Fall Class Kick-Off Just Three Weeks Away!

It's time again for our fall classes, an excellent place to encounter each other with depth and continuity. We couldn't have expected how successful they'd be, so this time we're getting our hopes up a little higher. :) Each class will be held at the Renovatus Church campus, and registration opens next week.

Rediscovering Creativity

Monday evenings, October 14--November 18, 6:30-8:30PM.Facilitator: Amanda Martin

In Prototype, Pastor Jonathan Martin explores the connection between our true identities in God and the innocence and imagination of childhood. God not only created the imagination, He largely lives and speaks through it. We'll engage this truth through exercises (contemplative photography, illuminated prayers, cross-making, and more) to spark the Spirit connection. Whether you're artistically inclined or feel creatively handicapped, join us as we seek the Voice of Beauty and Love that is constantly making all things new.

Available to: women ages 15 and up

Cost $20

Materials required: sketchbook, colored pencils, Bible, Camera or camera/phone

*Childcare will not be provided for this course, and due of the nature of this class we can't accommodate infants.

With Open Hands

Wednesday mornings, October 16--November 22, 9:30-11:30AM 

Facilitator: Karen Rubbo

Women of the 21^st century find themselves living amid a growing profusion of anxiety, busyness, and noise. Many are in desperate need of returning to the quiet core within themselves. (Sound familiar?) We'll journey to rest through Henri Nouwen’s classic book, With Open Hands,

“[It] compels us to accept life‘s goodness at the precise moment life seems most hazardous and un-embraceable. It offers the mystery of hope in a world gouged by terrorism and given to despair. And as the great divides and differences between people seem to widen and harden, the book draws us into the fiery place in the soul where compassion and true engagement with the world are born and reborn.” –excerpt from foreward by Sue Monk Kidd

Available to: adult women

Cost: Class fee of $15 plus book purchase

Materials: Personal copy of With Open Hands, by Henri Nouwen, journal for assignments and personal reflections.

*Childcare is provided by reservation.

We hope you can join us for what promises to be a God-filled season with the women of Renovatus!