Youth are always welcome to join the adults on this learning journey!

Adult Study and Discussion Groups

Pastor's Book Study & Discussion
Deepen your understanding of God and what it means to be a Christian. Join Pastor Linda Butler and people from St. Timothys and other area churches to explore and discuss the ideas of contemporary religious scholars.

Part of our adult theological re-education program, the classes help us to grapple with faith questions and issues, and to grow in faith.

Classes are held most Thursdays at 7:00-8:30 p.m. and Fridays at 10:00 to noon in the conference room. Everyone is welcome, including senior high youth and adults.

Our Thursday and Friday Discussion Groups will be taking a break during July and August so that our new pastor, Linda Butler, can unpack, get more settled in and take some vacation time.

The next study book will be a discussion of Rita Nakashima Brock's Journeys By Heart: A Christology of Erotic Power. The study will begin on September 2 & 3 and will conclude on October 7 & 8. Rita Nakashima Brock will be at Faith Explorations at Waterloo First UMC on October 8 - October 10. To download a brochure about Faith Explorations go to www.waterloofirst.org.

Linda Butler is the discussion leader. Come and bring a friend. If you have any questions
about the class or would like us to order a copy of the book for you, contact the church office, 266-0464.

Sept 2, 3		Prologue and Chapter 1: “The Character of Being Human and the Making of Human Character”
Sept 9, 10		Chapter 2: “The Heart of Erotic Power: The Incarnation of Divine Love”
Sept. 16, 17		Chapter 3: “The Feminist Redemption of Christ”
Sept. 23, 24		Chapter 4: “The Gospel of Mark: Erotic Power at Work”
Sept. 30, Oct. 1		Chapter 5: “The Gospel of Mark: Erotic Power in the Shadows”
Oct. 7, 8		Epilogue: “Journeying by Heart"

Previous Books/DVD's include:

"A New Spiritual Home: Progressive Christianity at the Grass Roots," by Hal Taussig
"The First Paul: Reclaiming the Radical Visionary Behind the Church's Conservative Icon," by Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan
DVD Study - "Living the Questions 2.0, An Introduction to Progressive Christianity"
"The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus" by Amy-Jill Levine
DVD Study - "Countering Pharaoh's Production-Consumption Society Today" featuring Walter Brueggemann
"Jesus Rode a Donkey: Why Republicans Don't Have the Corner on Christ" by Linda Seger
"Living the Questions" DVD Study - "Questioning Capital Punishment" featuring Sr. Helen Prejean
"Risks of Faith: The Emergence of a Black Theology of Liberation, 1968-1998" by James H. Cone
"The First Christmas: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus' Birth" by Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan
"The Rapture Exposed" by Barbara R. Rossing
"In Search of Belief" by Joan Chittester
"God and Empire: Jesus Against Rome Then and Now" by John Dominic Crossan
"The Last Week" by Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan
"A New Christianity for a New World" by John Shelby Spong
"God's Politics" by Jim Wallis

UMW Bible Study
All women are invited to attend the UMW Bible Study held monthly in the home of one of the members. Check Tims Tales (newsletter), the monthly calendar, or weekly announcements for details, or contact the church office.

Canterbury Forum
It's collaborative project involving more than a dozen mainstream and progressive religious communities in northern Iowa's Cedar Valley. Its purpose is to inform people about religious issues and to explore the relationship between religion and the broader culture - including science, history, and the arts. Discussion sessions are hosted by St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 2410 Melrose Drive, Cedar Falls.


	3220 Terrace Drive, Cedar Falls, IA 50613 Phone (319) 266-0464 Email info@sttims-umc.org	Worship Services Every Sunday 10:15 am