Adult Faith Formation
Still Waters: February 21, 2026
Still Waters Fellowship takes place around a good meal and the exploration of one or more of the traditional practices that can help us grow in our relationship to God. All are welcome! RSVPs are encouraged in the interest of meal planning.
Our next gathering will be on Saturday, February 21, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the home of Roger Parker. For more information or to RSVP to Roger, click on the link below.
Bible Study: February 2026
We meet every Wednesday at 11:15 a.m. in the church library. Our hour consists of communal prayer, attention to scripture as it applies to our lives, and fellowship.
Topic for January and February: The Plan of God, Our Place in It, and Scripture
"From before time began God has had a plan: that humankind will have a
place
in God's Kingdom."
Our modern Bible gives us the story, the plot, the plan which was conceived by the
God whose presence was before, now and will be forever. The Plan begins with the act of Creation, the
Moment of Creation. In the Christian Bible the Plan ends with the Book of Revelation which tells of the last
moments of the earthly Kingdom of God. Between the beginning and the end we find the Moment of
Redemption: the incarnation, death, and resurrection of Christ.
Our study will be based on the people who advance what we could call the plot, or story line. We will
think/meditate about these folks, most of whom with names we will recognize. They will be found with
characteristics which we can find by looking into our own mirrors. They will also be a particular "people"
whom God chose to put the Plan into place.
You will need a Bible to perhaps use at home and in our meetings to use with the study sheets which
will be available each week. This method and design will be different from what we have been using for the
last 14 or so years and we will have a new framework for our understanding of scripture and why we have it as a
tool.
Suggestion.....give it a try...you may like it. The subject of God is a non-ending mystery unsolvable in
this life. But it is an excellent topic of conversation. And a system for spiritual growth.
Psalm of the week for February 8: Psalm 112:1-10, Beatus vir (Blessed is the man, also maybe, courage, strength, hero)
There are blessings for us in the psalms. In my monastic life the 150 psalms are read through in a month with portions read at morning and evening prayer in the zoom community. This has been going on for years with Anamchara Fellowship and as two stints with the Benedictines. Some orders do 150 psalms per day. It is important and has been so since before Christianity although perhaps not the same sort of reading. They are solemnly read with a pause at the asterisk. Reading aloud and with the pause is a rewarding habit.
This text emphasizes the people. There is a sort of topic sentence at verse 1 that gets the poem started: "have great delight in his commandment." Great delight in the L__. Got it? How come the delight in the L__? This is a notion in scripture as well as in the Talmud. (There are some similarities with the Koran, the holy book of Islam) Think about Matthew 5 to see if there is a balance between this gospel and what is found in Psalm 112. (May be very energizing and entertaining.)
So here are some questions; what gifts have the people received and what are some responses. How are we told about the qualities of these people of God. How should we be? Think about the use of "heart" and its meaning here and why is the word used?
Well that should do it for the week.
Blessings, Kathie.