How do we know God’s will for our lives? This question lies at the heart of Christian life. And yet, attempting to understand our greater purpose can become a source of frustration as we look for help when making important life decisions. Everything that we hoped to avoid by looking to God – the sense of isolation, the self-doubt, the fear of “getting it wrong” – instead is often magnified. This confusion usually stems, however, not from our search for God’s will, but from our misunderstanding of God’s role in our day-to-day existence.

 “God can and does speak to us – even in times when things go terribly wrong. What often troubles and torments us are the assumptions that shape what we expect and how we listen… Shaped by an open-ended, inner dialogue with God about the choices that you and I really do make, finding and doing the will of God is… an adventure in which, hand in hand with God, we define what it means to live as people of faith.” – from the Introduction to the book  What God Wants for Your Life by Frederick W. Schmidt.

Join FirstChurch members in exploring this important question and learning the spiritual practices which will enable us to answer it for ourselves.

In addition to the Sunday School hour presentations led by author Fred Schmidt, Dr. John Fiedler, Rev. Tom Downing, and Rev. Linda Roby, there will be weekly neighborhood group studies at various times and places throughout Lent. Neighborhood group study registration is closed.

Join us in this exciting way of deepening your relationship with God during this Lenten season. <Click here> to register.