Starting Sunday, February 27, 2022, and continuing for seven weeks, the Adult Sunday School class will be gathering to begin a study called Witness at the Cross.
Publisher’s Description
Place yourself as a witness of the cross and determine what your own testimony will be! Experience Holy Friday from the perspective of those who watched Jesus die: Mary his mother; the Beloved Disciple from the Gospel of John; Mary Magdalene and the other women from Galilee; the two men, usually identified as thieves, crucified with Jesus; the centurion and the soldiers; Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus. Jews and Romans, friends and strangers, the powerful and the powerless, the hopeful and the despairing.
The story of Jesus’s death is not something we just read: we think about it, and we experience it; we hear the taunts of the soldiers, the priests, and the passersby even as we hear the famous “seven last words” from the cross. In Witness at the Cross, Amy-Jill Levine shows how the people at the cross each have distinct roles to play. Each Evangelist presents a distinct picture of the death of Jesus. Each portrays different individuals and groups of people at the cross, each offers different images and dialogues, and so from each, we learn how those meanings and messages cross the centuries to any who would come to the cross today. Each Gospel has its own story to tell, all the witnesses have their own memories, and every reader comes away with a new insight. The witnesses at the Crucifixion watch Jesus die, and we watch with them, and we watch them. And we come away transformed.
Materials will be available at the class, the church office, and on-line.
This class is offered in-person in room 6 and on-line via zoom.
Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88373484272
Meeting ID: 883 7348 4272
If you prefer to join by phone, call (301) 715-8592 and enter the Meeting ID when prompted.
We look forward to having you join us!
If you have any questions, contact Tom Bartkiewicz using your church directory or reach out to the church office for his contact information.