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ADULT | Long Term Classes

All are welcome!

Manchester UMC offers a variety of adult long term classes where you can connect with other people as you learn and grow in your faith together. Explore these different classes and find one that fits your interests and schedule. Let us know which classes you’d like to give a try by completing the form below. We’ll introduce you to the group leader and help you get plugged in.

sunday

Christian
Fellowship

9:00 - 10:00 a.m. | Hybrid

Sunday Morning Sermon Reflection Group with Dave

9:00 - 10:00 a.m. | Room 221

Alpha Class

9:30 - 10:30 a.m. | Room 311

Joy Class

9:30 - 10:30 a.m. | Room 223

sojourners

9:30 - 10:45 a.m. | Room 309

Adult Singles Bible Study

11:00 a.m. - Noon | Room 311

Monday

Centering
Prayer

7:15 - 8:15 p.m. | Online

Intuitive Eating Support Group

4:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Rm 223

Tuesday

Making
Disciples

9:30 - 10:30 a.m. | Online

Tuesday Morning Bible Study

9:30 - 11:00 a.m. | Rm 223

Friday

Parent Group

9:30 - 11:00 a.m. | Rm 221

Reflections

10:00 - 11:00 a.m. | Rm 223

Saturday

Men's Bible Study

8:00 - 9:00 a.m. | Online

Long Term Classes

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Pastor's Note

And Also With You

& also with you by Laura Checkett, March 25, 2023 a return to love to guide us forward in this time; in this moment for this time; for this moment to love to see to know to be in community with each other with those who we don’t understand &

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Sermons

Rage

Jesus was angry at the Pharisees for their hardness of heart, and it motivated him to heal the man’s hand. Embracing anger can be hard to do, especially since we are so often coached to avoid it. However, often those who are telling us to avoid anger are only doing

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Truth

“Confession is just spiritual language for truth-telling” (from the Arthur Riley devo). When we confess, sharing the truth about ourselves with God and with one another, it sets us free. We release those parts of us that are not authentic to who we are so that we are free to

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Adult Faith Formation
Long Term Class

christian fellowship

Date: Sundays
Time:  9:00-10:00 a.m.
No class on April 9 (Easter) 
Location:  Room 222 | Manchester UMC
Zoom Meeting ID:  225 180 622
Passcode: 757205
Leader:  Mary Beth Harper

This class is for adults interested in making friends with other families at MUMC while growing spiritually through reflection and study.

This class participates in the church-wide sermon studies but will also use other book or video-based studies based on current class interests.

In addition to Sunday class meetings, we meet socially for casual get-togethers with and without our children. We look forward to meeting you!

Newcomers are always welcome!

Adult Faith Formation
Long Term Class

alpha class

Date: Sundays through May 21
Time:  9:30-10:30 a.m.
No class on April 9 (Easter) or May 28 (Memorial weekend)
Location:  Room 311 | Manchester UMC
Zoom Meeting ID:  843 6667 1102   
Passcode: 245451
Leaders:  Shared Leadership

Join the Alpha Class as they reflect on how the teachings of Jesus and Christian practices relate to contemporary issues of the day. All are welcome as we gather for fellowship and study our faith and how to put it into practice.

For Lent, the Alpha Class is studying the All Church Study, This Here Flesh.

After Lent, the Alpha Class will study Fear of the Other: No Fear in Love by Bishop William H. Willimon.

In this no non-sense book, reliable spiritual guide, Bishop Willimon, invites readers to consider the gospel command to love (and not merely tolerate) those considered to be “Other” or outside mainstream Christian culture.

Rooted in the faith of Israel and the Christian story and vision, Willimon brings a Wesleyan perspective to bear on what may be the hardest thing for people of faith to do: keeping and loving the “Other” as they are – without any need for them to become like us.

Newcomers are always welcome!

Adult Faith Formation
Long Term Class

Joy class

Day: Sundays
Time:  9:30-10:30 a.m.
No class on April 9 (Easter)
Location:  Room 223 | Manchester UMC
Leader:  Jane Carr

For Lent, the Joy Class is studying the All-Church Study, “This Here Flesh”, as well as the Adult Bible Study curriculum.

After Lent, the Joy Class will study the Adult Bible Study which centers around the theme “The Life of Faith.” The language of journey and pilgrimage is commonly used to describe the Christian life. 

Newcomers are always welcome!

Adult Faith Formation
Long Term Class

Sojourners

Date: Sundays
Time:  9:30-10:45 a.m.
No class on April 9 (Easter) 
Location:  Room 309 | Manchester UMC
Leader:  Prudy Bertolino

The Sojourners class is studying Rev. Adam Hamilton’s book, 24 Hours that Changed the World: 40 Days of Reflection for Lent.

After Easter, the Sojourners class will study Rev. Adam Hamilton’s book, Christianity and World Religion and then John.

Newcomers are always welcome!

