Chapel Class

A Sunday morning Bible class featuring an informative biblical presentation as well as whole class and small group discussion and life application.

Current Series

A major theme, if not the whole point, of Hebrews is to encourage Christians to remain faithful, particularly as times get tough. In the form of a sermon, the writer of Hebrews acknowledges that his readers are in a struggle of faithfulness, perhaps even at the edge of giving up. His message to this weary group is simple: look to Jesus. To convey this message, the writer leans into four Psalms to tell a deeply theological story to present Jesus as the model of faithfulness for us to follow.

Through her video series on Seminary Now, New Testament scholar Madison Pierce will be our guide as she unpacks one of the most important theological texts in the New Testament. This study of Hebrews will give you a fuller understanding of who Jesus is and what it means to follow him and live a life of faith.

Starting in April

For 2 years (1935-1937) Bonhoeffer led a seminary for the training of preachers in a resistance church movement during Nazi Germany. The experience in this school brought men and their wives together in close community which, led by Bonhoeffer, resembled the close community experienced by the early church that we read about in early chapters of the book of Acts. In 1936 the Nazi regime denounced Bonhoeffer as a “pacifist and enemy of the state.” In 1937, they decreed the training of ministers in the Confessing Church illegal and closed the school. It is the closing of the seminary that prompted Bonhoeffer to publish Life Together outlining the rhythms of community he established and practiced with his seminary students.

In Chapter 4, titled “Ministry,” Bonhoeffer identifies discord as the enemy of community and lays out seven practices, each labeled as a ministry, necessary to “face this dangerous enemy squarely, and eradicated it.” The forcefulness with which Bonhoeffer writes is, no doubt, driven by the crisis of the times (mid to late 1930s Germany). However, these seven practices are important for us even in less urgent and dangerous times. In this series, we will read through this important chapter of Life Together and consider one “ministry” each week, evaluating Bonhoeffer’s intent as well as looking to the stories of the Bible as we seek to put these ministries into practice in our church family.