With few exceptions, the Oberammergau Passion Play has been presented by the inhabitants of the village of Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany every 10 years since 1634. The play is a staging of Jesus’ Passion story, covering the final period of his life from his visit to Jerusalem to the journey to the cross..

In his new book and study, The Passion Play: Living the Story of Christ’s Last Days, author and pastor Rob Fuquay follows the biblical story of the Passion and how it has been experienced through the centuries against the backdrop of this amazing play.[1]

Join Pastor Andrew as his Sunday School class reads and discusses Rob Fuquay’s The Passion Play: Living the Story of Christ’s Last Days. Participants should pick up a copy The Passion Play. If you would like the church to order a copy of the book for you, please contact the church office. The cost of the book is $15.50. If the cost of the book will be a problem, please talk to Pastor Andrew. If you would like to order through the church, please let us know by Sunday, February 16^th.

Schedule

• March 9 – Introduction and Chapter One (The Power of a Vow)
• March 16 – Chapter Two (The Importance of Community)
• March 23 – Chapter Three (The Role of Ritual)
• March 30 – Chapter Four (Living the Story)
• April 6 – Chapter Five (Telling a Better Story)
• April 13 – Chapter Six (The Power of the Cross)

Contact the church office to order the book or for Zoom Information

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^[1] From book’s promotional materials

Jesus provided his disciples teachings for how to follow Torah, God’s word; he told them parables to help them discern questions of ethics and of human nature; he offered them beatitudes for comfort and encouragement. But sometimes Jesus spoke words that followers then and now have found difficult. He instructs disciples to hate members of their own families (Luke 14:26), to act as if they were slaves (Matthew 20:27), and to sell their belongings and give to the poor (Luke 18:22). He restricts his mission (Matthew 10:6); he speaks of damnation (Matthew 8:12); he calls Jews the devil’s children (John 8:44).

In The Difficult Words of Jesus, Amy-Jill Levine shows how these difficult teachings would have sounded to the people who first heard them, how have they been understood over time, and how we might interpret them in the context of the Gospel of love and reconciliation.[1]

Join Pastor Andrew as his Sunday School class reads and discusses Amy-Jill Levine’s The Difficult Words of Jesus: a beginners guide to his most perplexing teachings. Participants should pick up a copy The Difficult Words of Jesus. If you would like the church to order a copy of the book for you, please contact the church office. The cost of the book is $13.50. If the cost of the book will be a problem, please talk to Pastor Andrew. If you would like to order through the church, please let us know by Sunday, December 29^th.

Schedule

• January 19 – Introduction and Chapter One (Sell What You Own)
• January 26 – No Class
• February 2 – Chapter Two (Hate Father and Mother)
• February 9 – Chapter Three (Slave of All)
• February 16 – Chapter Four (Nowhere Among the Gentiles)
• February 23 – Chapter Five (Outer Darkness)
• March 2 – Chapter Six (Your Father the Devil)

Contact the church office for Zoom information or to order a copy of the book

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[1] From book’s promotional materials