Next round of winter classes begins

(posted by Paul Zilmer)

Eight students completed the "Basic Discipleship" class, which was led by Norm Fadelle. This week he began his next class, "Bible Stories from an Adult Perspective" – a re-examination of some familiar Sunday School stories, and the lessons that grown-ups can take from them. Five students attended the first class.

Initially we thought that Tuesday vs Wednesday was not affecting registrations, so we are back to Wednesday night so we don't conflict with the ongoing Tuesday evening Bible study, which is currently studying 1 Corinthians. (We often have 3 of the BEC students in attendance on Tuesdays.)  What we've found is that a couple of people who signed up for Norm's new class (on Wednesdays) aren't going to make it because they attend a class at their own church that night. We will see what happens in March when our next Wednesday class starts.

Meanwhile, my "How to Study the Bible" class has had four faithful attendees. One who began the class had to drop due to a change in his work schedule. This week we had 3 people from the fall "How to Study" class join us. We're into using concordances and lexicons now, which was offered as a separate class last fall, and these 3 weren't able to attend then. This class will wrap up next week.

To encourage our growing list of contacts to sign up for one of the remaining winter classes, a newsletter went out today.

Unfortunately, no teens showed up for the first session of the Tuesday teen activity. For reasons we can't figure out, NO teens walked through the mall either last Thursday or this Tuesday. Strange, since there's usually a steady stream of them after school. But we aren't giving up!  Dana and Jennifer will be prepared to have games, snacks, and a devotion again next week.