Coffee and Conversation

9:15am

Fellowship hall.

Each week we will discuss a topic as it relates to the church and being a follower of Christ.

Epistle of Paul to the Colossians

Dear former and (hopefully) new ASF class members,
 
Our new year together for Sunday morning gathering and study begins on September 12, 2010 at 9:15 a.m. in the Fowler meeting room.  Last year’s study was a fun time, with lots of good discussion and learning.  Our fellowship has grown and is open to everyone who wants to come.  We always have fun and God is gracious to us as we learn.  There are no qualifications for this class except a willingness to learn and an ability to laugh.
 
This year we’ll begin with the book of Colossians.  We chose it because it is a letter to folks just like us – the author Paul had never met the people in the church at Colossae (the name sounds kind of like Colonial …, doesn’t it?), but he had a very important message for them.  The letter tells us about Jesus, just how great he is and how much he loves us, and then tells us how to respond to that love so that we change as we get to know him in our real day-to-day life.
 
We’ll use as our guide a booklet by an Anglican theologian, N. T. Wright, recognized as one of the top five New Testament scholars of today.  But don’t let that scare you.  The booklet is written “For Everyone”, and is very readable and understandable.  We’ll go at a slow pace, and take as long as we need to listen and understand what God may want to say to us.  Also this year we will continue the practice of e-mailing the assignment to the whole class so that if you miss a week you can pick up where we are the first week you are back.
 
So, this is your invitation to join the class.  We will make the initial book order for you if you will simply respond to us and let us know that you plan to attend and give us the following information:
 
Please respond to us by e-mail  <graeserh@comcast.net>    and tell us how many study guides to order for you.  Couples should each have their own study book.  The cost will be about $7 per book.

There are two additional optional resources that you may want us to order.  Please tell us how many of the following you would like us to order for you.  (If you want to wait, both are readily available on Amazon, but an order above $25 will be shipped for free.)  Both are by N.T. Wright and are the basis for the study guide.  First “Paul for Everyone: The Prison Letters”. ($10.17)  Second “Colossians and Philemon, Introduction and Commentary”. ($10.88).

 
Please respond soon, we’d like to get the books on order so that we have them in hand soon.We will be learning more about who Jesus is so that we can become more of who Jesus wants us to be and to do more of what He wants us to do. 

Begins September 12th 9:15 am

Fowler Room

All  are welcome!