TheFirst Presbyterian Church of Myrtle Beach

“Where Love Makes The Difference”

TheFirst Presbyterian Church of Myrtle Beach

Bible Studies/Disciple Classes

Enrichment Classes

Adult Sunday School

Theology/Religious Studies

Registration Form (click to register pdf form)

For additional information:

Todd Harms, Director of Adult Ministries & Education

tharms@mbfpc.com

Reverend Chris Denny, Associate Pastor

cdenny@mbfpc.com

SUNDAY SCHOOL

 

Interested In Growing In Your Faith?

Join a group of adults in the study of God’s word . . .

Adult Sunday School classes are groups of individuals who know and care about each other. If you have ever thought about being a part of a group of people who laugh and study together, who encourage one another in class and throughout the week, who welcome strangers as new friends, then Adult Sunday School is the place for you.

 

One question people always ask is “Who goes to this class?” Course descriptions include approximate ages of the participants of each class. However, all classes welcome adults of any age to visit and see if this is the right class for them! Please join us on Sunday mornings including coffee, treats, and fellowship with FPC friends following our early Worship Service in the Fellowship Hall.

 

Growing Families Class

Lively discussion group for those who are busily involved in nurturing their understanding of Christ’s involvement in their everyday lives, the Growing Families class combines the study of Biblical issues, Presbyterian beliefs, and topics helpful to raising children of all ages in a spiritual environment. Growing Families offers a weekly email newsletter and regularly gatherings for fun and fellowship. Interested adults are invited to join them! This class meets on the second floor in our conference room.

 

Stewards Class

Group of lively seniors committed to Bible Study and discussion.

This class meets on the second floor in room 200.

 

Forum Class

Serious, yet social, Sunday School Class of mixed ages who enjoy open discussion (not lecture) and welcome new members. The use of books and videos are incorporated in the discussion. Class members gather for socials outside of class. This class meets on the second floor in our parlor.

 

Sunday School For Those Who Don’t Go To Sunday School

SSFTWDGTSS is a relaxed and fun-loving class for adults of all ages. The class meets early in the Fellowship Hall for coffee and a snack at 9:45 AM. Howard Barnard will partner with colleagues to lead the class through several dynamic studies. This class is held in the Fellowship Hall.

 

Cornerstone Class

The Cornerstone Sunday School Class is a diverse group of individuals striving to increase their knowledge of the Christian faith. The class reviews the works of various Christian authors by group discussion of books and/or videos. Fellowship opportunities such as Sunday brunch, Monday night Connections, monthly First Friday, and quarterly parties are an integral part of this class. If you are interested in joining this diverse group ages 45 and up, stop by on Sunday mornings at 10:00. This class meets in the church Annex, room A-6, located on the corner of Chester St & 12th Ave N.

 

Agape Class

Adult singles and couples are encouraged to join us for this teacher-led class with lively discussion, sharing opportunities and fellowship. We also meet periodically in a home for brunch. Members are age 55 and older. This class meets on the first floor in room 105.

 

Young Professionals Class

Our small, intimate group of young professionals (singles and couples), invites you to come join our discussions as we look at scripture and contemplate God’s call for us. We offer short-term studies, invited guest speakers, movie discussions, and social gatherings. Please join us on Sunday mornings. This class meets at Chapin Library on 14th Ave N.

 

Over-Committed Mid-Professionals Class

This class is designed for parents, part-time Sunday School teachers, busy adults, and anyone who requires a flexible schedule! We will begin the New Year with a continuation of the Faith Lessons video series, which is filmed on location in Israel. This winter and spring we will study   "The Life and Ministry of the Messiah" (8 weeks) and "The Death and Resurrection of the Messiah". Each weekly session is a complete lesson so you can join us any Sunday and not be lost! Come join us for a cup of coffee, fellowship, & study. This class meets on the first floor in room 102.

 

Horizon Class

Diverse mature singles class that uses “The Present Word” as a basis for understanding how each Bible story is not a separate incident but part of a cohesive work,; The Bible. Discussions are interesting and lively! Members of this class usually share Sunday lunch together, attend local shows, and gather for bridge. This is a class that truly cares about its members, embodying where “love makes the difference.” Horizon meets on the first floor in room 104.

 

Dr. Jack Albrecht Sunday School Class

“Modern archaeology, history, theology, and Geography—all are combined with well imagined characters to serve up a page-turning fictional narrative in James Michener’s The Source. The story begins nearly twelve-thousand years ago at a well, near a vast expanse of rock…a town in a nameless land which will cover the weight of many years, bear such names as Canaan and Galilee, Palestine and Israel. Here is the entire history of the Jews: the first religions, the transition to monotheism, the life of the early Hebrews and how they were persecuted, the impact of Christianity, the Crusades, and the Spanish Inquisition, to the founding of present-day Israel and the Middle East conflict.” This class meets in room 103.

