Lamenting Racism
Sunday, March 23
Brotherhood Room
9:45 to 10:45 a.m.
You are invited to join us for a 6-week pop-up Sunday School class starting during Lent called Lamenting Racism: A Christian Response to Racial Injustice.
Here is how the course is described: In Lamenting Racism, a team of leading pastors and theologians invite us into the transformative and motivating practice of biblical lament as a powerful way to confront racism. Through their conversations in six thought-provoking videos, they name that God’s people of every race are called to consider how we have been shaped and formed by race, and they guide us into experiencing lament as an anti-racism practice.
Encouraging congregations to reclaim the lost art of biblical lament, these pastors and theologians model a powerful way to pour out the fear, shame, grief, and rage of racism as we cry out to God in prayer. In the process, we will be transformed and motivated to reclaim hope and to act for a world shaped by God’s inclusive vision of love and blessing.
We will gather during the Sunday School hour to watch a short video for the first 10-15 minutes and then have plenty of time for discussion and reflection. Our sessions will be March 23, March 30, April 6, April 27, May 4 and May 11, in the Brotherhood Room.
As a Matthew 25 church, Central has committed to dismantling systemic racism in our midst. With this short series, we have an opportunity as a congregation to name and lament racism and its impact as well as take new steps to live out our commitment to antiracism.
Contact M.E. Davis at maryelizabeth.pope@gmail.com or 404-630-2678 with any questions.
Central Bible Study: The Gospel of John
Begins Sunday, March 23
The Parlor
9:45 to 10:45 a.m.
Central Bible Study, a new adult Sunday morning class, will meet for the first time on March 23. Central Bible Study will be a traditional Bible study class – what some would describe as “close examination of Scripture.” The verse-by-verse approach will mean that we’ll ofen cover, in a given class session, just one chapter of the Scripture book of interest. We’ll use the NRSV translation of the Bible. The approach to Scriptural analysis will be critical in nature, and we’ll engage in Scriptural interpretation that reflects our Reformed theology. The first book of the Bible that will be explored by the Central Bible Study class will be the Gospel of John.
Class location: The Parlor (off of Tull Hall).
Issues in Theology: Shakespeare and Theology
Greene Room
9:45 to 10:45 a.m.
The class explores Shakespeare and the Bible in a variety of ways. On March 23, 30, and April 6, the class will be exploring, “Measure for Measure”” Public Health and Social Justice.
April 13 Palm Sunday no class
April 20 Easter no class
April 27, May 4 and May 11 “The Tempest”: Revenge vs. Forgiveness
May 18 Selected Sonnets
May 25 Memorial Day Weekend. Class meeting to be decided later
June 1 and following Summer series for all classes
Questions? Contact Tina Sizemore (tinasizemore@bellsouth.net).
