Education and Spiritual Growth

"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path."

Psalm 119:105

Our capacity to sustain ourselves in the face of life's challenges, and to find both joy and meaning in the ups and downs and the everyday, seems to directly relate to the depth of faith developed in our hearts. BPC offers many opportunities for you to open yourself up to God's transforming love, wherever you are on your path of spiritual and personal growth. If you:

• seek to awaken - or deepen - your faith in God
• want to understand yourself, and others, better, in the context of the Christian faith and God's love and grace
• don't know much about the Bible and want to learn more - or want to take your knowledge of the Bible deeper
• want to relate Biblical teachings to your daily life, for guidance, comfort and understanding
• want to discover - and embrace - the gifts that God has given you, and the ministry to which God has called you...

we invite you to click below to find out more.

• Bible Study
• School of Christian Learning
• Christian Spirituality Retreats
• Spiritual Gifts Discovery Classes

Bible Study

BPC offers two weekly Bible Study meetings from September through July:

• Women's Bible Study meets on Thursday mornings from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. in the Garden Room, followed by optional Mustard Seed Group meetings. Childcare is available in Room 109; no reservation is needed.
• Wednesday Bible Study (for men and women) meets on Wednesday mornings from 7:00 to 7:45 a.m. in the Garden Room, followed by optional Mustard Seed Group meetings for men. A light breakfast is provided.

Signing up in advance is recommended, but not required, and childcare is available.

For more information on Bible Studies, please call the Church Office at 310-826-5656. For childcare information, contact the Children's Ministry Office at 310-826-5656, ext. 3155.

School of Christian Learning

BPC's School of Christian Learning (SCL) provides a wide array of classes to deepen your faith and enrich your spiritual and everyday life. Courses are offered in the fall, winter, spring and summer in the following categories:

• Foundations (Introduction to Christian Faith)
• Bible Study
• History/Theology
• Church in the World
• Personal Growth

For more information about the School of Christian Learning, please call the Church Office at 310-826-5656.

Christian Spirituality Retreats

Our Christian Spirituality Ministry offers programming to nurture and deepen our faith as Christians. Currently, this programming consists of the following retreats.

The Spiritual Life Retreats, offered twice a year through BPC's School of Christian Learning, are held at Saint Andrew's Abbey in Valyermo, California in the spring and fall. In this beautiful setting, we join together to explore and reflect on the life of Jesus - our model of compassion and strength, our guide in times of sorrow and pain, our example of dignity and grace. As Scripture reminds us, it is in living God's Word in relationship to others, that we will find a deeper meaning to our own lives and a deeper connection to, and reverence for, God.

For more information on Christian Spirituality Ministry retreats, please call the Church Office at 310-826-5656.

Spiritual Gifts Discovery Classes

"Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone."

Corinthians 12:4-6

Few things are more rewarding than recognizing the spiritual gifts given to us by God. When we know our spiritual gifts, we have our "job description" as a Christian. When we use these gifts, we are responding to God's call in a way that brings joy to our lives.

The Spiritual Gifts Discovery Class is designed to help you discover the spiritual gifts given to you by God, and the ways you might use them to serve God. In that service within and beyond the walls of BPC, we live out the BPC belief that "we are all ministers." The class is offered periodically through the School of Christian Learning.

For information on the next Spiritual Gifts Discovery Class, please call the Church Office at 310-826-5656.

"Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received."

1 Peter 4:10

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