Education

Adult Education opportunities are available on an ongoing basis. Study the Bible, read provocative books, and engage in discussion with dedicated and energetic pastors, staff, lay leaders, and guests. Classes are open to all, members and friends, and are free to join. Please read about the current and upcoming classes below. For more information or to enroll, please contact our office.

Current Opportunities

 

Disciples Path

This study group will be meeting this fall on Sunday evenings, Wednesday mornings, Wednesday evenings, and Thursday mornings. If you were not available this fall, or did not get a chance to sign-up, and are interested in participating in the study, please email Keeley to be added to the email list for our next session in early 2026.

If you are interested in learning more about Disciples Path listen to this sermon by Pastor Morie from Aug. 31.

 

OPEN QUESTION GROUP

September 28.  How Christianity Remade the World with Tom Holland

Whether you’re a “believer” or not, it’s an observable fact that religion fundamentally affects and shapes history and our modern world.  For this listening, we’ll join historian Tom Holland, author of Dominion:  How the Christian Revolution Remade the World as he ponders how the Christian faith was a shocking, even unfathomable inversion of the classical pagan values systems and structures of the time. 
 
What was compelling about the early Christian movement that made it successful?  Why did Constantine make Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire in 313 CE, and how did that change both the trajectory of the Christian movement as well as the empire itself?  How did Christianity contribute to the rise of democracy, secularism, wokeness, and orthodox values? 
 
In this fascinating historical account, Bari Weiss from The Free Press interviews Tom Holland on the origins and profound influences of Christianity in western culture.  Coming to the material as a historian of the classical world, Dr. Holland was amazed at the rupture that Christianity represented and then followed the story over the millennia. His account is fascinating – and as the co-host of the world’s most popular history podcast, The Rest is History, his storytelling is peerless. 
 
FYI, this was recorded on Christmas Eve 2024, so there are a few Christmasy vibes.
  

If you’re new to the group, here’s how it works.

  • Listen to the podcast on your own during the week.

  • Group starts at 9 am, Sunday mornings in the Fireside Room at SWP.

  • We start with 5 minutes of silence, then open it up to people’s thoughts and observations.