The First Christmas

A study on what the gospels really teach about Jesus's birth

During Wednesday evenings, you are invited to a study of the first Christmas and Jesus's birth. Led by a highly esteemed group of pastors and lay theologians, this course will invite you to look at Jesus’s birth in a new way. Each week will focus on a different aspect of this important event. The study will meet on Wednesday evenings, 6:30-7:30pm in the Upper Room Classroom at Central UMC.

This course is based on Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan’s The First Christmas: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus’s Birth. Participants are encouraged to purchase this text and have scripture available through out the sessions.

All are invited and welcome to attend.

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Study Schedule

Wednesday evenings, 6:30-7:30pm Upper Room Classroom at Central UMC

September 25 - Overview, led by John Simmons
October 2 - The Stories of the First Christmas, led by Heather Humphries
October 9 - Parables as Overtures, led by Mary Knight
October 16 - The Context of the Christmas Stories, led by Andrew Wolfe
October 23 - Genealogy as Destiny & An Angel Comes to Mary, led by Cam Treece
October 30 - In David’s City of Bethlehem, led by Brad Gray
November 6 - Light Against the Darkness & Jesus as the Fulfillment of Prophecy, led by Christopher Greene
​November 13 - Joy to the World & Conclusion, led by Andy Crosland