First Mennonite Church - Contemporary Issues Sunday School Class
11:10am - 12:00n
2002 Program
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Winter 2002: End of Life issues: Death, Dying, and Medical Ethics
Includes discussion of terminal illness or injury; family decisions about life support; living wills;
funeral arrangements; grieving.
"Spiritual Values, Health Care Ethics, and the role of the Church in End-of-Life Decisions"
"On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying",
Four-Part PBS Video Series on Death and Dying (6 hours).
"Facing Death" Mennonite resource on End-of-Life issues.
- Jan. 6 Introduction / Role Play
- Jan. 13 [Women's Class / Men's Class]
- Jan. 20 Basic Principles for End-of-Life Decision-Making (Medical Ethics)
- Jan. 27 Goals and Limits of Medical Care
- Feb. 3 Advance Directives: Values / Medical Treatment
- Feb. 10 [Spruce Lake Retreat]
- Feb. 17 Spiritual values and the Role of the Church
- Feb. 24 Grieving
- Mar. 3 Funerals, Wills
Spring 2002
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"A Moral Response to Terrorism: Conscience in a Time of War"
This series uses a five-part Sojourner's study guide which leads through the soul searching
moral and theological questions we are living with in the post-Sept. 11 world.
How do we find light in this present darkness? Why do the terrorists hate America?
Is Islam the enemy? What's the best way to fight terrorism?
Fall 2002
- "Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home" -- Study led by J. Kotva, using Richard Foster's book.
Fall 2001 Program
Missional Church -- The new Mennonite Church USA has chosen to become a
"Missional Church". What does it mean to be a Missional Church in North America?
How is a Missional Church different from other churches?
- September 9: Introduction / Overview of "Missional Church"
- September 16: Biblical / Theological basis for Missional Church
- September 23: The church as missional community
- September 30: Models for a Missional Church
A Force More Powerful -- Six-part PBS video series on nonviolent action by citizens
who successfully overcame oppression and brutality.
- October 7: 1960 U.S. civil rights student sit-in in Nashville
- October 14: Discussion / [Women's Class]
- October 21: The Salt March led by Gandhi in India
- October 28: Black township resistance in South Africa
- November 4: Danish resistance to the Nazis in Denmark, by ferrying fellow Jewish citizens
to safety in Sweden
- November 11: Discussion / [Women's Class]
- November 18: Resistance to dictator Pinochet in Chile
- November 25: The rise of labor solidarity in Poland.
- December 2: Discussion
- December 9: Discussion / [Women's Class]
- Decmeber 16: International Debt / SAPs: Venezuela, Equador
- December 23: Biblical stories of active non-violence
- December 30: Wrap-up
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Last Updated: 01/03/02
Created: 09/04/01