Adult Study and Faith Formation
Pastor-led Adult Faith Formation opportunities occur each season, to enrich hearts and minds, and connect with one another. Typically 5 weeks per unit of study in daytime or evening.
Adult Studies can include:
Book Studies
Bible Studies
Justice Leadership Program classes- Keystone folks come alongside the interns whenever they are able to join for a course unit, or drop in for just one.
Below are some of our recent study discussion groups.
Current Discussion group:
Caste: The Origins of our Discontents - book by Isabel Wilkerson
Recent Study Discussion Groups:
We do a book per season (fall/ winter/ spring/ summer.) Pre-pandemic, we would meet at Greenlake Zoka Coffee (just north on street from Keystone), or in Battson Hall at the fireplace, in the rocking chairs, with tea and a snack. Often 3 Wednesday nights in a row.
In Covid 2020-2022… we have been meeting on zoom, every second Wed./ per month, with Pastor Lauren or Pastor Rich.
For example:
On Fire: Prophetic Faith and Climate Justice (pdf study guide)
On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a GREEN NEW DEAL ~Naomi Klein, Lenten Study: Winter/Spring 2020.
Climate Church, Climate World: How People of Faith Must Work for Change ~Jim Antal. Green Team: Spring/Summer 2020.
Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parable of a Controversial Rabbi ~Amy Jill Levine: Fall 2020/ Winter 2021.
Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice ~ Paul Kivel. Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall 2021. (Plus quarterly meetings with Admiral UCC.)