SundayMornings@Westminster
Sunday Mornings at the 9^th hour: 2011
Programs for Children and Youth			( more about our child and youth programs )
Children’s Choir meets in Room 13 from 9:00-9:20, and classes go from 9:20-10:00. Youth Choir meets in Room 1 from 9:00-9:30, and classes go from 9:30-10:15.
	Pre-K:	“Seasons of the Spirit” curriculum. Class meets in Room 14.
	K - Grade 3:	“Seasons of the Spirit” curriculum. Class meets in Room 11
	Grade 4 - 7:	"Seasons of the Spirit" curriculum. Class meets in Room 3 of the Youth Suite
	Grade 8 - 12:	Talk to Kathleen about your options.

Current Offerings for Adults	( more adult programs )
FALL 2011 “We Are Not In Kansas Anymore, Toto”: Mission And Ministry In Today’s World Teacher – Pastor Alex and the Missional Transformation Team (Lounge) The purpose of this class is to stimulate reflection and conversation about the key challenges and opportunities facing congregations and disciples today. Each Sunday we will look at a different aspect of our social context to understand the forces that are shaping our life together and the challenges of doing mission and ministry in a changing world. This class will be taught by Pastor Alex and Westminster’s Missional Transformation team: Pastor Alex has a special interest in sociology and the cultural context for living out the faith as disciples. The Westminster Missional Transformation Team is a group commissioned by our church to explore our future as a congregation as we seek to understand where God is calling us to serve in God’s kingdom. ~ Sunday, September 11 Mission in the World Today: How 9-11 Changed Us? Sunday, September 18 Measuring Mission: What is success in today’s world? Sunday, September 25 Mission as Gift: Why we do mission? Sunday, October 2 Mission in a Competitive World: Are we winning or losing? Sunday, October 9 Mission as a Way of Life: Does our church smell like mission? Sunday, October 16 Mission as More than Obligation: Are we busy enough for Jesus? Sunday, October 23 Mission in an Age of Narcissism: What does this do for me? Sunday, October 30 Mission in a Divided World: Where is our unity? Sunday, November 6 Mission and Vision: Are we reactive or proactive? Sunday, November 13 Mission in a McWorld: Why the devil takes visa? Sunday, November 20 Mission as Grace: Why are we thankful? ^ “history of Christianity” Ed Daub will facilitate this series of adult classes which will be viewed on DVD during the 9th hour Sundays (Conference room). The first twelve sessions will be the A&E TV series from 2000. The series consists of 48 topics, each 7-8 minutes long ; four will be viewed at each session. There will be time after each topic is viewed for discussion: THE FIRST THOUSAND YEARS Sections 1 through 6 THE SECOND THOUSAND YEARS Sections 7 through 12 The final six sessions will each be one hour long. They are creations of the narrator, Oxford U. Prof. Diarmaid MacCulloch author of, "A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years." XIII. The First Christianity XIV. Catholicism: The Unpredictable Rise of Rome. XV. Orthodoxy: From Empire to Empire. XVI. Reformation: The Individual Before God. XVII. Protestantism: Evangelistic Explosion. XVIII. God in the Dock
SUMMER 2011 Throughout the summer we will be exploring the great Biblical stories from Genesis and Exodus. During this journey all are invited to join in a backyard book and Bible study that will focus on the story of Jacob and his sons, but from the perspective of his one daughter, Dinah. We will read the novel The Red Tent by Anita Diamant and study the texts from Genesis that Diamant uses to frame her fictional account. This study will meet weekly on Tuesdays at 7pm June 28-August 2 and will be hosted by various members of the congregation. For more information or to sign up contact Kathleen Owens. SPRING 2011 The Middle East Sundays, March 13 & 20, April 10 & 17 9am in the Lounge The momentous events occurring in the Middle East has created interest in understanding better the history of the region and our shared heritage across the Muslim, Jewish, and Christian traditions. Various leaders will teach this class as we explore together the challenging political, religious, and social issues that face the people of the Middle East Healing and Wholeness Sundays, March 27 & April 3 9am in the Lounge Yes, Presbyterians do pray! In this class we will explore the “Service of Healing and Wholeness”, a Presbyterian worship service that incorporates petitionary prayer for healing and wholeness. In our modern world we are uncomfortable with the connection between prayer and healing, yet science is discovering some interesting connections. This prepares us for Sunday, April 3 where we will incorporate this service into our corporate worship. The Gospel of John Starts March 13 9am, Room 6 Throughout the Lent and Easter seasons we will be reading texts from the Gospel of John in worship. All are invited to this study of the Gospel of John that will closely follow the texts we read in worship and themes of this season. The class will be drawing from the Kerygma study: “That you May Believe.”
WINTER 2011 WPC 9^th Hour Adult Education Class: January 2 - February 13 – 2011 Prof. Donna E. Norton "Survival As Depicted in Multicultural Literature" What are the skills, strategies, values, and beliefs that allow people in a specific culture to survive? What survival strategies allow people to survive especially in times of stress? We will investigate the strategies depicted by authors and artists who write and illustrate texts about the following cultures: Jewish, African American, Native American, Asian, Latino, and Middle Eastern. I am currently writing the 4th edition of my multicultural literature text. Each chapter includes a section on survival strategies. The adult education class will focus on the literature that I am including in the new book. The literature includes a variety of genres from picture books, young adult and adult literature, and poetry. Participants in the class will have the opportunity to read and discuss a selection of these books from my personal library. We will search the literature for examples of survival strategies that reflect religious values including Jewish, Christian, traditional Native American, Buddhist, and Moslem. “First Corinthians” Room 6, January 16-March 6  This class will follow the new Kerygma Bible Study of First Corinthians, “One in the Spirit.” We will be reading and focusing on that letter in worship the same weeks that the class is offered. This class will allow participants to gain a better understanding of this letter both in its original context and in the ways that it speaks to us today. Topics will include an introduction to the letter, discussion of Church conflict and how to handle it, and discussion of communion and the unity of believers.