The SOS Adult Sunday School class is beginning a Fall-series of Bible study and discussion lessons entitled Love For One Another, and all newcomers and visitors are welcome to join! The SOS Class is a fun-loving group that will welcome visitors who want to join us in prayer, Bible study and Christian fellowship. We value each other’s differences, and our goal is to help one another to better know Christ.

In September, the class will be reading the story of Joseph from the Book of Genesis to examine how LOVE can overcome the most difficult challenges in family life. In October, a variety of Scripture will focus on how to practice INCLUSIVE LOVE and how to extend love beyond those who agree with us – so needed in today’s world!  November lessons will explore some of the most inspirational passages from the New Testament, highlighting SELFLESS LOVE and our call to put others before ourselves.

The class meets securely online on Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m., and beginning in September, social-distanced face-to-face meetings at the church will also be added! Please contact Carol Stalcup by e-mail at cocosta@bellsouth.net or Jim Woods by e-mail at Jim.p.woods@gmail.com for more information.

Blind Spot: Hidden Biases of Good People is one of the most eye-opening and most helpful books I have ever read. I am grateful to Rev. Beth Brown Shugart for introducing me to it.

Our world is rife with questions about race, gender, and other classifications. God calls us to do our part to make our world more just and free for all of us.  I cannot think of a better response to God's call than educating ourselves with this book and joining this discussion together.

Rev. Terry Tippens

The Bible and a Book, a weekly online course which combines reading the book Blind Spot: Hidden Biases of Good People with a study of I John, will be led by Rev. Beth Brown Shugart. The class will be offered online via Zoom on Sunday afternoons from 4 to 5 p.m. Class dates are  October 4th, 18th, and 25th, and November 1st, 8th, 15^th, and 22nd.

Please register with our receptionist, Tracy Brinker, by e-mail at tbrinker@duluthumc.org, or by calling the church at 770-476-3776.  To participate, you will need to purchase the book Blind Spot by Banaji and Greenwald.  It is highly recommended that you purchase a hard copy, rather than an e-book. Registration closes on Wednesday, September 30th.

Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America is a study for parents, grandparents, educators, small group leaders, and communities who wish to raise their children to be able and active participants in a society that is becoming one of the most racially diverse in the world while remaining full of racial tensions.

A study based on the book of the same name will be held at the church on Wednesday evenings beginning October 21st and continuing through December 16th. The study, led by Rev. David Burchett, Assistant Pastor and Director of Youth Ministries, will meet from 6 to 7 p.m. in a hybrid format with in-person and online participation available.

Please register for this study by contacting Tracy Brinker by e-mail at tbrinker@duluthumc.org, or at 770-476-3776, by Sunday, October 11th.

Getting to Know the Hymnal, a two-week online course beginning December 6th, will reveal the amazing resources that are a part of the United Methodist Hymnal.  Not only will you will learn about hymns, but you will be introduced to the book that John Wesley said was “the second most important book you can own.”

Class sessions are Sundays, December 6th and 13th, from 4 to 5 p.m. on-line via Zoom.

Please register with Tracy Brinker, Church Receptionist, by e-mail at tbrinker@duluthumc.org, or by calling the church at 770-476-3776.  To participate, you will need a United Methodist Hymnal. Registration closes on Wednesday, December 2nd.