Embrace Sunday School meets upstairs in room E207

Contact: Victoria Flake Herndon or Matthew McCullen

 

 

For questions about any of these groups, please reach out to Heather at MyersMemorialUMC dot org

Looking for a group open to discussing topics of faith and scripture with fresh reflection on the ancient ideas that shape religious understanding? In the  Faith Meets Reason setting, we will examine contemporary faith by considering current thinking in biblical studies, theology, philosophy, and social sciences, along with the hard sciences of biology, physics, and astronomy.

 

The Faith Meets Reason class is a gathering that questions, discusses, and ponders religious matters as a thinking person in a church setting that is committed to Wesleyan theology. Beginning February 9, join us on Sunday mornings during the Sunday school hour in Room 105 in the Education Building. Contact persons for this class are Mark Hanna and David Elzey.

 

 

 

6p-7p in Room CFC 106

 

Allison Evanoff

Tonda Coonce

 

We will explore what each Gospel offers through different lens, which we understand Jesus’ Passion. One portrait reveals Jesus to be in control, while another emphasizes his suffering. In one story Jesus offers hope to the thief on the cross, and in another Jesus only receives derision. These different perspectives aren’t a reason to dismiss the Gospels; rather they reveal an abundant, diverse, and complementary picture of God’s work in the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus.

Women’s Small Group Bible Study Sundays at 3p in the Choir Suite

 

Facilitator: Laura Beatty

 

 

Life is this strange, tender mix, isn’t it? Joy and sorrow, love and loss, heartbreak and hope, all tangled together. This year, we invite you to embrace Lent as it is—raw, honest, and tender. This is the season that asks us to stop pretending we’re holding it all together. It’s a time to pause, sit with what’s fragile and unfinished, and let God meet us in the hardest parts of our lives.

Find the downloadable digital guide free at www.KateBowler.com or a copy can be provided.

Thursday Studies

Thursday at 10a or 6:30p

in room CFC 106.

 

Facilitator: Rev. Ev Stoddard

 

We will explore what the Bible does and doesn’t say about Mary Magdalene, educate ourselves on exciting discoveries in biblical scholarship, experience her historical portrayals, and examine extra-biblical text that bear her name. There might just be more to her story than meets the eye.

UMM Contact: Mike Rhodes

UWF Contact: Tanya Lunsford

 

Join us in the church parlor (Sanctuary entrance, left of the narthex) for Beyond the Breaking Heart, a support group for those grieving. Led by Julie Pitt, this group provides a safe space to share, connect, and find support on your journey through loss.

 

Julie, a Licensed Clinician with personal and professional experience in grief, will guide discussions using various resources. Being part of a group reminds you that you are not alone—others understand and walk with you. All are welcome, no matter your loss.

meets on Tuesdays at 11am in the CFC Classroom.  Enter the building through the portico entrance.  Park in the parking lot behind Bank of America.

At Al-Anon Family Group meetings, the friends and family members of problem drinkers share their experiences and learn how to apply the principles of the Al-Anon program to their individual situations for persons and families with substance abuse problems.

 

meets on Thursdays at 7:30pm in the Youth Lounge. Enter the building from the back side of the church’s education building (in the lot connected to the Pumpkin Patch area).  NA is a nonprofit fellowship of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem.