Fall Bible Study 2026
When: 9/1 - 10/16, 12:15pm
Where: Downtown Church (2030 Gregg St), in the downstairs room
Who: Anyone is welcome to join
What: "What for?!"
For centuries, our Jewish friends have been reading the book of Ecclesiastes in the early fall, during the festival of Sukkot. Reading that book offers opportunity to look back on the harvest of the year and reflect on the impermanence of the year's harvest--and the permanence of the God who orders it all. At DTC this fall, we're going to follow that ancient tradition. We'll read through Ecclesiastes together on Tuesdays in September and early October. Pastor Mary will have study books available for anyone who would like to join us by August 23. If you'd like to be on the mailing list for more information about the study, you can join at https://groups.google.com/g/dtc-bible-study.

We’ve been told to Love God with our hearts, souls, and minds. At DOWNTOWN CHURCH we work hard to stretch our oftentimes stubborn minds in our exploration of God and one another.

We’ve found that books, both biblical and not, are great places to start. We read books, drink coffee, talk, and listen. Guided by the wisdom of others we watch and see the ways the Holy Spirit shows up and walks alongside us in our own rocky paths of transformation.

Past Books

• Spiritual Direction by Henri Nouwen

• The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James Cone

• Learning to Walk in the Dark by Barbara Brown Taylor

• Habakkuk

• The Gospel of Mark

• The Road Back To You by Ian Cron

• Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward

• Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry