or all of the offerings.
I. Get Acquainted with Your Bible
This course offers the opportunity to explore
Bible passages in depth. Look at the origin,
pronunciation, and meaning of Biblical names. It
allows for self-examination in light of Biblical
text. Biblical background information is detailed
without being difficult to comprehend.
Dates: 5 October – 23 November 2008
II. Get Acquainted with Jesus
A survey of Jesus’ life and teachings that offers
opportunities to explore questions about Jesus’
ministry and message and to determine one’s response
to Jesus’ question, “Who do you say that I am?”
Topics include: “Beginnings,” “Galilean Ministry,”
“Passion and Resurrection,” “Sermon on the Mount,”
“Parables,” “Early Beliefs about Jesus,” and “What Do
You Believe About Jesus.”
Dates: 4 January – 22 February 2009
III. Get Acquainted with Your Christian Faith
A basic introduction to the Christian faith that is easy
to use and easy to understand. It offers the opportunity
to explore Christian beliefs in depth and calls for selfinspection
in response to those beliefs. Biblical basis
for each belief is provided in comprehensible form.
Contemporary problems and conditions are addressed
in light of the Christian faith. Life stories of men a
nd women of faith provide illustrations of Christian
beliefs.
Dates: 19 April – 7 June 2009
Mt. Zion UMC
Classes and Bible Study
Tuesday, July 29
Disciple - Jesus In the Gospel
7:00 PM
Wednesday, July 30
Network Class
7:30 PM
Wednesday, July 30
Study - Sermon on the Mount
7:30 PM
Tuesday, August 5
Disciple - Jesus In the Gospel
7:00 PM
Wednesday, August 6
Network Class
7:30 PM
Wednesday, August 6
Study - Sermon on the Mount
7:30 PM
Tuesday, August 12
Disciple - Jesus In the Gospel
7:00 PM
Wednesday, August 13
Study - Sermon on the Mount
7:30 PM
Wednesday, August 13
Network Class
7:30 PM
Tuesday, August 19
Disciple - Jesus In the Gospel
7:00 PM
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