Faith Formation Opportunities for Winter 2025
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Course during Lent season begins on Wednesday, March 12th and will meet for 5 times. This time will begin at 5:30 pm and begin with a shared meal of soup & bread, potluck/family style. Following our meal, we will shift to an hour of content and discussion, finishing up by 7:45 pm.
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This course is focused on looking at our relationship with the Bible. Sylvia will be teaching/hosting this time with Pastor Greg adding some content along the way. Our hope is to consider common assumptions about the Bible and its role in our faith growth, note how different generations tend to ask different questions of the text and bring different concerns, look a the authority the Bible brings to our spiritual life and how to read it for formation rather than just information. Join us if you can and bring your questions, wonderings, practices, and delights that we all might learn together! I'm really looking forward to this time of learning and growth.
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Now What? session is the one hour conversation space hosted by Sylvia, right after the service.
Based upon the themes shared that morning in the sermon, this Q&R time allows for further discussion
to help us think deeply about how we can become people who obey our Lord & Savior, Jesus the Christ naturally.
1 Timothy 4:7-8 offers us a framework stating, "...train yourself to be godly. For physical training is of some value,
but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.
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(Now What? sessions are on-hold until March 16, 2025 due to Deeper Dive course using facilities.)​
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Lectio Divina - a meditative way to read Scripture
​This weekly offering is held every Thursday @ 12:30 pm. This is a 30-minute, via zoom,
thoughtful, meditative, slow, community-based way to engage Scripture. Our focus is not so much
consumption of a Scripture passage as it is to listen deeply to what God is saying to us through a
particular passage of Scripture.
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We have spent the past three years in this practice using almost exclusively the Psalms.
This year, we will expand to stories about Jesus and His parables as found in the gospels.
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Contact Sylvia or the church office for the zoom link.
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Spiritual direction is a offering Sylvia is certified to bring to our congregation.
This is a 1-hour, 1x-a-month, meeting where the aim is to listen deeply to God & your own life.
The real director is the Holy Spirit, yet my job is to listen, ask questions and invite you to
notice the fingerprints of God.
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These appointments can be particularly helpful when facing a big decision, responding to tragedy
or a sudden change in lifestyle or upon recognizing a desire to move more intentionally into
your friendship with God.
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If I can help in any way, do not hesitate to reach out. This is such a delightful
hour to share with one another. I have had a spiritual director appointment each month for four
years now and it is an incredible gift to my own growth.
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Walks & talks, meals and shared prayer are always connections awaiting for you.
Please don't hesitate to reach out via email (sylvia@fridayharborpres.org) or call (360-378-4544) to make an appointment.
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