Sunday School
Rodney
Pritchett – Superintendent
Email: Sunday.School@MidwayPCA.org
NEW INQUIRER’S CLASS
We will begin a new
Inquirer’s Class soon. Those
interested
in learning more about Midway or becoming a member are invited to
attend. Please contact the church office for details.
Welcome
to Midway Presbyterian Church, particularly to our Sunday School. The
purpose of Midway Church is to worship God, to glorify His name, and to
make disciples by equipping God’s people to be Students of
God’s word,
Servants of Christ and one another, Sowers of the message of truth, and
Stewards of their gifts, time, talents, and resources. We seek to
fulfill this goal through our adult Sunday School program. We offer
several adult classes to meet various needs. Below are Links to the
class pages which contain brief descriptions of these classes, as well
as descriptions of our youth classes, and the locations of the
children’s classes:
Summer Quarter (June 2010 - August
2010)
"Praising God in Spirit and in Truth" This
class will be taught from June 6-July 11 by Pastor Hall. Any who wish
to join with us for an interactive study, "Praising God in Spirit and
in Truth," on hymns and singing in worship may join
us in the
Choir Loft at 9:45 a.m. for this special class. Come and join us to
learn new songs for worship and why we sing as we do. Click the link to view more information about that
class.
| Class
Name |
Class
Location |
Subject
of Study |
| Berean |
New
Fellowship Hall |
"I
Exalt You, O God" |
| Explorers |
New
Fellowship Hall |
1st
Peter |
| Fellowship |
New
Fellowship Hall |
Westminster
Confession of Faith |
| Grace |
MCCS
Lunchroom
|
Ecclesiastes |
| Harvester |
New
Fellowship Hall |
Gospel
of Mark |
| L.I.G.H.T. |
New
Fellowship Hall |
Hebrews |
| Ralph Scott |
New
Fellowship Hall |
Hebrews |
| Racerunners |
New
Fellowship Hall |
“Desiring
God:
Becoming a Christian Hedonist”
|
| Women |
New
Fellowship Hall |
Proverbs |
| Young Adult |
New
Fellowship Hall |
Ezra
/ Nehemiah |
| Youth and Children |
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“Now these were more noble minded
than those
in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness,
examining the Scriptures daily, to see whether these things were
so.”
“We
have a unique group in
that our age runs the gamut from the three score and ten plus right
down to those in their twenties. We have the young Christian to the
mature Christian. We have the young couples with families and middle
aged with families. We have grandfathers and grandmothers with lots of
grandkids. We have the great singles too. New Christian or old
Christian, young or old, single, or married, you will be right at home.
We are friendly people that are easy to love and will return it too. We
are a people that love God’s word. Our teacher - Paul
VanNortwick -
makes the lesson interesting and applicable to life as it is today.
We
are structured to allow plenty of time for your
input and
discussion. Your opinions and comments are important and always
welcome. We plan frequent socials that facilitate fellowship. We
organize a vital prayer fellowship that operates throughout the week.
You will have the opportunity to join hands with other class members in
using your precious God given gifts and talents.”
The
Berean class is studying Jerry Bridges' book on worship, "I Exalt You,
O God".
Those
not already involved in an Adult Sunday
School we invite you to join us in the New Fellowship Hall.
The
format of the class will be expositional,
verse by verse teaching through different books of the
Scriptures. The class is called the "Explorers" class because
that is what we will do each Sunday - explore the Word ! .
The
composition of the Explorers Class is couples
and singles from age 30 and up.
The
Bible study is taught by Elder Wendell Way.
The
Explorers Class is studying 1st Peter.
“If we say that we have fellowship
with Him
and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; but
if we walk in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the
blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all our sin.”
Our
fellowship is
indicative of our walk, and the Fellowship Class is concerned that the
people of God evidence a true fellowship with Christ through their
daily walk. The Fellowship Class is one of our larger classes, but
through fellowship
with one another, they maintain the mentality of a small class.
The
composition of the
Fellowship Class is couples and singles from age 30 and up.
The
Bible study is taught by a
rotation of teachers: Don Barnett, Brian
Lawrence, James Scott and Lindsey Tippins.
The
Fellowship Class is studying The Westminster Confession of Faith.
“But grow in the grace and knowledge
of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”
Sinners
need grace. It is God’s saving
grace that regenerates
hearts and enables sinners to receive Jesus Christ. It is because of
God’s saving grace that sinners are declared holy and
blameless in
Jesus Christ. Without God’s saving grace, sinners would never
come to
repentance and faith, trusting in Jesus Christ alone for their
salvation.
