Ministries
Women in the Church (WIC)
The purpose of WIC is that every woman know Christ personally and be committed to extending His Kingdom in her life, home, church, community and throughout the world. Our goal is that this will become a reality through Ladies’ Bible Studies, ministry opportunities, discussion groups, social events, retreats, and informal gatherings.
Monthly Book Study
Real Love for Real Life: The Art & Work of Caring
by Andi Ashworth
Teacher: Susan Zellner
When: Thursday evenings - January 17th, February 21st, March 27th, April 17th, and May 22nd
Time: 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Where: Tracey Zumbach’s home
Questions: Tracey Zumbach
For directions or more information, please contact church office at 830-5754.
About the Study
Quote from Publishers Weekly: Wife and business partner of Nashville musician Charlie Peacock, Ashworth maintains in this solidly biblical yet culturally aware book that caregiving, loving and serving other people is to some extent the duty of every Christian. For certain Christians, caregiving is also a lifelong vocation that, though undervalued in our productivity-obsessed world, deserves as much respect as any paid employment. Ashworth is no Martha Stewart: she provides encouragement rather that crafts and recipes. Nor is she Pollyanna: she recognizes that caregiving can be tedious and exhausting, and only those who set firm boundaries and rely on God’s help are likely to persist. She says: “When we create beauty in our environment, relationships, music, cooking, poetry and celebrations we express our hope for the new heaven and new earth that God promises.”
The focus of our time together will be to discuss our lifelong call of caregiving. We will read two chapters per month and discuss the vaious ways we are called to show hospitality to one another. This study is open to women of all ages and we welcome any guests. We hope it will be a time to encourage, prepare and challenge us - no matter what season of life we find ourselves.
Chapter 1. A Misunderstood Art: What Does it Mean to Give Care?
2. God’s Grand Adventure: Caring Is a Calling
3. Against the Flow: The Inefficiency of Care
4. Coming Home: The Fruits of Hospitality
5. Celebrating the Story: A Return to Ceremony
6. The Worship of a Lifetime: Caring Within (and Beyond) the Church Walls
7. The Rhythm of Our Days: Creative Caring Through the Seasons of Life
8. Rest for the Weary: Recognizing God-Given Limits
9. Beyond Balancing: Opportunities for Each Generation
10. The Real Life of Love: Loving Jesus, Loving People
Weekly Bible Study: Ephesians
Letter to the Ephesians
by Henry Vander Kam
Teacher: Nancy Rice
When: Tuesday mornings, January 8 - April 29, 2008 from 9:00-11:00 or Wednesday evenings, January 9 - April 30, 2008 from 5:15-7:15
Where: WPC Library
Nursery: Available during both studies
Questions: Emma Peace
For directions or more information, please contact church office at 830-5754.
About the Study
Paul’s epistles often begin with doctrine and end with practical matters, and Ephesians is no exception. The first half of the letter concerns the eternal purposes of God in Christ, opening with Paul’s praise to God and prayer for the church and then focusing on salvation by grace through faith, the one household of faith, and the mystery of Gentile salvation. The second half of the book concerns the Christian walk: walking in unity, walking as “new men,” walking according to specific roles, and putting on the whole armor of God. All of Scripture teaches us what we are to believe about God and what duty God requires of us. Ephesians is almost a scale model in six chapters of these two gracious purposes of God’s Word, a wonderful condensation of faith and practice.
Lesson 1 - Our Glorious Redemption
Lesson 2 - The Wealth of Believers
Lesson 3 - Salvation Is of the Lord
Lesson 4 - Jew and Gentile Brought Together
Lesson 5 - Jew and Gentile - Fellow Citizens
Lesson 6 - Mystery of Redemption
Lesson 7 - Paul’s Prayer
Lesson 8 - Unity and Growth of the Church
Lesson 9 - Contrast - Believer and Unbeliever
Lesson 10 - Specific Admonitions
Lesson 11 - Imitators of God
Lesson 12 - Living Wisely
Lesson 13 - Christ/Church: Pattern for Home
Lesson 14 - Of Children and Slaves
Lesson 15 - The Militant Church
Lesson 16 - The Whole Armor of God