Sunday Book Discussion at Fairlington UMC

Here are the details for the post-Nathan Solomon Sunday School class, presented by his replacement…Nathan Ringham.

Hi all -

Happy Easter!

Next week we will begin our discussion of the book, Same Kind of
Different As Me. We will start with the topics of prejudice and
homelessness. Ideally, you should read through chapter 21, which is
about 100 pages. It may sound like a lot, but the book reads very
quickly. If you don’t get that far, don’t worry; the questions we’ll
discuss (see below) are fairly general and don’t really require that
you read the book (for future topics, this isn’t necessarily the
case). Later in the week, I’ll send out a list of topics for the next
several weeks.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Nathan

Prejudice

1. What are some modern examples of prejudice? Other than racial
prejudice, what other kinds of prejudice are common today?

2. What are three things you can do to combat your personal prejudices?

3. What does being prejudice say about your personal self-esteem?

4. Read Micah 6:8. What does this verse say about the attitude we
should have toward other people?

Homelessness

1. What is your initial reaction to encountering a homeless person or
someone who is in serious financial or personal need?

2. If you were in that situation, how would you want others to respond to you?

3. Other than give money to social service agencies, what are three
things you can do to provide ministry to the homeless people in your
community?

4. Jesus’ ministry was often focused on society’s outcasts. Why did
Jesus seek them rather than socializing with the religious elite? With
which crowd are you most likely to spend time—the outcasts in your
community or the religious elite? Why?