Adult Classes, Small Groups, and Studies
Adult Sunday Studies normally meet in the Celebration Center from September to May at the Hilton Head Campus. Currently, classes are in-person (but may also meet via Zoom). If you would like to participate or try a class, contact Connie Borgianini via standrewbythesea@gmail.com to find the right fit for you and for a Zoom invitation if needed.
BEACH COMBERS
Women’s Bible Study
Journey to Joy: A Seven-Week Path to the Joyous Life God Intended by Leigh W. Young
Tuesdays, July 18 to September 5
1:00 – 2:00pm
C111 (Celebration Center)
Kerry Tilden, leader
God intended for you to live a glorious and abundant life. Join the adventure on this seven-week trek to the pinnacle of joy. Each week, we will explore a different section of the path using the Bible as our map and Jesus as our trail guide. Rejoice every day as you find the jubilant life that God desires for you.
Participants are asked to obtain their own copy of the study book (available via Amazon). Please read Chapter One (five daily readings) prior to our gathering on July 18.
Contact Connie Borgianini to sign up or for any questions.
John Wesley’s 22 questions of self examination
John Wesley (1703-1791) is generally considered the founder of the Methodist movement–a branch of protestant Christianity with expressions worldwide, including the United Methodist Church. In 1738 he had an intense religious experience at a meeting on Aldersgate Street in London. Following this experience, he began preaching throughout the country and forming “classes” and “bands”.
In these classes and bands, members met regularly for learning and personal accountability. The following questions were used by Wesley for self-examination–and are sure to be a bit convicting and motivating even for us today.
- Am I consciously or unconsciously creating the impression that I am better than I really am? In other words, am I a hypocrite?
- Am I honest in all my acts and words, or do I exaggerate?
- Do I confidentially pass on to another what was told to me in confidence?
- Can I be trusted?
- Am I a slave to dress, friends, work, or habits?
- Am I self-conscious, self-pitying, or self-justifying?
- Did the Bible live in me today?
- Do I give it time to speak to me everyday?
- Am I enjoying prayer?
- When did I last speak to someone else about my faith?
- Do I pray about the money I spend?
- Do I get to bed on time and get up on time?
- Do I disobey God in anything?
- Do I insist upon doing something about which my conscience is uneasy?
- Am I defeated in any part of my life?
- Am I jealous, impure, critical, irritable, touchy, or distrustful?
- How do I spend my spare time?
- Am I proud?
- Do I thank God that I am not as other people, especially as the Pharisees who despised the publican?
- Is there anyone whom I fear, dislike, disown, criticize, hold a resentment toward or disregard? If so, what am I doing about it?
- Do I grumble or complain constantly?
- Is Christ real to me?
