Old Story – New Story

Throughout our lives, we are constantly evolving, learning new things and being exposed to new or up-dated understandings.  The same thing applies to our religious beliefs.

At Central United Church we are “Rethinking the Story.”  In other words, we are examining, questioning and updating what we believe and why we believe it.  We are exploring how our faith interacts with environmental and political issues. We are discussing ways in which to live our faith today.

We offer a safe place for individuals to express and discuss their doubts and questions.

Our study programs have included such video series as Living the Questions, Thank God for Evolution, Uppity Women of the Bible, Painting the Stars and First Light: Jesus and the Kingdom of God.

Not only have we held study sessions after church, but we have also viewed a DVD series entitled Saving Jesus during various Sunday morning services from October 2014- April 2015.  On select Sunday mornings during 2016/2017 we viewed segments from John Crossan’s DVD entitled Violence Divine.

We have also explored various issues as raised in the following books:

March-April 2019

Overshoot:  The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change, William Catton, Jr. (1980)

Advent Series December 2019 The Birth Stories of Jesus

The First Christmas:  What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus’s Birth, Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan

Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism, John Shelby Spong

Jesus for the Non-Religious, John Shelby Spong

The Heart of Christianity:  Rediscovering a Life of Faith, Marcus Borg

2020/2021

The Last Week:  What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus’s Final Days in Jerusalem, Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan

2021/2022

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. 2015. Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future: Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Electronic monograph in PDF format.

MacDonald, David B.  2019.  The Sleeping Giant Awakens: Genocide, Indian Residential Schools, and the Challenge of Conciliation.  University of Toronto Press.

Come and join us as we dare to live with the questions.