adult enrichment
We encourage our members to use their gifts and interests to develop both spiritual and non-spiritual events, offering our congregation learning and fellowship opportunities.
In addition to Bible studies, special Advent and Lenten series, speakers from the local Missions we support, and pot luck suppers, we have also enjoyed an eagle watch, a wildflower hike, a discussion on exploring “Ways to Pray,” and a book club.
Weekly Bible Study
Bible & Mystical Writings Conversation Group meets weekly on Wednesday at 4:15pm on Zoom. ZERO experience in Bible study needed. If you are interested in a group that meets in the morning, evening, or lunch hour, make your interest known! We love to accommodate interested souls!
Wednesday Evening Vespers
Wednesdays at 9pm on Facebook Live. Pastor Heather reflects on whatever is on her mind, happening in the world, or dancing with the Spirit, and leads us in a meditative breathing exercise to help settle in for the night. Have you liked and followed North Madison Congregational Church on Facebook page yet? Why not do so now and help us expand our reach and keep you connected.
Book Discussion Group
Our next book is "The Lion Women of Teran" by Marjan Kamali. We will get together on Tuesday, August 11 at 4:30 in Fellowship Hall.
Following is a summary obtained online from Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Readers' Favorite Historical Fiction (2024)
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In 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old Ellie lives in grand comfort until the untimely death of her father, forcing Ellie and her mother to move to a tiny home downtown. Lonely and bearing the brunt of her mother’s endless grievances, Ellie dreams for a friend to alleviate her isolation.
Luckily, on the first day of school, she meets Homa, a kind girl with a brave and irrepressible spirit. Together, the two girls play games, learn to cook in the stone kitchen of Homa’s warm home, wander through the colorful stalls of the Grand Bazaar, and share their ambitions of becoming “lion women.”
But their happiness is disrupted when Ellie and her mother are afforded the opportunity to return to their previous bourgeois life. Now a popular student at the best girls’ high school in Iran, Ellie’s memories of Homa begin to fade. Years later, however, her sudden reappearance in Ellie’s privileged world alters the course of both of their lives.
Together, the two young women come of age and pursue their own goals for meaningful futures. But as the political turmoil in Iran builds to a breaking point, one earth-shattering betrayal will have enormous consequences.
"It’s about an 86-year-old man who arrives in a small Georgia town with a simple, secret plan: to buy dozens of pencil portraits of the locals and quietly return them as anonymous gifts."
Mystical Ministry
Our next gathering is being planned. Stay tuned for details...
To attend, please call or email office@northmadisoncc.org, 203-421-3241.