Formation For Life: Adult Education
First Mennonite Church of Denver
11 AM on Sundays
Fall 2009
(see below for more information about Formation 101 schedule)
October 25
• Worship space - Lori Oswald - "Complaint-free World"
• B-21 - Formation 101 - Anabaptist/Mennonite ethics of conflict, finance, power: a study of the sermon on the mount - Vern Rempel
November 1
• Community Center - Congregational meeting about our annual budget, with panel discussion led by congregational chairperson Craig Sommers. This meeting will run from 10:30 - 12:00, with child-care available (the worship service will be shortened this Sunday).
November 8
• Sanctuary - Formation 101 - Introduction to MCUSA denomination - Ed Rempel
• B-21 - The Godfather trilogy and the Old Testament Part 1 - Tory Doerksen
November 15
• Sanctuary - Rhoda Blough and Theda Good - MMA end-of-life resources
• B-21 - The Godfather trilogy and the Old Testament Part 2 - Tory Doerksen
• B-18 - Formation 101 - Who and what is First Mennonite Church of Denver? - Vern Rempel
November 22
• Sanctuary - Formation 101 - Anabaptist/Mennonite spirituality - Annie Lengacher Browning
• B-21 - The Godfather trilogy and the Old Testament Part 3 - Tory Doerksen
November 29
• Sanctuary - Anabaptist and Mennonite spiritual practice - Tim Pynes
• B-21 - The Godfather trilogy and the Old Testament Part 4 - Tory Doerksen
• B-18 - Formation 101 - What does membership at First Mennonite mean? - Vern Rempel
December 6
• Sanctuary - no class (Church Christmas Bazaar in Community Center)
• B-21 - The Godfather trilogy and the Old Testament Part 5 - Tory Doerksen
December 13
• B-21 - The Godfather trilogy and the Old Testament Part 6 - Tory Doerksen
December 20
• Sanctuary - Anabaptist and Mennonite spiritual practice - Tim Pynes
December 27
• no class (Christmas season quiescence)
FMC Formation 101
If you are you interested in learning more about our Mennonite faith and about First Mennonite Church of Denver, the series below, already underway in our education hour, may be of interest to you. ---Pastors Annie and Vern
September 13 – Introduction to basic Anabaptist/Mennonite values by way of Vern's "The Mennonites" poem, a "gathering of ideas", prioritization of 2 key ideas, and then injecting these into a praxis exercise exploring commitment and risk. - Vern Rempel
September 20 - Continuing discussion about basic values, based on the poem and some additional reflection about Mennonite history - Vern Rempel
September 27 - No class - church retreat
October 4 - Presentation about Mountain States Mennonite Conference with Herm, Theda, Rhoda, and Karen with Q/A - Vern Rempel
October 11 - Discussion about Mennonites values based on the National ID resolution (San Jose 2007) and MCUSA study materials - Vern Rempel
October 18 - Continued discussion of the National ID resolution, using excerpts from the MCUSA study materials. - Vern Rempel
October 25 - Anabaptist/Mennonite ethics of conflict, finance, power: a study of the Sermon on the Mount - Vern Rempel
November 1 - No class - congregational budget meeting
November 8 - Introduction to MCUSA denomination - Ed Rempel
November 15 - Who and what is First Mennonite Church of Denver? - Vern Rempel
November 22 - Anabaptist/Mennonite spirituality - Annie Lengacher Browning
November 29 - What does membership at First Mennonite mean? - Vern Rempel
