Book/Bible Study & Centering Prayer

As we move into the Fall and a new program year, a new Bible/Book Study will begin.
The study will begin on Wednesday, September 17 at 1 PM, (skipping October 22) through Wednesday, November 26. We are discussing Eugenia Anne Gamble's book "Tending the Wild Garden: Growing in the Fruit of the Spirit”. See the description of the book below.

Also, the Centering Prayer opportunity will start back up on Wednesday, September 17 at
2 PM (also skipping October 22).

Both of these opportunities will be held in the Parlor and via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83512239240?pwd=ckFCSGJ6TUF1QkMzcG5IcUdrYTJ5QT09#success

Everyone is welcome to attend one or both. Questions? Please contact Pastor Elizabeth.
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“Tending the Wild Garden: Growing in the Fruit of the Spirit”
by Eugenia Anne Gamble

In a world fixated on outward appearances, discover the joy of cultivating an inward relationship with the Spirit, where virtues like love, joy, and self-control blossom naturally.

"The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.” – Galatians 5:22-23a

The apostle Paul paints a beautiful picture when he describes the fruit of the Spirit but all too often, we reduce this list of virtues into a checklist of attributes to pursue and strive for. However, Pastor and Author Eugenia Gamble contends that this understanding is backwards. The Holy Spirit is the one who grows and develops those attributes within us as we pursue our relationship with God. By tending that relationship, the virtues of God develop and blossom as a fruit grows on a well-tended tree.

“Tending the Wild Garden” explores the true meaning behind each of the virtues in Paul’s list, guiding us to discover what it means to be a deeply loved child of God indwelt by God’s Spirit. Gamble helps us to move beyond the checklist mentality of traditional understandings of the fruit of the Spirit, to cultivate our relationship with God, and to uproot the "weeds" that could threaten the flourishing of the fruit in our lives.