Adult Christian Education
Sacred Grounds Adult Christian Education Discussion Group
This group combines bible discussion with current events and occasionally reads books together.
They meet Sunday mornings at 8:30 am in Room 6 and on Zoom. No preparation is needed -- all are welcome to drop in for discussion. ​
Bible and Book Studies
​FCC Chico and CFBC currently hold joint Bible Study classes. Classes are generally held in First Christian Church’s Zoom and Room 6 OR at Chico First Baptist on their Zoom and in their sanctuary or fellowship hall, on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. All are welcome!
Past studies have included a book study on Michele Norris’ book Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Think About Race and Identity, a book study on Alan Wolfelt’s book Understanding Your Grief, a bible study on Kings of Israel, a bible study on the book of Revelations, a bible study on “First Isaiah” based on the New Interpreter’s Bible study by Mary Donavan Turner, one of our Disciples preacher/scholars who was a professor of preaching at Pacific School of Religion and Berkeley, bible studies on wisdom literature, and Rev. Gail Hill of Chico First Baptist led a bible study of Jesus and the Prophets.
Our upcoming Bible study is:
Biblical Study on Wisdom Literature
(Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Job, Wisdom, Psalms, and a parable or two from the NT)
Thursdays, July 10-Aug 21 at 6:30 pm
Chico First Baptist (sanctuary)
Each of the genres in the biblical canon speak to different ways of discerning the will of God. For example, the Torah (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy) reveals the will of God through the law. The prophets deliver the word of God, thereby revealing God’s will. The wisdom literature (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Job) sees God’s will as given to us through creation itself.
Wisdom speaks, “The Lord created me (wisdom) as the beginning of God’s work, the first of God’s acts of long ago…before the beginning of the earth.” Prov 8:22-23
July 10 Introduction to a Wisdom Worldview
July 17 Proverbs (Prologue)
Jul 24 Proverbs (What they teach us)
July 31 Ecclesiastes (Rescue from bad press & re-establish its realism)
Aug 7 Job (Intro to Theodicy)
Aug 14 Job (Innocent Suffering)
Aug 21 Wisdom in the NT (Parables)
Chico First Baptist Zoom