Summertime
Small Groups
Find something to dig into this Summer!
SUMMER CLASS
Exploring Islam with Pastor Larry Shores
BEGINS JUNE 15
Mondays at 12:00 pm
Room 100
We will begin by getting a sense of the ideology and continue considering the competing truth claims relative to Christ’s teaching.
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The first meeting will be a 2-hour session (12:00 – 2:00 PM), each subsequent session will be 1 hour, 12 – 1 PM
(8 – 10 total sessions). Since the sessions will be held over the lunch hour, participants are encouraged to bring a sack lunch to enjoy.
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The purpose of the class is to educate ourselves and to consider how we are to love as Christ would have us love in these circumstances.
Women's Summer Book Club
Led by Terry Shores & Sharon Webb
Meets Monthly during May, June, July, & August for discussion and brunch
Come hang out with us this summer! Our Women's Summer Book Club meets once a month to chat about the Book of the Month, share some laughs, and enjoy a delicious brunch together.
We rotate hosting at MVPC members' homes, and everyone brings a brunch dish to share.
Whether you’ve read every page, a few chapters, or just want to hear the discussion, you’re warmly welcome.
Enjoy a morning filled with laughter, good conversation, and the chance to make new friends — while cherishing time with old ones, too.
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JUNE INFO:
BOOK - "Theo of Golden" by Allen Levi
Saturday, June 27 @ 1:30pm (Due to the Funeral in the morning)
BRING - Cookies or a Treat to share
Meeting at Sandy Roorda's home
(call Church Office if you need directions)
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Looking for good food and even better conversation? Come hang out with Pastor Larry Shores and the guys once a month this summer! We’ll dig into a homemade breakfast and chat about what we’ve been reading in the Bible lately. It’s relaxed, it’s welcoming — and all men are invited.
NEXT MEETING
Coming Soon in JUNE - check back for the specific date
in the Sanctuary Lobby Area
Men's Breakfast
Led by Pastor Larry Shores
Meets monthly during May, June, July, & August.
SPIRIT FILLED LIVING
"Creation Care"
with Pastor Jim Webb
Meets Thursdays at 1:00 pm
In Meeting Room 1
Please note some weeks during the summer we will not meet - please check calendar
From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible reveals a God whose creative power and loving care embrace all that exists, from earth and sky and sea to every creeping, crawling, swimming, and flying creature. Yet the significance of the Bible's extensive teaching about the natural world is easily overlooked by Christians accustomed to focusing only on what the Bible says about God's interaction with human beings.
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In the Creation Care series, father and son team Douglas and Jonathan Moo invite viewers to open their Bibles afresh to explore the place of the natural world within God's purposes and to celebrate God's love as displayed in creation and new creation.
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Following the contours of the biblical storyline, they uncover answers to questions such as:
- What is the purpose of non-human creation?
- Can a world with things like predators, parasites, and natural disasters still be the "good" world described in Genesis 1?
- What difference does the narrative of the Fall make for humankind's responsibility to rule over other creatures?
- Does Israel's experience on the land have anything to teach Christians about their relationship with the earth?
- What difference does Jesus make for our understanding of the natural world?
- How does our call to care for creation fit within the hope for a new heaven and a new earth?
- What is unique about Christian creation care compared with other approaches to environmental issues?
- How does creation care fit within the charge to proclaim the gospel and care for the poor?
In addition to providing a comprehensive biblical theology of creation care, Douglas and Jonathan Moo probe behind the headlines and politicized rhetoric about an "environmental crisis" and climate change to provide a careful and judicious analysis of the most up-to-date scientific data about the state of our world.
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They conclude by setting forth a bold framework and practical suggestions for an effective and faithful Christian response to the scriptural teaching about the created world.