Saved
sinners need grace. Being a
Christian means more than professing to be one. Being a Christian means
being a disciple of Jesus Christ. A true disciple of Jesus Christ will
become more like Him. A true disciple of Jesus Christ will pursue
holiness. This pursuit of holiness requires total dependence on
God’s
transforming grace. Without God’s transforming grace, it is
impossible
to become more like Jesus and live in the power of the gospel.
Recognizing
our total dependence on
God’s grace, members of
the Grace Class desire to feed on God’s Word, our infallible
rule of
faith and practice, in order grow together in the grace and knowledge
of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Grace Class is made up of singles and
couples of various ages. The Grace Class meets in the MCCS Lunchroom.
Book
of Ecclesiastes
“The harvest is plentiful, but the
workers are
few. Therefore, beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers
into His harvest.”
Jesus
bade us to lift up our eyes and to look on
the fields. When the Harvest Class responded to Jesus command, they
beheld a field ready for harvest. The prayer of the Harvester Class is
that they would be the fulfillment of their own prayers for workers to
be sent out into His harvest.
The
composition of the Harvester Class is couples
and singles
from age 30 and up.
Clay
David, Ken
Dewhurst, Phil Dudt, Matt Ross, and Jim Wolff.
The
Harvester Class is currently studying The Gospel of Mark.
Led
by Leon Combs, Ph.D. (Chemical
Physics)
The
LIGHT (Living in God’s Holy
Truth) Sunday School
Class welcomes Christians to come for a serious study of
God’s Word
that will help all members live a life committed to their Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ. The class follows a lecture plus interaction
format. Class communication is via email with prayer and praise
requests regularly transmitted among members. Since September 8, 2005,
the class has been studying the history of the Christian church and
completed a study of Acts for that purpose. The class will continue
this study of the Christian church by focusing on other books written
by Paul during his ministry and following their chronological order.
The main purpose of the studies is to determine why problems in
maintaining a God-centered worship occur and how to deal with them. The
class has already studied Romans, James, Ephesians, 1st and 2nd
Thessalonians, Galatians, and Revelation. Leon’s notes on
those studies
are located
on his web site http://LivingTheology.com (look
under “commentaries” for those notes). Leon is a
scientist with a Ph.D.
in Chemical Physics who taught and administered in universities for 39
years. He has been a Christian since the fall of 1970, has studied
God’s Word extensively since that time, and has taught SS
classes in
three different denominations for about 30 years. His spiritual resume
can be read at http://LivingTheology.com/Resume.htm
.
Interested members are welcome to join us for our
current study, Hebrews.
“Be faithful unto death, and I will
give you
the crown of life.”
Ralph
Scott was injured at birth and lived his
life of 83
years mentally handicapped. Yet he did not allow his handicap to impede
his faith. His simple child-like faith was such an inspiration to our
senior men that they named their class for him to remind them to be
faithful stewards of the manifold grace of God.
The
Ralph Scott Class is comprised of
men from age 50 and up, and are taught by Rev. Joe York.
They
are currently studying Hebrews.
“Therefore, since we have so great a
cloud of
witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance, and
the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the
race that is set before us fixing our eyes upon Jesus the author and
perfecter of faith...”
The
Racerunners
realize that the Author and Perfecter of Faith has set a race before
us. Their focus is on developing encouraging relationships among young
couples, parents, and singles so that they stimulate each other to lay
aside every encumbrance and entangling sin and to run life’s
course
with perseverance.
This
class is comprised of young couples and singles, primarily in their
20's and 30's.
This
class is taught by Lewis Godwin.
We
are currently studying “Desiring God: Becoming a Christian
Hedonist”.
Our Women’s Sunday School Class is
comprised of senior women, many of which have served as Sunday School
Teachers and Women in the Church Officers in past years. They are
taught by Nancy Pritchett and meet in the
New Fellowship Hall.
They
are currently studying Proverbs.
This class meets in the New Fellowship Hall and
is led by Brett Edwards.
The
present study is Ezra & Nehemiah
Rev. Joel Smit, Assistant
Pastor for
Youth
and Families,
is in charge of our Youth Classes. We have two classes tailored to
meet the needs of the youth of our congregation. They are as follows:
The Middle School Class is
comprised of
young men and young women currently attending the sixth,
seventh, or eighth grade in home, private and public schools. The class
is taught by Jonathan and Becky Jackson, and Ryan and Beth Leslie. The
class studies Great
Commission Publications literature which is the recognized Sunday
School literature of the Presbyterian Church in America. The class
currently meets in the gym classroom.
The High school class meets in the
Underground
classroom.
Rev. Joel Smit
is the teacher. They use Great
Commission Publications Literature.
Last, but certainly not least, we have
great
children’s
classes, under the direction of Rev. Marc Harrington, Assistant Pastor
for Children and Families. All of our children’s classes
study Great Commission
Publications Literature and are taught by teachers dedicated
to complementing the Biblical instruction of parents in the home.
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