Adult Ed, Jan 19, 9:45am
This Sunday Pastor Harry will introduce our new adult ed series, “The Great Search” by looking at the great searches and transitions in our history and where we find ourselves now, and why. Join us for this nine-part series based on The Great Search by John Phillip Newell. We meet at 9:45 in the McFarland Chapel and via Zoom.
The following Sunday, January 26, Tony Arnold, professor of Law at the University of Louisville and member of our congregation, will tie in the Great Search with Andrew Black’s previous series on “Is Christ Divided?” in a lesson titled “Transformative Desert Encounters.”
With this preparation we open John Philip Newell’s book The Great Search on February 9th and begin our encounter with the insights and wisdom from poets and prophets who will serve as guides on our journey.
In his new book, Newell writes, “A new vision of reality is trying to be born. Each week in the series, we will discuss one chapter of this book each week as we try to better understand the world swirling around us. In line with the Great Schism in the 11th century, the Reformation in the 16th , the Great Awakening of the 18th, today we too find ourselves in the Great Search. Each class in this series is a chapter of Newell’s book exploring the insights of prophets, poets, and visionaries, from the likes of Julian of Norwich, Carl Jung, and Thomas Berry, as we navigate this time of great challenge and opportunity in the Church and society and in our quest for healing and home.
Various members of our church community will be leading each session and it is recommended, but not required, that participants acquire Newell’s book, The Great Search.