Books are available for purchase at the church office for $11.00.

 

ADULT MINISTRIES: Bible Studies/Disciples

Registration is required for all classes

Registration Form (link: register.pdf)

 

Submit your registration by mail to: First Presbyterian Church, P O Box 1306, Myrtle Beach, SC 29578 Or contact the church office at 843.448.4496

 

‘For Men Only’: Disciples Class

This second level study (Green Book) takes participants to a deeper level as they explore the books of Genesis and Exodus. This study challenges students to consider a lifestyle informed by Scripture that leads to a commitment to ministry in the world.

 

Date: Mondays, beginning January 14

Time: 6:30 PM

Location: Room 203

Cost:  $35.00 for book, available at the church office

 

Men’s Weekly Lectionary Study

“The purpose of a lectionary is to provide for a disciplined use of the whole range of scripture in the church’s worship.” Study and discuss the weekly Bible readings outlined in the Presbyterian liturgical calendar.

View weekly & daily lectionary readings.

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Date: Wednesdays, beginning January 16

Time: 6:30 - 8:00 PM

Location: In the Parlor

Facilitator: Dr. Robert Wilkes

Nursery available by registration ONLY!

 

Women’s Weekly Lectionary Study

Come join us & invite a friend!

“The purpose of a lectionary is to provide for a disciplined use of the whole range of scripture in the church’s worship.” Study and discuss the weekly Bible readings outlined in the Presbyterian liturgical calendar.

View weekly & daily lectionary readings.

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Date: Mondays, beginning January 14

Excludes January 21, February 18 & March 24 (church office closed for holiday)

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Location: In the church Conference Room

Facilitator: Dr. Robert Wilkes

Nursery available by registration ONLY!

 

“The Big Five” Women’s Bible Study

This five week study looks at the “Wild Women” (and one not so wild) in Jesus’ Family Tree. Join us as we discuss these women of the bible.

 

Date: Tuesdays, January 15 – February 12

Time: 9:00 - 10:15 AM

Location: In the church Conference Room

Nursery available by registration ONLY!

 

A Sisters Bible Study for Women

Are you ready to. . .

 deepen your relationship with God?

 strengthen your spiritual walk?

 develop friendships with other women?

 experience growth through a small group?

 discuss connections between Scripture and everyday life?

Then Sisters is the study for you!

This semester we’ll read & discuss Cheryl A Kirk-Duggan’s Wising Up: Applying the Wisdom of Proverbs to Daily Life.

 

Date: Tuesdays, beginning February 19

Time: 9:00 - 10:15 AM

Location: In the church Conference Room

Cost:  $9.00 for book, available at the church office

Nursery available by registration ONLY!

 

ADULT MINISTRIES: Theology/Religious

 

Registration is required for all classes

Registration Form (link: register.pdf)

 

Submit your registration by mail to: First Presbyterian Church, P O Box 1306, Myrtle Beach, SC 29578 ... Or contact the church office at 843.448.4496

 

Taste & See: Awakening Our Spiritual Senses

By Tim Dearborn

“In a plastic, shallow, secular, and often hurting world, we long for an encounter with the eternal God here on earth. Yet this is the God who can't be touched or seen - or can He? Tim Dearborn turns to Scripture and colorful life stories to remind us that the God known in Jesus Christ wants to reach us through our physical senses. He powerfully shows how we can be spiritually enriched through what we see, hear, smell, and taste. And he demonstrates that in the fellowship of Christians we find a ‘truth we can touch.’”

 

"Though our five senses aren't in themselves adequate vehicles for encountering the invisible God,” Dearborn writes, "behind each is a spiritual sense, which when awakened opens up for us the awareness of another world." Taste & See is your guide to that awakening and a richer, more God-centered life.”*

 

Plan to join us for a six week discussion on Mr. Dearborn’s book.

This class is limited to 15 participants, so register today.

 

Date: Wednesdays, January16 – February 20

Time: 10:30 AM

Location: Parlor

Cost:  $5.00 for book, available at the church office

Facilitator: Todd Harms, Director of Adult Ministries & Education

Nursery available by registration ONLY!

 

*As qtd on the back cover of Taste & See

 

Presbyterian History & Beliefs

This three week study will explore the Reformed Tradition and the Presbyterian Church in particular from its roots in Switzerland and Scotland to its spread throughout the world. The class is for all new members of FPC and for anyone who would like to refresh themselves on what it means to be Presbyterian.

 

Date: Tuesdays, January 15, 22, & 29

Time: 6:30 PM

Location: In the church Conference Room

Facilitator: Dr. Robert Wilkes

Nursery available by registration ONLY!

 

Eastern Religions

At one time America's foreign interests, politically and economically were with Europe and the Western world.

 

Today our involvement with Eastern countries, the Arab World, India, Japan, and China continues to increase. These expanding global relationships have led to greater curiosity about the religion theologies of these countries. If you would like to expand your understanding of these eastern religions, we invite you to join this study.

