The Saint Alban’s Men’s Group meets at Dick’s Diner in the back room Friday mornings from 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM. There is also an option to meet via cell phone for the discussion time. The current topic is a study of Genesis 1 – 11 by noted theologian Warren Wiersbe. Contact St. Alban’s with any questions or show up for breakfast and Bible study each Friday morning.
St. Alban’s Women Bible Study (SAW) Fall Session – September 23
St. Albans women meet in the Fellowship Hall on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Those who can’t attend in person have the option to attend virtually via Zoom. All of the women of St. Alban’s and their friends who may be seeking an enriching Bible Study are invited to join. On Tuesday, September 23 the 8-part study, “Titus: Displaying the Gospel of Grace” by Courtney Doctor and Hunter Beless begins. This is a line by line study of this epistle. Contact St. Alban’s for purchase of the workbook, photocopies and discussion questions, and any other questions about the calendar.
Adult Education at St. Alban’s – Fall Series
Join us between services each Sunday for the Fall series of St. Albans Adult Education. The topics are:
September 14 to October 5 – Basic Training
The Fall Series of adult education begins Sunday September 14 and runs through October 5 with a review of basic foundational truths directly taken from the Bible sequenced from the Apostles Creed on the following topics: What is Faith?, God the Father, The Person of Christ, The Work of Christ, The Holy Spirit and the Church, and Forgiveness, Resurrection and the Life Eternal.
October 26 – The Shoe Box Miracles
You will learn the story behind the Christmas Shoebox Gifts that St. Albans sends forth every Christmas. The testimonials that will be shared are soul-stirring and encouraging, reminding us that every act we bring forward as a Christian to give freely to others echoes the message from the Jesus Christ of the Gospels. The growth of the program, the massive logistics involved, and the transformational effects experienced by the recipients will be discussed.
November 2 to November 23 – Rebellion
This Bible study series will deal with the topic of rebellion in the world in which we live, including the First Fall in the Garden, the heavenly hosts who rebelled, the anointed faithful of the Old Testament who rebelled, the rebellion that lives within all of us, and the question, does all rebellion lead to sin.
July 27 Adult Ed – Prayer and Evangalism
The new St. Alban’s series on “Strengthening Our Evangelism” led by Jason Ingrassia is meeting this Sunday July 27 at 9:45am. The theme for July 27 is “Prayer and Evangelism.”
The July 20 session was dedicated to “Listening.” Listening to others is the most important part of evangelism. Scriptures related to listening were read. Two points of view were laid out: How to be a good listener and How not to be a bad listener! We will be discussing how to make the class PowerPoint slides available on the Saint Alban’s website, for our use and our usefulness to others.
These sessions meet in the fellowship hall between services from 9:45-10:35. Coffee, beverages and breakfast snacks are offered. All are welcome and encouraged to
attend, from young recently confirmed teens all the way up to our eldest members of the congregation. The group will be studying Scripture texts on evangelism and considering various personal approaches to engage our family, friends, and neighbors with the joy of Jesus. Let’s do our part and help revive our community and church by reaching others for Christ. These sessions will enable you to identify your particular God-given gifts in honing your specific outreach to others-gifts that we frequently never explore!
attend, from young recently confirmed teens all the way up to our eldest members of the congregation. The group will be studying Scripture texts on evangelism and considering various personal approaches to engage our family, friends, and neighbors with the joy of Jesus. Let’s do our part and help revive our community and church by reaching others for Christ. These sessions will enable you to identify your particular God-given gifts in honing your specific outreach to others-gifts that we frequently never explore!
The sessions will continue to run weekly through late August.
St. Alban’s Summer series on “Strengthening Our Evangelism”
The first two sessions have had excellent attendance and many compliments!
These sessions meet in the fellowship hall between services from 9:45-10:35. Coffee, beverages and breakfast snacks are offered.
All are welcome; all are encouraged to attend, from young recently confirmed teens all the way up to our eldest members of the congregation. The group will be studying Scripture texts on evangelism and considering various personal approaches to engage our family, friends, and neighbors with the joy of Jesus. Let’s do our part and help revive our community and church by reaching others for Christ. These sessions will enable you to identify your particular God-given gifts in honing your specific outreach to others-gifts that we frequently never explore! We expect the sessions to run weekly through late August.
Summer Adult Ed Series – June 22nd
Beginning on Sunday June 22, between services, there will be an evangelism class in the fellowship hall between services from 9:45-10:35. All are welcome; all are encouraged to attend, from young recently confirmed teens all the way up to our eldest members of the congregation. We will be studying Scripture texts on evangelism. We will look at how Jesus evangelized as well as Paul. Let’s do our part and help revive our community and church by reaching others for Christ. We expect the sessions to run weekly through late August led by Jason Ingrassia.
Adult Ed – Last Session of the Year!
Greetings Saint Alban’s family:
Saint Alban’s had a second excellent session on the Holy Spirit through the Gospels and the New Testament epistles led by Lawrence Silverstein this past Sunday—12 attendees were together.
Please join us for our last session of the year this Sunday May 18 on this look at the person of the Holy Spirit in our lives today. Howard Hill is presenting this session and will speak on sanctification as well.
This is the last adult ed session left before our break for the summer—these post-Easter sessions are especially geared to the Easter/Pentecost season in the church.
