Adult Christian Education opportunities at Great Valley Presbyterian Church aim to:
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Empower disciples to hunger for the truth found in God’s Word and to obey its teachings.
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Engage all people in the process of becoming more Christ-like.
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Equip followers of Jesus to serve the Kingdom both in the church and in the community.
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Enrich relationships within our body of Christ as we study, fellowship, and grow together.
To accomplish this goal, we provide Sunday morning classes that follow a Bible Track (touching on the whole counsel of God) and a Discipleship Track (allowing for teaching and training in application of Scripture).
Bible Track
Lamentations
May-June 2025
Jeremiah weeps over Jerusalem. The city is in ruins, the temple is destroyed and the people are in captivity because they refused to heed his warnings and pleadings to turn from their adulterous ways before God. Jeremiah cries out in confession and repentance on behalf of his people. As he throws himself on God’s mercy he is filled with a message of hope and restoration: “The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
Jesus would also weep over Jerusalem, crying, “you will not see me again until you say, ’blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’” But he also sends us a message of sure hope through his apostle John that “God will make His dwelling place with man” and “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes and death shall be no more”.
Join us in an in-depth study of Lamentation to reveal the lesson that it has for the church and believers today regarding grieving over sin and standing upon the hope for the future of the coming King.
Discipleship Track
Who Am I? As a Christian, How should I See Myself?
May - June 2025
When you look in the mirror and ask the person staring back at you, "Who are you?" what answers come to mind? Who is that person? Are you looking at a saint who struggles with sin or are you looking at a sinner who struggles to do right? How should you see yourself? Would you say to the mirror, "You are a teacher" or "You are an accountant?"
Your vocation may be what you do, but it is not who you are! Perhaps you see a father, or a wife, or a widow, or a divorcee, or whoever is staring back at you, and you think, that's who I am! Again, these social realties may be true, but as a Christian, they do not describe who you are in God's eyes! In this class, we will look into Scripture to discover who God says we are in Christ.