For seven consecutive Wednesday evenings the following topics will be explored:

 

 Islam

 Shintoism

 Hinduism

 Confucianism

 Taoism

 Buddhism

 

No textbook necessary ~ Mild interest in theology helpful ~ Curiosity a necessity!

Abandoning Presbyterianism NOT recommended!

 

Date: Wednesdays, January 16 - February 27

Time: 6:30 PM

Location: Fellowship Hall

Facilitator: Dr. Howard Hansen

Nursery available by registration ONLY!

 

From Jesus to Christianity - Part IV

L. Michael White’s acclaimed introduction to the New Testament. This class requires a commitment to personal in-depth study. You are invited to join a community of dedicated learners as we explore “a comprehensive and thoroughly historical introduction to the literature of earliest Christianity, with careful attention to the social and cultural world of the early Roman empire in which Christianity emerged.”* You will study the New Testament with fresh eyes and new understanding. Study topics include “A Footing in the Roman World,” “From Sect to Church,” and “Coming of Age in the Roman World.” New students are welcome to join this class. This class meets weekly for 10 weeks.

 

*Harold W. Attridge, Dean and Lillian Claus, Professor Of New Testament, Yale University Divinity School, as qtd on the back cover of From Jesus to Christianity

 

WINTER SESSION

Date: Mondays, beginning January 14

Time: 9:00 - 10:30 AM

Location: Room 203

Cost:  $17.00 for book, available at the church office

Facilitator: Rev. Chris Denny

Nursery available by registration ONLY!

 

ADULT MINISTRIES: Enrichment Classes

 

Registration is required for all classes

Registration Form (link: register.pdf)

 

Submit your registration by mail to: First Presbyterian Church, P O Box 1306, Myrtle Beach, SC 29578  ... or contact the church office at 843.448.4496

 

Fatherhood…

Being the Dad Your Child Deserves

This six week class takes a look at what it means to be a good father today. With so many things competing for your time, balancing job and family is quite a challenge. Using the Bible and various other texts, we’ll consider our faith and how it impacts our role as dad. Whether you are married or single, have a small child or a teenager, we invite join us for a roundtable discussion with other dads. This class format allows us to benefit from one another’s experience. Class time will be split to discuss differences in parenting boys and girls.

 

Date: Mondays, beginning January 14

Time: 5:30 PM

Location: In the Parlor

Facilitator: Todd Harms, Director of Adult Ministries & Education

Nursery available by registration ONLY!

 

January Book Discussion

Plainsong

By Kent Haruf

“A heartstrong story of family and romance, tribulation and tenacity, set on the High Plains east of Denver.*”

“In the small town of Holt, Colorado, a high school teacher is confronted with raising his two boys alone after their mother retreats first to the bedroom, then altogether. A teenage girl -- her father long since disappeared, her mother unwilling to have her in the house -- is pregnant, alone herself, with nowhere to go. And out in the country, two brothers, elderly bachelors, work the family homestead, the only world they've ever known.

From these unsettled lives emerges a vision of life, and of the town and landscape that bind them together -- their fates somehow overcoming the powerful circumstances of place and station, their confusion, curiosity, dignity and humor intact and resonant.*”

 

Date: Tuesday, January 22

Time: 2:00 PM

Location: In the Parlor

Cost:  $12.00 for book, available at the church office

Nursery available by registration ONLY!

 

*Reprinted from http://www.bookbrowse.com/reviews/index.cfm?book_number=481

 

Morning Book Study

Desire of the Everlasting Hills

By Thomas Cahill

In this seven week class, we’ll explore and discuss Mr. Cahill’s third volume in the Hinges of History series. Desire of the Everlasting Hills is a “unique presentation of Jesus and his times is for believers and nonbelievers alike (for Jews and Christians, it is intended by the author as an act of reconciliation).*”

In his “most daring and provocative subject yet: Jesus of Nazareth, the central figure of Western civilization,” Thomas Cahill “introducing us first to ‘the people Jesus knew,’ Thomas Cahill describes the oppressive Roman political presence, the pervasive Greek cultural influence, and especially the widely varied social and religious context of the Judaism in which Jesus moved and flourished. These backgrounds, essential to a complete understanding of Jesus, lead to the author's stunningly original interpretation of the New Testament--much of it based on material from the ancient Greek brilliantly translated by the author himself--that will delight readers and overcoming the powerful circumstances of place and station, their confusion, curiosity, dignity and humor intact and resonant.*”

 

Date: Beginning Wednesday, January 30

Time: 2:00 PM

Location: In the Parlor

Cost:  $12.00 for book, available at the church office

Nursery available by registration ONLY!

 

*Reprinted from http://www.bookbrowse.com/reviews/index.cfm?book_number=135

 

Mark Your 2008 Calendar

Ft. Caswell - All Church Retreat

April 17 — April 20, 2008