2009-10 Class Registration

We offer 14 different DISCIPLE classes this year! To take a look at all class schedules and to sign up, click on the red Registration tab on the webpage above.

Leader Training Rescheduled

A training session for DISCIPLE Leaders, new and returning, has been rescheduled from Saturday, July 18 to Wednesday, August 26 from 7-9 PM. This will be another exciting training opportunity as well as a good time to meet and fellowship with each other. To learn more about becoming a DISCIPLE facilitator, or to sign up for this training session, please contact Barbara at 704-295-4813 or bbarden@mpumc.org .

Disciple Leader Training

A training session for DISCIPLE Leaders, new and returning, will be held on Saturday, July 18 from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Lunch will be provided, along with the opportunity to meet and fellowship with each other. To learn more about becoming a DISCIPLE facilitator, or to sign up for this training session, please contact Barbara at 704-295-4813 or bbarden@mpumc.org by Monday, July 13.

2009 Disciple Closing

Mark this date on your calendar and plan to attend the Disciple Closing Ceremony and Celebration on May 21, 2009. A communion worship service will be led by Dr. James Howell and Rev. Barbara Barden in the Sanctuary at 6:30 p.m., followed by a reception with hors d'oervres in Jubilee Hall.

Invitations to all 2008-09 graduates will be sent out in the next few weeks, but plan now to invite your family and friends to celebrate with you. Especially consider inviting that friend or relative you are praying will participate in Disciple next year, this is a great time for them to see the impact a good bible study has in a church like Myers Park United Methodist.

Large Print Bibles

When an email came in recently seeking large print bibles for men in need at Uptown Shelter, DISCIPLE Bible Study classes donated funds to provide 33 NIV Bibles for homeless men who have requested them. DISCIPLE students prove again that they love to learn and love to share that love for learning.

Thank you to all who contributed to this effort - thank you for answering the call!

Register Now - Disciple 1 Class

We have opened registration for a Disciple 1 Class. The class starts Wednesday, Jan 7. The class will meet weekly (breaks for holidays) on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8:30 pm. Jamie Rodway will lead this class. Register by contacting Christine Mull at cmull@mpumc.org . Class is limited to 12 participants. Student books are available in Goodness Gracious Gift Shop at a cost of $33 plus tax. Child Care is also available by reservation only for children ages 4 and under. If you have questions contact me at bbarden@mpumc.org

The Radical Disciple

We are reading Lamentations, Ezra, Nehemiah and Haggai this week. As we read we are not so much looking for historical detail (we have each already seen discrepancies there) but are looking for the presence of God in the actions of the people and the events of the day that worked toward the restoration of the people, the land, the city and the temple and their worship practices. I have encountered in my readings many persons and situations where the writer share's the people's conviction that they were responding to God's direction even when it was the unusual action of a foreign ruler or the unusual action of the people of God themselves responding to what they believed to be God's direction.

Each week in our Disciple 4 study "Under the Tree of Life" we have a section called The Radical Disciple. So this week's question is "What might it mean for you to be at the direction of God in a way that is unusual?" What might it mean for our church?