Upcoming Classes and Events
june
A Braver Way
Thursdays thru Jun. 13 | 6 - 7:30p | Room 222
Date: Thursday, April 11 – June 13, 2024 (10 sessions)
Time: 6:00 to 7:30p
Location: Room 223 | Manchester UMC
Leader: Jill Krogen
Description: Don’t spend another election year hiding from friends and family with different opinions. Learn how to listen and be heard with “A Braver Way” podcast. Hosted by Monica Guzman, the podcast’s mission is to “help people who disagree get curious about each other with each other.”
This group will listen to the podcast as a group and then discuss.
lgbtq+ Inclusion and the umc
As part of a “Live in Love” sermon series, Pastor Andy Bryan delivered a compelling sermon laying out interpretations of the “clobber verses.” These are verses in the Bible that have been used to harm or “clobber” members of the LGBTQ+ community. The interpretations are rooted in Biblical scholarship, linguistic analysis, historical context, and other ancient sources.
Pastor Andy asked, “Knowing there is an interpretation of these verses that does harm to your neighbor, and knowing now that there is another interpretation of these verses that doesn’t do harm to your neighbor, why do you believe what you believe?”
Why do we believe what we believe? It is a provocative and necessary question. After Pastor Andy’s sermon people wanted to know more and to better understand the different interpretations. Using a resource created by Nick Mundwiller, and Pastor Andy’s sermon, Ali Fields drafted a summary of the interpretations. Click here to read the summary.
