All Adult Education Classes are held on Sundays, 9:40–10:40 a.m. in Commons I (unless otherwise indicated).
September 8: Stories from the Mission Trip to Haiti
Hope Church members Larry and Karen Mulder, Kari Miller-Fenwood and Ben Sikkink report on their five-day mission trip to Haiti in March 2013.
September 15–September 22:
Spanning Two Cultures: Stories from Children of Missionaries
Children of missionaries grow up influenced by the Western Christian culture of their parents and the non-Western non-Christian culture of a mission field. How do these mixed influences shape them? What does it feel like to return to their childhood home after decades have passed?
- September 15: George Kraft tells of his childhood in China and his return there for three weeks in 2012.
- September 22: Don Luidens, son of RCA missionaries Ed and Ruth Luidens, describes growing up in India and spending his teen-age years in Lebanon. He returned to the Middle East in the summer of 2012 to visit Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman.
September 29: Reading and Faith
Not only has Scripture shaped our faith, but also works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry have changed our hearts and minds and encouraged us. This past summer several Hope Church members listed more than 100 book recommendations. Some will talk about how a book has helped form their faith.
A schedule of Adult Education classes through January 2014 is available in the Christian Education Brochure.