Adult or Intergenerational Studies

Civil Rights Tour

June 2-9, 2020 All are welcome. Pastor Janet Hunt, First Lutheran Church in DeKalb will be leading this tour through Compass Travel and in partnership with ED-Venture, Inc. Jenny Ruff is the contact person through Compass Travel. Tour price is $1895. The tour destinations are as follows:

Clarksburg, TN - Stop for the night

Birmingham Al - to see the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Kelly Ingram Park.

Montgomery Al - to see the Memorial to Peace and Justice, Rosa Parks Museum, and the Civil Rights Memorial.

To Selma across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Brown Chapel AME church, Monroeville, Al -Old  Courthouse  Museum, then on to  Jackson, MS

Jackson, MS - Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center, Medgar Evers House

Memphis, TN - Emmett Till Historical Marker, Emmett Till Interpretive Centre, Sumner Courthouse.

Memphis, TN - National Civil Rights Museum

Departure for home

Brochures are available in the church narthex or you can download a brochure here

Lunch and Learn

Weekly studies on Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Salem’s Chapel Lounge.  Bring your lunches, your Bibles, your eagerness to share, and join us for the adventure.   Retired pastors and Salem members Henrietta (Hank) Milner and John Seraphine will be leading.   Lunch and Learn study, which invites you to bring your lunch and join us from 11:30 a.m to 1 p.m. each Thursday, will get back to work on January 2.   We will meet for about six weeks on the subject of Sex and the Church.   We will follow a fascinating video series by Oxford professor and expert on Christian history, Dairmaid McCulloch, that will explore the way the church has dealt with marriage, women in society and ministry, sexual ethics and homosexuality.   If you can't make all of the sessions please make as many as you can.   We have some very rich discussions.   Please consider joining us for these discussions. John Seraphine heatherhopefarm.com

Household Dedication to Jesus, the Good Shepherd

What is a household dedication to Jesus, the Good Shepherd? A household dedication is a ceremony in your home in which you ask Jesus to guide and protect your family in a special way. In other words, you invite Jesus to be the Shepherd of your home. Look for the Household Dedication to Jesus, the Good Shepherd insert in this newsletter. Pick up a copy of the dedication in the Narthex