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Check out this flyer for dates for the 2019 Savannah Presbytery Summer Camp – more details to follow!

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March is School of the Laity (SOL) Month!

Help us promote this excellent presbytery program through Minutes for Mission, bulletin inserts and personal conversations. The Class of 2020 will begin courses this summer – March 9-10 at Epworth by the Sea.

Here are some thoughts from some of our graduates:

“…The School of the Laity helped me to think out of the box to come up with creative ways to spread the news of Jesus Christ.”

“…The School of the Laity has given me the courage to soar!”

“…The most meaningful part of the School of the Laity for me has been that it has provided a safe place to explore, to question, to express both doubts and disagreements.”

Announcing Three Classes for March 2019

Register Now For:

New Testament

Rev. Bob Brearley

This class is a School of the Laity requirement and is open to those who are exploring SoL, those seeking a refresher, or those with a desire to deepen their understanding of God’s Word.

  Practical Ministry I

Instructor to be confirmed

Evangelism

Instructor to be confirmed

SOL_Registration-Form 

History of School of the Laity

In the fall of 1988, ten laypeople of Savannah Presbytery became the first graduating class of an innovative presbytery ministry know as the School of the Laity. A very demanding program of study requiring a two-year commitment and additional hours of class and preparation time, the School of the Laity was a vision of then Executive Presbyter Dr. J. Richard Bass, who saw the desire of laypersons to engage in serious study of scripture, theology, and ministry.

The students participate in two summer courses taught by college professors. Each session involves eighteen hours of class time and additional hours of personal study. The courses are: Introduction to the Bible and Introduction to Reformed Theology. In the final summer, they complete their studies with an in-depth course in Practical Ministry.

Students complete briefer courses in the spring and fall of two successive years. Savannah Presbytery ministers lead studies on Old Testament, New Testament, History, Mission & Polity and Practical Ministry 1.  To date, over 250 laypeople have participated in the School of the Laity, representing two-thirds of the churches of the presbytery. Its graduates are providing outstanding leadership in their congregations, the presbytery and the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.

First Presbyterian Church of savannah

Presents

Wm. G. Foote
Lecture Series
presented by
Martha Moore-Keish, Associate Professor of Theology
Columbia Theological Seminary

 How Do We Compare?
Christian Theology and Religious Diversity

 Saturday, February 23
Dinner and Program at 6:00 p.m.
Learning from Our History:
Reformed Protestants in a World of Many Religions

Sunday, February 24
Service of Worship at 11:00 a.m.

Sermon: “Loving Enemies?”
Texts: Genesis 45:3-11, 15 and Luke 6:27-38

Program at 5:00 p.m.

Loving Our Neighbors of Other Religions:
The Turn to Comparative Theology

First Presbyterian Church of Savannah

520 Washington Avenue, Savannah Georgia

Email Judith@savannahfpc.org for
dinner reservations.

2019 Faith Enrichment Conference Brochure

2019 Faith Enrichment Conference Registration Form