We meet on Zoom for the near future


Spring 2020 — Variety

January 5, Stan Burgess will bring us a discussion on the three Marys. The beginning of this spring study with Mike Tenneson will start on January 12. From February 16 to March 15 five of our class members will present the work they have prepared for this year's SPS conference that did not take place. Then we will move to literature and the Psalms with our class mates and friends, then Meghan Musy will take us through the Psalms.

DateInstructorTopic
January 5Stan BurgessThe Three Marys
January 12Mike TennesonOrigins and the Bible
January 19Jonathan LeCureuxTheme to be decided
January 26Mike TennesonOrigins and the Bible
February 2Mike TennesonOrigins and the Bible
February 9Mike TennesonOrigins and the Bible
February 16Dan MorrisonSPS Paper
February 23Marty Mittelstadt“Toews Women Talking” paper :: “Presentation
March 1Joy QuallsSPS Paper
March 8Bob BergSPS Paper
March 15Lois Olena“Violence against Indigenous Women” Presentation (10MB)
March 22Bob HansonModern Music and the Psalms
Our class schedule was interrupted by Covid-19, and we will be on Zoom until further notice.

Summer Session 2020

We will be going week by week during the summer. Covid-19 has taken our fellowship time to new lows. But as we socially distance ourselves, we can visit.

DateInstructorTopic
May 3TBATBA
May 10TBATBA
May 17Geoff SuttonPresentation :: Notes
May 24Geoff SuttonNotes
June 7The BratwaitesRace relations. Contemporary dialog
June 14The BratwaitesRace relations. Contemporary dialog
June 21Dan MorrisonRace relations. Contemporary dialog
June 28Jason AndersonDiscussion about race and local schools
July 5Nate NelsonBlack Literature
Essential Reading (3 texts zip)
1. Malcolm X (pdf)
2. Langston Hughes (pdf)
3. Junius Edwards (pdf)
Read if you have time (4 texts zip).
1. Claude McKay (pdf)
2. Laurence Dunbar (pdf)
3. James Baldwin (pdf)
4. Alice Walker (pdf)
July 12LaDonna FriesenAfrican American Children’s Literature
July 17John Lewis DiedSee the Video.
July 19Nate NelsonBlack Literature
1. Alice Walker 2011 "The Welcome Table" 5 pages (pdf)
2. William Blake "The Little Black Boy" 1 page (pdf)
3. James Baldwin "Sonny's Blues" longer read (pdf)

We will be looking into these three texts on Sunday. If you haven't read all the material from two weeks ago, please feel free to do so. The Baldwin text from two weeks ago is included in this Sunday's list too.

July 26Marty MittelstadtThe Cross and the Lynching Tree by James Cone
“The New Lynching Tree” by Estrelda Alexander (16 pages, PDF)
Springfield: Easter Offering 1906 Springfield Lynching: Joplin News Review
Class Presentation by Marty Mittelstadt
August 2Lois and Doug OlenaThe Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby
Lois' Notes
Lois' Slides
Resources
NPR: "White Supremacist Ideas Have Historical Roots In U.S. Christianity"
AG Statement on George Floyd and Racism
Kathleen J. Bertrand performs 'If I Can Help Somebody' during John Lewis’ funeral (July 30, 2020)
August 9Christie ToshBlack Art
August 16Doug OlenaThe New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Doug's Presentation
Doug's Presentation with notes
August 23Lois OlenaTBA
August 30Christie ToshConclusion to Black Art
Presentation with notes

Fall Session 2020 —> Amos


Tim Stagner will be guiding us through the book of Amos. Marty suggests a few books to guide us along the way. The Hebrew Prophets and Their Social World by Victor Matthews and Generous Justice: How God's Grace Makes Us Just by Tim Keller

Additionally, Rumy Hristova has extended the Summer 2020 study to include Three Memorable Christian Women: Irina of Macedonia, Saint Petka-Paraskeva and Princess Olga of Kiev for us.

Marty Mittelstadt takes us into the New Year with a study of Luke 1 and 2 and associated scripture passages concerning the Birth Narrative of Jesus and what follows shortly after.

DateInstructorTopic
September 6Marty MittelstadtPresentation
September 13Tim Stagner Israel and Judah Map
September 20Tim StagnerAmos Presentation (week 1-3)
“Historicism” by C. S. Lewis, mentioned by Nate Nelson from the Internet Archive
September 27Tim StagnerAmos
October 4Tim StagnerAmos 1:3-2:16
October 11Tim StagnerAmos 3:1-4:13
October 18Tim StagnerAmos 5:1-17
October 25Tim StagnerAmos 5:18-6:14
November 1Tim StagnerAmos 7:1-17
November 8Tim StagnerAmos 8:1-9:10
November 15Tim StagnerAmos 9:11-15
November 22Rumy HristovaPresentation: Three Memorable Christian Women: Irina of Macedonia, Saint Petka-Paraskeva and Princess Olga of Kiev
November 29Marty MittelstadtAdvent in Luke
December 6Marty MittelstadtAdvent in Luke
December 13Marty MittelstadtAdvent in Luke
December 20Marty MittelstadtAdvent in Luke
December 24Christmas Eve with Juli Nelson5 pm. (Make sure I have your email address, so I can send you the Zoom link. Doug)
Materials for Christmas service.
December 27Marty MittelstadtLuke