Christian formation

bible and catechism study
Sundays following the Divine Service
all welcome
Current Bible Study:
Romans
Christianity and Beauty
Join Pastor Jeffrey Goodman as we explore Christianity and Beauty. What is beauty? How does beauty convey the Christian Faith? We will explore the Faith through a combination study of the Bible, art, music, and architecture. We gather together following the Divine Service in the Multi-Purpose Room and conclude at 11:35AM.
10 Oct 2021 An Introduction to the Beautiful Faith
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What is beauty?
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How does God’s Word describe and embody beauty?
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How can beauty be helpful in evangelism?
17 Oct 2021 “Beautiful Savior” God under the opposites
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What is the Theology of the Cross?
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The beauty of “down to earth” Christianity
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The Suffering Servant and “beauty”
24 Oct 2021 The Beauty of God’s Word
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Sure and certain.
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In the last place one would expect
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Distributed how?
14 Nov 2021 The beauty of evangelism
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Virtue or death?
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The destruction of “all that good right and beautiful”
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Life under the cross
21 Nov 2021 The beauty of the church
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All the saints and the sinners too
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The church militant vs. church triumphant
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How does the Divine Service embody the beautiful savior?
12 Dec 2021 The beauty of the incarnation
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Why is Christmas so beautiful?
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The beauty of vulnerability
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The crèche and what it means to us
20 January 2022 What are church vestments and why are they worn?
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What are the vestments of the church?
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when are vestments worn?
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why are vestments worn by pastors and servers?
25 January 2022 The Beauty and the saints
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The Word and Beauty
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How Saints are made
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oblique ways music, art and architecture make room for the gospel
6 February 2022 The Beauty of the Christian calendar
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God's Pattern
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The Sabbath and the church
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the shape of life in christ
Videos for previous lessons are linked below:
Psalms of Lament and Consolation:
18 October 2020 Introduction and Devotional Use of Psalms
The Grand Narrative of the Bible Study:
22 Mar 2020 The Grand Narrative: Exodus 14, 19-20
29 Mar 2020 The Grand Narrative: Joshua 23-24
5 April 2020 The Grand Narrative: Judges 1-2
12 April 2020 The Grand Narrative: 1 Sam 8, 1 Sam 16
19 April 2020 The Grand Narrative: 2 Sam. 7, 2 Sam 12, Psalm 105
26 April 2020 The Grand Narrative: Isaiah 7, 9:1-7, 11, 35
3 May 2020 The Grand Narrative: Isaiah 52-53, 65
10 May 2020 The Grand Narrative: Jeremiah 31-33
17 May 2020 The Grand Narrative: Ezekiel 36-37
24 May 2020 The Grand Narrative: Zechariah 9, Malachi 3-4
31 May 2020 The Grand Narrative: Matthew 1:1, Mark 1:1-15, John 1:1-18,
John 5:39-46
7 June 2020 The Grand Narrative: Luke 24
14 June 2020 The Grand Narrative: Mark 14
21 June 2020 The Grand Narrative: Mark 15-16:8
28 June 2020 The Grand Narrative: Acts 1-2
12 July 2020 The Grand Narrative: Acts 13
19 July 2020 The Grand Narrative: Romans
2 August 2020 the Grand Narrative: 1 Corinthians 15
9August 2020 The Grand Narrative: Hebrews 1
30 August 2020 The Grand Narrative: 1 Peter 1
6 September 2020 The Grand Narrative: Revelation 1
Sundays 9:30am children's catechesis and education
preparation for confirmation
Preparation for Holy Baptism by appointment
First Communion instruction by appointment


