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Books & Bagels Fall 2015

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Books and Bagels is a book study for women of Charlottesville Community Church and their friends.  Books & Bagels is a time of fellowship, and an opportunity to meet and make new friends. Coffee and bagels will be served by rotating volunteers from the group. Each month we read and discuss the assigned book in a round-table setting. You are welcome to join us at any time during the series, even if you have not read the book being discussed that month.  Nursing babies welcome.  No childcare.

When: 2nd Saturdays from 10am to Noon

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Dates & Readings

For the 2015-2016 year we will be reading selections from RC Sproul’s Crucial Question Series.  The books are available for FREE as Kindle books, audio books and ebooks.

Date Book Discussion Discussion Leader
Sept 12, 2015 Can I Be Sure I’m Saved?  Krisan Marotta
Oct 10, 2015 Can I have Joy in my Life?  Krisan Marotta
Nov 14, 2015 Does Prayer Change Things?  Krisan Marotta
Dec 12, 2015 no B&B  Merry Christmas!

How do I get the books?

There are several ways to obtain the books.

But I don’t have a kindle?

No problem!  You don’t have to own a Kindle.  You can read any Kindle book on a computer, smart phone or tablet using the Kindle App (available for free from itunes).

iTunes instructions on adding ePub files to iBooks: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4059

Find out more about the CCC Women’s Ministry

Photo taken by Boemski and used here under Flickr Creative Commons

Why study the attributes of God?

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Attributes of God

Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me…

At one time, not so long ago, Christians were passionate about seeking to understand and know God.  To study the attributes of God was a glorious and regular endeavor.  However, somewhere we lost our passion.  We now seem more intent upon understanding and knowing ourselves.  We live in a culture where God is being re-imaged before our very eyes.   We are encouraged to let God be who we need him to be.  We have lost our great boast – to understand and know God.

Who are you God?  That will be the question we will be searching to answer in deeper ways this semester. God has chosen to reveal Himself to us in astounding ways – to condescend and let us catch glimpses of His glory.  Some of the attributes we will be studying will be holiness, majesty, omnipotence, truth, wisdom, wrath, justice, jealousy, goodness, love, patience, grace and faithfulness.

And should you think that this study is too removed from how we live our lives day to day, be encouraged because this study will take us into the very heart of who we are and into the glory of the Gospel as we see Jesus more clearly as “the radiance of the glory of God, and the exact imprint of His nature.”

Behold Your God: A Study on the Attributes of God

Treasure in Parables

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Treasure in Parables

So what’s the point?  We answer that question as we study 12 parables of Jesus.

Like mystery novels, parables contain something secret and exciting.  We read them searching for clues that will unravel the mystery.  But instead of wondering who did it, we wonder “what’s the point.”  Instead of discovering it was the butler all along, we discover a truth that will enrich our lives and deepen our faith.

Jesus designed the parables to make us think and elicit a response. Though simple, direct stories, parables often leave us full of questions.

  • What did the foolish virgins do that was so foolish?
  • Why shouldn’t the workers in a vineyard get paid according to their labor?
  • What did the slave who safely invested his single talent do wrong?
  • Why was the unforgiving servant punished so harshly?

We’ll answer these questions and more.  We will concentrate our search in small group discussion and fellowship with a teaching by Krisan Marotta.

Come join us as we find treasures in parables.

Parables of Jesus: Pictures of the Kingdom