New Summer Book Study: Fear Not โ The Gospel of the Disinherited
Begins Tuesday, June 24
โโIt cannot be denied that too often the weight of the Christian movement has been on the side of the strong and the powerful and against the weak and oppressedโthis, despite the gospel.โ
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This summer, we invite you to a transformational journey of faith, courage, and justice as we read Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurmanโan essential work that helped shape the theology of the Civil Rights Movement. Many of you may recall the book from our Sacred Ground study in 2023-2024.
Thurman asks a profound question: โWhat does the religion of Jesus say to those who stand with their backs against the wall?โ He offers a vision of a Jesus who does not merely sympathize with the oppressedโbut stands with them. Itโs a gospel for the disinherited, the cast aside, the afraidโand one that calls all of us into deeper solidarity and sacred resistance.
This study will accompany our summer sermon series, โFear Not: The Gospel of the Disinherited,โ helping us explore the radical love and liberating power at the heart of Jesusโ message.
Join us for weekly conversations:
In-person group meets Tuesdays at 11 am at the church
Zoom group meets Tuesday evenings (time TBA)
Sign up in the church sanctuary or reach out to Pastor Kelly to join. Whether youโre reading this book for the first time or returning to its wisdom, you are welcome in this space.
Letโs learn together what it means to follow Jesus into the places of fear, and find our way forward in hope.