2011-2012 Women's Bible Study – Unexpected Blessings: The Beatitudes Expanded
The word “blessing” carries such a sense of extravagant goodness! We all crave blessing. We yearn for the favor and goodwill of those we love and respect. Above all, we need to know that a loving God smiles on us – that God will bless us.
Early in his ministry Jesus pronounced a series of blessings that we have come to call “the beatitudes.” These are some of the best known words of Jesus. In this nine session study, Unexpected Blessings: The Beatitudes Explained, Debbie Schmidt explores and unpacks the beauty and the meaning of these beloved words. Now available, this new resource is perfect for small groups or individual study.
Author Debbie Schmidt lives in Baltimore, Maryland with her husband, John, who is the Senior Pastor of Central Presbyterian Church. Debbie is a ‘professional volunteer,’ working with the women’s ministry at Central and training volunteers for Hope Springs, an HIV/ AIDS related ministry. She is also a past president of Presbyterians for Renewal.
Debbie’s teaching ministry has been shaped by the years she spent with her husband working with college students in Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, by her experience as a missionary with the PCUSA in Japan for ten years, and by her role as a pastor’s wife. The common denominator for her in all those experiences has been teaching the Bible in small groups and leading and teaching at retreats. As a wife, the mother of grown and married children, and a grandmother, she brings her own life experiences to bear on her teaching as she tries to make the Word of God clear and applicable to daily life.
2010-2011 Women's Bible Study - Revelation: Awaiting the Bridegroom
The Network of Presbyterian Women in Leadership announces a new women's Bible study for 2010-2011: Revelation: Awaiting the Bridegroom
Wars, and rumors of wars. Famine, plague, earthquake, political and societal upheaval. These words describe not only our fearful expectation of the end times, but our real experience of the current times – and the real experience of the times in which the apostle John wrote what we’ve come to know as the Book of Revelation.
At its heart, Revelation is not about revealing dates or names of nation states, but rather about revealing its author and his presence and ways with us, now and in eternity. The bridegroom, Jesus Christ, is writing a love letter to his bride, the Church, with the intention of encouraging us as we wait for his return.
In this nine-lesson study, we will get an aerial view of this world from God’s perspective. We will learn to hear his voice, recognize his ways, and respond to his Spirit’s shaping, so that when he returns in all his glorious wedding raiment, we his bride, will be ready.
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$8.00 - Order from the PFR Store or by calling 502-425-4630. You can also contact us by email. - Download the Table of Contents, Introduction and Lesson One. (PDF file) - Download the Leader's Guide. (PDF File) - Download a promotional flyer to share with your congregation or small group. (PDF File)
The word “blessing” carries such a sense of extravagant goodness! We all crave blessing. We yearn for the favor and goodwill of those we love and respect. Above all, we need to know that a loving God smiles on us – that God will bless us.