Adult Faith Formation
Long Term Class

Adult Singles bible Study

Date: Sundays
Time:  11:00 a.m. – Noon
No class on April 9 (Easter)
Location:  Room 309 | Manchester UMC
Leader:  Ralph Burns

This singles group likes to emphasize FIVE F’s: Fellowship, Food, Fun, among Christian Friends, on a Foundation of meaningful Bible Study! Newcomers are always welcome, so please join us any Sunday!

The Adult Singles Bible Study group will be studying the brand new book by Rev. Adam Hamilton, Luke: Jesus and the Outsiders, Outcasts and Outlaws.

Newcomers are always welcome!

Adult Faith Formation
Long Term Class

centering Prayer

Date:  Every Monday
Time: 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Zoom: Please register below and Zoom instructions will be emailed.
Leader:   Lou Kimmell

Centering Prayer, traditionally called contemplative prayer, is a method of prayer which prepares us to receive the gift of God’s presence.  It facilitates the movement from more active modes of prayer into a receptive prayer of resting in God.

This group is studying the book, Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer, by Richard Rohr.

This popular and bestselling book of the renowned Franciscan challenges people to move beyond the comfort of a settled life toward an understanding of themselves that is rooted in their connection to God. Only when they rest in God can they find the certainty and the freedom to become all that they can be. Contemplation has its place at the heart of Christianity, a place that allows people to experience how “everything belongs.”

Newcomers are always welcome!

Adult Faith Formation
Long Term Class

Intuitive Eating Support Group

Date:  Mondays thru May 22, 2023
Time: 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
In Person:  Room 223 | Manchester UMC
Zoom ID#: 9310610 6185
Passcode:  061838
Leader:   Ali Fields

Using the book, Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach, 4th edition by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch as the group’s guide and each other as supportive safe space, this group will navigate the principles of intuitive eating.

Newcomers are always welcome!

Adult Faith Formation
Long Term Class

Making Disciples

Date: Tuesdays thru May 23
Time:  9:30 – 10:30 a.m. 
Zoom ID#: 314 779 879
Passcode:  697261
Leader:  Rev. Nancy Wilson

The Making Disciples group is studying the brand new book by Rev. Adam Hamilton, Luke: Jesus and the Outsiders, Outcasts and Outlaws.

We always welcome newcomers to our fun Bible study group!

Adult Faith Formation
Long Term Class

Tuesday Morning bible Study

Date: Tuesdays thru May 23, 2023
Time:  9:30-11:00 a.m.
Location:  Room 223 | Manchester UMC
Zoom Meeting ID:  347 375 197
Passcode: Blessings
Leader:  Rev. Brenda Becker

The Tuesday Morning group studies Christianity in the second century, which was a crucial period of growth, opposition and development of doctrines and practices.

Participants will learn what happened to the church after the Apostles were gone, how the church began to expand and grow, and why it developed its particular beliefs. This study will give an overview of the formation of a distinctive Christian identity, pagan responses to Christianity, and the rise of certain heresies and the canonization of the New Testament.

The Tuesday Morning Bible Study group takes a break over the summer and returns in September to kick off the new year. 

This group is meeting in person, as well as virtually on Zoom. Child care is available by advance reservation.  Newcomers are always welcome!

Adult Faith Formation
Long Term Class

Parent Group

Date: Fridays, Mar. 31, Apr. 14 & 28, , May 12 & 26
Time:  9:30 – 11:00 a.m.
Location:  Room 221 | Manchester UMC
Leader:  Sarah Watson

This learning and fellowship group consists of parents of all stages who meet and grow in faith-based learning and discussion. Study topics this year include: connecting women’s bible stories with contemporary issues, social justice parenting, and prayer.

During our sessions, we spend time in fellowship and connection with others, group discussion (completing the reading is not mandatory), and prayer. This is a safe place where all opinions and view points are not only welcome, but encouraged; and is a relaxed way to take a break and get to know other Manchester UMC parents.

Newcomers are always welcome!

Adult Faith Formation
Long Term Class

Reflections

Date: Fridays
Time:  10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
No class on April 7 (Good Friday)
Location:  Room 223| Manchester UMC
Leader:  Barb Bess

This is a group of mature women who enjoy reading and discussing a variety of religious themed books, by authors Adam Hamilton, Phillip Yancey, Henri Nouwen, and many others. 

This group is currently studying the Frederick Buechner’s book, Secrets in the Dark.

Newcomers are always welcome!

Adult Faith Formation
Long Term Class

Men's Bible Study

Date: Saturdays
Time:  8:00 – 9:00 a.m. 
Zoom ID#:  807 155 411
Passcode: 241385 
Leaders:  Rev. Steve Harbaugh, Kevin Tobin

Join us on Zoom each Saturday morning as we read and study the Bible. The discussion is lively and the fellowship is great.

Newcomers always welcome!