Adult Education
Holy Spirit Lutheran Church provides a wide range of opportunities to challenge and nurture our Christian faith through lectures, readings, discussions, and other activities. Childcare is available for Wednesday night in-person classes. We accept donations to cover the cost of staffing.
CROSSWAYS bible study
Video Lecture available on Sundays
Zoom Discussion on Thursday Evenings • 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Retired Pastor Mike Anderson is teaching this class.
Great Decisions 2025
Monday nights at 7:00 pm through March 17
HSLC yearly offers the Great Decisions study program from the Foreign Policy Association (FPA). We meet to discuss major foreign policy issues facing our nation and world today and how this informs our faith. In the 1995 ELCA Social Statement “For Peace in God’s World”, we are reminded of our role as Christians to advocate for peace, and one way to do that is to become more educated in issues that affect our world.
For more than 100 years, the FPA’s mission is to serve as a catalyst for developing awareness, understanding, and informed opinion on U.S. foreign policy and global issues. Through its balanced, nonpartisan programs and publications, the FPA encourages citizens to participate in the foreign policy process.
Registration for Great Decisions 2025 at HSLC is now open. For more information about this year’s topics and to sign up, click the button below.
If you have any questions, contact Susan Baird-Joshi through the church office.
contemplative Prayer Group
Centering Prayer—Every other Monday evening at 7:00 pm via Zoom
What would it be like as we move through life if we were less reactive; if there was a little space between when something happens and our response? If in that space there was room for us to access what the Divine Will might be in this situation?
This can be one of the benefits of Centering Prayer, a form of Christian meditation. As we practice deep listening to the presence of God, this presence flows into our everyday lives and guides us.
There are many wonderful forms of prayer: praise, petition, intercession, thanksgiving, etc. They are all good, and worthwhile, but mostly involve us talking to God. Centering Prayer is an opportunity to learn to listen to that still, small voice. By sitting in silence and consenting to the presence and action of God within us, we learn, day by day, how to really listen.
Christina Brugman will offer a three-week introduction to Centering Prayer during Lent on every other Monday night from 7:00 to 8:00 pm via Zoom. The dates will be March 10, 24, and April 7.
If you feel called to this form of prayer, contact Christina Brugman through the church office.
Morning Meditation at 10:00 in the church library |
Saturday, March 15, 2025
Saturday, June 7, 2025
The members of the Contemplative Prayer group invite you to join them for Morning Meditation on Saturday, March 15, and Saturday, June 7 at 10:00 am in the church library. The service will include prayer, 20 minutes of silent meditation, and encounter of the Scripture through Lectio Divina. No previous experience is needed. All are welcome. Questions? Contact Christina Brugman through the church office.
Wednesday Morning Bible Study
Wednesdays • 10:30 am in the Conference Room
We’ll read and discuss the texts for the coming Sunday and offer prayers of support for one another. New attendees always welcome!
MIDWEEK ADULT STUDY - Way to Live
Wednesdays • 7:00 pm in the Sanctuary
Join us on Wednesday nights for a weekly gathering on Wednesdays at 7:00 pm, led by Pastor Katy, with a mix of teaching, small group conversation, and activities that delve into biblical scholarship, current events, and those big questions. This series invites you to think, talk, laugh, and learn together. The Midweek Meal runs from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm, then from 7:00 - 8:00 pm, we’ll gather in the sanctuary for the study, and also spend time getting to know each other and building a community as we seek God’s way to live, together.
Register via the button to let us know you’re coming, but feel free to join anytime! New this year: classes will be livestreamed on Zoom (please choose “online” for your registration to receive the Zoom link).
Childcare for kids pre-K and under is available (kids K-5 can join Kidz Club). Invite a friend, and we’ll see you there!