Christian Education

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An archive of previous programs we've used at Gloria Dei can be found here.

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ADULT CHRISTIAN ED
We meet on Thursday mornings on Zoom - see eNews for link to join in!

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Fall-Winter, 2025
book study:"Nothing Will Save Us: A Theology of Immeasurable Life,"
by David C. L. Driedger (purchase a copy of the book here)

 

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October 2 - Foreward and Preface, Overture and Introduction (pp.1-23)

October 9 - Chapter 1 Structural Violence (pp.25-42)

October 16 - Chapter 2 State Power and Systemic Racism (pp.43-58)

October 23 - Chapter 3 Economics and Ultimate Value (pp.59-68)

Book Launch with author on Thursday evening, October 23 (click here for more info)

October 30 - Chapter 4 Discipleship and the Immeasurable (pp.69-80)

- no class on November 6 -

November 13 - Chapters 5 & 6 Church Mission and Supremacy,
The Seductive Grandeur of Christian Imagination (pp.83-104)

- no class on November 20 -

November 27 - Chapters 7 & 8 A Community and its Killer,

Confessional Overreach in the Academy (pp.105-132)

December 4 - Proud Boys and Our Modern World (pp.133-146)

December 11 - Touchy Subjects (pp.147-158)
December 18 - Peace and Policing (pp.159-168)

-Christmas break-

January 8 - Getting Paid and Paying Attention (pp.169-188)

January 15 - Salvation and Sex Work (pp.189-196)

January 22 - Sacred Sites (pp.197-204)

January 29 - Becoming Undone, Conclusion (pp.205-234)

 

Some accompanying video clips:​

 

Queer Theology and the Church (1 hour with the author)

Liberation Theology in Latin America, with Pastor Katharine (19 minutes)

Pete Holmes comedy clip about Nothing (1 minute)

Book Launch with Driedger (will livestream on October 23)

Indigenous-Settler relations with Steve Heinrichs (7 mins)

Sex, Shame, and Scripture with Pastor Nadia (3 mins)

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We will gather Thursday mornings on Zoom (see our e-news for sign-in link) - the format will be

conversational, and questions are encouraged!

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CONFIRMATION

 

This is a two-year program on the basics of our Christian faith, through a Lutheran lens! Students usually begin the program in grade eight.
As we offer this program at Gloria Dei, we also connect with other Lutheran youth, and community groups, from time to time.

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CHILDREN'S PROGRAM
 

Sunday School lessons are offered during the Sunday morning worship service;

children from pre-school to grade seven are welcome and invited!

 

During the pandemic, we made some resources available online:

A playlist of videos is available here (each lesson is around 10 minutes long)

Some resources for downloading and using at home are available here.
A Palm Sunday resource available here.
A video about Palm Sunday and Maundy Thursday, here.
A video about Good Friday and Easter, here.

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While not Christian education, per se, this link will take you to some learning opportunities

from the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, which certainly have overlapping values with our faith!

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