Educational Evenings provide space for us to deepen into our Sacred Story by exploring theological and practical topics together. You will be able to attend one workshops we are offering, and afterward we will all re-gather for refreshments and conversation. Please RSVP with Pastor Ben and let us know which workshop you would like to attend, and to get the address.

Dos and Don’ts of Personal Finance  - A Christian Perspective
Facilitated by Dan Gilbert
It’s a new year and that can mean new resolutions, including getting your finances in order! Dan Gilbert—Pearl’s Treasurer and a Certified Public Accountant—has lived and breathed everything finance for over 40 years. At this workshop Dan will discuss the Do's and Don'ts of personal finances by covering a lot of ground in a short amount of time. The plan is to discuss a broad swath of content, spanning biblical attitudes toward money to practical ways to save and invest. Come to learn and get your most pressing money questions answered.

Reconstructing Christian Hope: The Good News of Apprenticeship
Facilitated by Pastor Ben Conachan
In recent centuries, the centerpiece of Christian Hope has been “getting into heaven”—and accordingly, this is what salvation has come to mean. But the Gospel of Jesus is for our whole lives, now: Good news! God is taking students in learning a way of life that is truly, deeply, good. This seminar will cast a vision for why becoming an apprentice of Jesus’ way is deeply good news, what Jesus proposes to teach us, and how we can practically enroll as students of Jesus in our every day contexts and roles. This is the first session of a forthcoming course which follows and extends our “Reconstructing Christian Faith” class, but everyone is welcome to join.