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The
educational opportunities at Myers Park Baptist Church are
rich and varied, but all share one purpose—a dedication to
"sustain a critical examination of scripture, belief and
ritual as interpreters of God’s active presence in the
world." True to our Baptist heritage, we encourage people
of all ages to encounter the bible stories and to decide
for themselves the meaning and meaningfulness of
scripture. We, therefore, impose no "right
interpretation," no catechism, and no creeds that impede
the individual’s unique growth into spiritual maturity.
Instead we are a safe place to
wrestle with the paradoxes and promises of our faith. This
congregation is a family of "priests to one another," as
our second Senior Minister, Carlyle Marney, once stated. As such,
the laity and the ordained are committed to the educational
process of calling out the divine truth in each of us, as we work
toward becoming true, authentic images of God.
For more information about education at Myers
Park Baptist Church contact:
Adult Education:
Robin Coira
704.334.7232, Ext. 33
rcoira@mpbconline.org
Youth Education:
Garrett Vickrey
704.334.7232, Ext. 23
gvickrey@mpbconline.org
Elementary Education:
Sharon Doar
704.334.7232, Ext. 18
sdoar@mpbconline.org
Early Education:
Cheryl Patterson
704.334.7232, Ext. 52
cpatterson@mpbconline.org
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Archives:
Changing Landscapes: Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations Today: Featuring Edward Kessler, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Woolf Institute of Abrahamic Faiths. This event took place on January 10, 2009 from 4:30-6:00pm in Heaton Hall. This event was sponsored by the Jewish Christian Dialogue Committee of Myers Park Baptist Church and Temple Beth El in partnership with St. Peter’s Catholic Church. The program concluded with havdalah, the brief ceremony bidding farewell the Jewish Sabbath.
Listen » Welcome by Dr. Shoemaker and Ed Williams
Listen » Presentation by Dr. Kessler
Listen » Q&A, and havdalah led by Rabbi Schindler
Addresses at Temple Beth El as part of the Sabbath of Dialogue that took place on November 21, 2008:
......by Dr. Shoemaker - Confronting Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia »
......by Rabbi Judith Schindler of Temple Beth El - Confronting Anti-Semitism »
......by Imam Khalil Akbar of Masjid Ash-Shaheed - Confronting Islamophobia »
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