Q: Do you seek answers to age-old questions?
Q. Do you want to learn how to live out your faith in the world?
Q. Do you want to have faith in the first place?
Then come to an Adult Education program at United!
Sunday Morning Forums, Wednesday Study Series, Retreats and More!
SUNDAY MORNING FORUMS - 9:45 to 10:45
ADULT EDUCATION: Forums, Retreats, Lenten Series
Sunday Morning Forums (9:45 am)
Faith in the World
Feb. 5 - Unfinished Business: Basic Rights for GLBT Persons
While United Church may be open and affirming of GLBT persons, many laws of our state and nation aren't. A panel of United Church members shares that struggle and what all of us can do.
Feb. 12 - A Sheltering Community
A panel representing the shelters United supports (St. E's, Youth, Interfaith, Esperanza for Battered Families) shares the challenges they face and the opportunities we have.
Feb. 19-Stories from the Interfaith Shelter
UCSF members and friends share their experiences and insights from our week at the Winter Shelter.
Feb. 26 - The Gift of Water
We begin a series on the sacred gift of water and how we use it, share it, conserve it. Talitha and Brandon explore the centrality of water in Jesus' life-from his baptism at the River Jordan to his cry from the cross "I thirst."
Listening for God
Word of God, Word of Life
Join Jewish Scholar Robert Glick, Talitha Arnold, and Brandon Johnson in exploring Biblical stories of powerful people.
Feb. 5
Widows and Other Powerful People (Mark 12:41-44)
Feb. 12
What Slaves can Teach Centurions (Luke 7:1-10)
Feb. 19
"You Give Them Something to Eat"
(Feeding of the 5000)
Feb. 26
The Power of Water
"Pray, Eat, Study, and Sing!" -
Wednesdays in Lent
Starting February 29
5:15 - Supper and Prayer
($5 per person, $12 per family)
6:00 - Lenten Study Groups
The Meaning of Jesus by Marcus Borg and N.T. Wright frames our conversations about who Jesus is and why he is relevant for our time. We'll discuss the divinity, death, and resurrection of Jesus, and the meaning of Easter. Books available in the office. (Feb. 29, Mar. 7, 21, 28)
The Christianity of Martin Luther King, Jr. Before he became a national figure, Rev. King was a pastor and theologian. His life and witness were shaped by his Christian faith. We'll explore his sermons, writings, and speeches to let his faith inform ours. (Starts Mar. 7, continues Mar. 14, 21, 28).
Set Your Face to the Future
Lenten Retreat - Saturday, Feb. 25
8:30 am to 12:00 noon
Early in his ministry Jesus "set his face to Jerusalem," which means he set his life in the direction God showed him. What are the decisions and crossroads you face? What derails you? How can your community of faith help keep you on track? Reflection, worship, silence, and solitude-a great way to begin Lent. Email unitedchurchsf@gmail.com to register.
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”
Luke 10:27
