beginnings

"Beginnings" Calendar and Facilitators Play Trailer go to "What Does It Mean to be a United Methodist?" series

There is an alternative for Sunday School for those who would like to join in a forum examining basic faith issues and concerns that everybody has… or has had. Wesley hosts the “Beginnings” 12-week series in our Draper Chapel. If you are new at Wesley, have not found a Sunday School group for you yet, and are wrestling with some questions that we can help answer, please understand this is your invitation to be a part of this exchange of ideas and to examine the basis of our faith and our following of our Lord and Christ.

Question: Can “not so new” people also attend?

Answer: We hope that anyone who has nagging faith issues or simply wants to renew the spark in walking with the Master will feel warmly invited by your twelve leaders and facilitators of “Beginnings.” See you in the Draper Chapel!

STARTING FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Wesley’s Draper Chapel at 9:30 a.m.,

Sunday Mornings

SESSION NUMBER	SUBJECT
1	So, Is This All There Is? Introduction
2	Who Is Jesus, and Why Should I Care? Jesus Christ
3	Why Am I Not Where I Want to Be? Sin and the Cross
4	What Happens When I Die? Death and the Resurrection
5	Can I Trust God? Providence and Suffering
6	How Does God Speak to Me? The Bible
7	If I Don't Feel Lost, Why Do I Need to Be Found? Salvation and Conversion
8	Can I Start Again? Forgiveness and Wholeness
9	How Do I Speak to God? Prayer
10	How Can I make a Life and Not Just a Living? The Good Life
11	Why Should I Join Any Group That Will Have Me as a Member? Membership
12	Love Feast! Remembering, Sharing, and Continuing the Journey

"Beginnings" Calendar and Facilitators Intro Video

Learn more> Cokesbury: Beginnings page

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Peggy Hoyle, small-group member

"I love the simplicity and beauty of the gospel presented so clearly. A great tool for evangelism and an explanation of the gospel."

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The Reverend Carl L. Schenck, Missouri

"Beginnings helps congregations make new disciples of Jesus Christ. As inquirers ask their basic questions of life, Beginnings responds

with sound, theological wisdom and guides them to Christ."

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Sonia Walker, small-group member

"Beginnings answers questions that many new Christians, as well as seasoned Christians, want to know."

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The Reverend Dr. Jonathan Baker, Delaware

"Andy, Mark, and Rob have provided an exciting new resource for local churches to use to nurture seekers and new persons in faith

from a Wesleyan perspective. Beginnings is a gift to the whole church."

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Two other "Beginnings" series form the set:

"Beginnings: The Spiritual Life" ...Habits of the Heart (The first series of "Beginnings- An Introduction to the Christian Faith," is the one that is running continuously on Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m. in the Draper Chapel.)

Terry Dyke, facilitator: "We offered this series for the spring semester of 2009 for Sunday Evening Classes at 4:30 p.m."

Where is the Spirit in spirituality? How much am I willing to risk? What is most important to me? Can I find balance in a whirlwind world?

What do I want to when I grow up? How do I keep my possessions from possessing from possessing me? How do I get ahead?

Can I go deeper without going under? What do I do with my doubts? Can a change in me change the world?

"Beginnings: Longing to Belong" This will be offered in the future for our Sunday Evening Classes at 4:30 p.m. The series explores the importance of community in the Christian faith, using fire as its central metaphor.

How Do We Find Our Place? What Are We Hungry For? What Happens When We Pray Together? What’s the Deal With Miracles? What Do We Have in Common?

How Can We Remember Who We Are? How Can We Open Our Lives to Each Other? How Can We Get Along When We Are So Different? How Do We Share What We Have Discovered?

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What Does It Mean to

be a United Methodist?

You understand "Wesley," but what is the rest of the church name "United Methodist Church?"

This six-week series will help shed some light on our denomination's roots, its evolved beliefs and practices, the way it's put together and how it operates and ministers locally, across the state, and around the world.

Need to qualify for a Wesley scholarship? All applicants must go through confirmation OR attend a United Methodist beliefs class... LIKE THIS ONE!

STARTED JANUARY 8, 2012!

Wesley’s Parlor at 9:30 a.m.,

Sunday Mornings

SESSION NUMBER	SUBJECT
1	How Did This Denomination Come About? United Methodist History
2	What Does the United Methodist Church Believe? Part 1: Grace, Good Works, Justification, Sanctification
3	What Does the United Methodist Church Believe? Part 2: Wesleyan Quadrilateral, Articles of Religion
4	What are the United Methodist Sacraments? The Significance of Baptism and Communion
5	What is a DS? There's a Bishop? A Conference? The United Methodist Organization
6	What Does Our Church Do About Our World? The United Methodist Social Creed

"What Does It Mean to Be a United Methodist?" Calendar and Facilitators

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