Register online now or in-person at the adult education office.
A single tuition payment of $20 per semester allows you to enroll in an unlimited number of courses.
These classes are being held at Myers Park Presbyterian in the designated classrooms.

THE COURSES
Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Feb. 24-Mar. 24 (five weeks)
Pastor's Bible Study:  Surviving Life's Transitions
Learn how the ancient struggles of God's people can provide encouragement for today's challenges with Pastor Steve Eason.  Together we will explore the parallels between the ancient struggles of God's people - economic oppression, uncertain future, external forces controlling life - and our current environment. 
Room:  E-205  
Teacher:  Rev. Dr. Steven Eason, Senior Pastor

Paul: Appealing or Appalling Apostle?
Deepen your understanding of the message and radical vision of Paul, one of the Bible's central figures.  Was Paul the appealing promoter of a new way of living in Christ or the appalling protector of the status quo?  Learn about three Pauls and their New Testament books, and the tendency of the Church to mute Paul's radical vision. 
Room:  E-201 
Teacher: Rev. Von Clemans, Associate Pastor of Adult Education

The How of Happiness
Discover the secrets of happiness and contentment and how to incorporate them into your life.  Dr. Frieda Brown will reveal three factors mirrored by the Bible and modern psychology and shared by happy individuals. 
Room:  E-203 
Teacher:  Dr. Frieda Brown, award winning licensed clinical psychologist, international speaker/teacher, author, and adjunct professor at Davidson College since 1987, and 2009 MPPC Women's Retreat leader. 

The Hole in Our Gospel
Transform your view of success and significance through this study of the gospel and its world impact.  Richard Stearns left a Fortune 500 job to become the president of World Vision, U.S.  He authored our textbook which demononstrates how the gospel - the whole gospel - was always meant to be a world-changing social revolution, a revolution that begins with us and can change the world. 
Room:  E-206
Teachers:  Rev. Dr. Bob Breed, Associate Pastor for Outreach; Jan Stubblefield and Jan Swetenburg; Co-chairs of Mission Education; Teri Boone, Chair of Outreach Ministries. 
Text:  $15, The Hole in Our Gospel

Graham Greene and the Mystery of Grace
Delve into two of Graham Greene's novels and explore how grace changes people and their world.  In this five-week course we will study The Power and the Glory and The End of the Affair.  Each illustrates a theology in which God's grace changes the lives of unworthy individuals and allows them to affect the lives of others. 
Room:  E-202 
Teacher:  Dr. Tony Abbott, Professor Emeritus of English, Davidson College. 
Textbooks: $10, The Power and the Glory; $10, The End of the Affair