Looking Ahead to Sunday, June 28th
Church, we are in for a God-sized blessing this Sunday morning. Jerry Rushford, Director of Church Relations and Professor of Religion at Pepperdine University, is our guest speaker both in our adult worship gathering but also for the auditorium Bible class at 8:45 am. (Other adult classes are meeting as scheduled in other parts of the building as well.)
Jerry is a long-time family friend and I’m confident we will experience God and God’s Word in a memorable way as Jerry speaks to us. If not, maybe he can teach us something about surfing. ;)
Regarding our summer adult Bible classes, are there not some great opportunities out there? We’ve had incredible response, and I hope you will take advantage of these special summer offerings at 8:45 am each Sunday.
This Sunday, Jerry will be speaking in the “Nooma Class” which meets in the auditorium. Both of the regular Nooma teachers (“nooma” refers to a video series by Rob Bell which is serving as the class’ curriculum, see www.nooma.com for more info) will be out of pocket this week at Otter Creek Camp!
Jerry’s topic for this June 28th 8:45 am class in the auditorium is:
"I Heard the Song and Strove to Join"
(Rediscovering the Power of Forgotten Hymns)
You probably know by now that I’m passionate about retaining the classic hymns in our repertoire, not only for their beauty and ability to teach/shape us, but also for the stories behind the hymns which Jerry always shares so profoundly.
If you decide to attend another Bible class this week, you will be able to download the audio recording from Jerry’s class at www.ottercreek.org at some point next week.
See you soon/Sunday!
Murray Sanderson
2 comments:
Thought of you tonight as we had a Gospel Singing and Homeade Ice Cream event at church this evening! We brought out the really old hymns and had a great time. Btw, I didn't know you were friends of the Rushford family. I knew Jerry from Pepperdine of course and was a college friend of his daughter, Hillary. It's a small world in the C of C!
Murray,
I just discovered Jerry Rushford, and his hymn story-telling history. I was quizzing him in an e:mail recently about all this, and was reading in Christian Chronicle that he's told hymn stories for 40 years. Wow! I wish I was gonna be at OC to hear him this week. Take care,
Dave Cain
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