All women are invited!
WHO: Women of all ages
WHEN: Saturdays at 10:30 am (Sept. through June)
WHERE: Parlor and Zoom
LEADER: Chris Calandriello, a Certified Lay Servant
FOCUS: “Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible” by Dietrich Bonhoeffer & “Understanding the Psalms” by John H. Hayes
Women of all ages and stages of life are invited to join us as we seek to build a community of women to support one another while uncovering the power of prayer.
About “Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible”:
Jesus died with a psalm on his lips. For millennia, humans have been shaped by the Psalms. And before the Nazis banned him from publishing, German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer published this book on the Psalms.
What comfort is found in the Psalter? What praise, and what challenge? What threat? In the pages of Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible, discover the richness this book of Scripture held for Bonhoeffer, and learn to pray psalms along with Christ.
First published in 1940, this classic reveals how the Psalms are essential to the life of the believer and offers Bonhoeffer’s reflections on psalms of thanksgiving, suffering, guilt, praise, and lament. Now with an introduction by Walter Brueggemann and excerpts from the Psalms, Bonhoeffer’s timeless work offers contemporary readers ancient wisdom and resources for the living of these days. Includes a biographical sketch of Bonhoeffer written by his friend and biographer Eberhard Bethge.
About “Understanding the Psalms”:
Many of the Psalms use such vivid and timeless imagery that they express as clearly today as they did centuries ago the feelings of the person seeking God. But other psalms are more difficult to understand — either the terms no longer relate to life or the whole spirit seems alien to modern life. This book will help you to make sense of these psalms as you see how they were used in Hebrew worship. John H. Hayes relates the psalms to the rituals described in other parts of the Old Testament, so that both ritual and psalm take on meaning today. Several psalms are analyzed in detail as examples of the various kinds of Psalms in the Bible.
For more info, contact Chris Calandriello via the contact form.
To learn more about Women’s Group Study, visit the Small Groups webpage.