I want to publicly thank the presenters for this year’s set of 33 Adult Ed/Bible study Sessions (the sharing of their gifts make light work for everyone involved in the program):
Rev. Dr. David H. Grissom (3 sessions)
Tim Lyon (4 sessions)
Lawrence Silverstein (5 sessions)
Howard Hill (1 session-new to the ministry)
Deb Silverstein (3 sessions)
Jason Ingrassia (6 sessions)
Craig Huntington (4 sessions)
Elaine Griesheimer (Lenten program-5 weeks)
Kathryn Ingerick (Lenten devotional project)
Kathy Pierce (SAW Bible study coordinator-all year)
Fred Carlson (7 sessions)
Bishop Alex Cameron presented at his pastoral visit in February so we appreciate his time with us.
This ministry invites one and all to suggest books of the Bible that need group study together, for thematic ideas for planning a series, for your questions that we can program around to benefit one and all (2 Timothy 3:16-17 “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.”)
The year’s theme was “Creating Courageous Christians.” Our team feels that the lessons underscored our understandings of God’s promises and the courage we have in those promises. We invite your input for next year’s program—adult ed is for everyone, young confirmed adults as well as the mature believers.
Adult Ed meets in the pews from 9:45 to 10:35 am. All lessons are stand-alone — come when you can!
Reminder: To purchase your own copy of a Book of Common Prayer (BCP), 2019 Anglican Church of North America edition, contact: https://
BCPs start at around $30 for the editions like our pew prayer books. More expensive covers and bindings are available.
The link to the Hillsdale free online lessons on Ancient Christianity we watched led by Father David on 1/19, 1/26, 2/2 is here. The lessons we watched were 1, 3, 4. Lesson 4 is a terrific synopsis of the historic impact of the real Jesus on the land and times of his life.
Hope to see you with us in adult ed this Sunday!
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Last Two Weeks of Adult Ed Before Summer Break at St. Alban’s – Sundays May 11 and 18
Saint Alban’s had an excellent session one on the Holy Spirit through the Old Testament led by Lawrence Silverstein this past Sunday—15 attendees were together.
Please join us for our last two sessions of the year the next two Sundays May 11 and 18 on this look at the biblical accounts of the person of the Holy Spirit in the New Testament, and in our lives today. Lawrence will continue with Howard Hill presenting on sanctification as well.
There are only TWO adult ed sessions left before our break for the summer—these sessions are especially geared to the Easter/Pentecost season in the church:
Adult Ed concludes for the 2024-2025 year after our May 18 session with our summer break.
Adult Ed meets in the pews from 9:45 to 10:35 am. All lessons are stand-alone — come when you can!
Reminder: To purchase your own copy of a Book of Common Prayer (BCP), 2019 Anglican Church of North America edition, contact: https://
BCPs start at around $30 for the editions like our pew prayer books. More expensive covers and bindings are available.
The link to the Hillsdale free online lessons on Ancient Christianity we watched led by Father David on 1/19, 1/26, 2/2 is here. The lessons we watched were 1, 3, 4. Lesson 4 is a terrific synopsis of the historic impact of the real Jesus on the land and times of his life.
Hope to see you with us in adult ed this Sunday!
Only Three Adult Ed Sessions Left!
There are only THREE adult ed sessions left before our break for the summer—these sessions are especially geared to the Easter/Pentecost season in the church:
May 4, May 11 and May 18: Lawrence Silverstein on the Holy Spirit and Pentecost–both in the Old and New Testaments, with some added teachings from Howard Hill on the Holy Spirit’s role in sanctification.
Adult Ed concludes for the 2024-2025 year after our May 18 session with our summer break.
Thanks to Deb Silverstein for her complete and concise lessons on the hymns of Easter—Deb’s presentations are always so complete. History, theology, music styles, etc. We have handouts of this class if anyone wants one just ask me if you missed it.
Adult Ed meets in the pews from 9:45 to 10:35 am. All lessons are stand-alone — come when you can!
Reminder: To purchase your own copy of a Book of Common Prayer (BCP), 2019 Anglican Church of North America edition, contact: https://
BCPs start at around $30 for the editions like our pew prayer books. More expensive covers and bindings are available.
The link to the Hillsdale free online lessons on Ancient Christianity we watched led by Father David on 1/19, 1/26, 2/2 is here. The lessons we watched were 1, 3, 4. Lesson 4 is a terrific synopsis of the historic impact of the real Jesus on the land and times of his life.
Hope to see you with us in adult ed this Sunday!
Adult Education, Palm Sunday, April 13
Our Palm Sunday session this Sunday April 13, 2025 at 9:45am will focus on the 4 Gospel accounts of the Crucifixion and seeing where the 4 accounts do not contradict each other-they expand upon each other. Fred Carlson will lead this session in the pews.
Our Adult Ed sessions have concluded on the sermons of the Book of Acts of the Apostles.
Thanks to Tim Lyon, Jason Ingrassia and Craig Huntington for their sharing of their gifts and bringing us the core messages of these sermons in the early days of the church.
The sermons in Acts were messages that changed the world. When we talk about Christian outreach with POWER this is what we are talking about. We believe we are strengthened and more prepared to share our testimonies powerfully in this time and place we live within…to those around us who need the Lord.
Adult Ed meets in the pews from 9:45 to 10:35 am. All lessons are stand-alone — come when you can!
Reminder: To purchase your own copy of a Book of Common Prayer (BCP), 2019 Anglican Church of North America edition, contact: https://
BCPs start at around $30 for the editions like our pew prayer books. More expensive covers and bindings are available.
The link to the Hillsdale free online lessons on Ancient Christianity we watched led by Father David on 1/19, 1/26, 2/2 is here. The lessons we watched were 1, 3, 4. Lesson 4 is a terrific synopsis of the historic impact of the real Jesus on the land and times of his life.
Hope to see you with us in adult ed this Sunday!