No Bible Study on July 4th - there will be one worship service only at 10:30 am.

Class resumes on July 11th. Our next study will begin the first Sunday in August. In the interim time, it will be "teacher's choice" for the lessons. Watch the blog for more information!

Ok, this is not related to Sunday School, but I saw this interesting article that talked about the restoration of ancient, 4th century paintings of Peter, Paul, John and Andrew in a catacomb under a modern office building in Rome. These pictures are pretty neat.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100622/ap_on_re_eu/eu_vatican_archaeology

Pharisees and Publicans

This week's lesson also discusses prayer. We have been talking a lot about prayer, it seems, in these lessons.

This week's characters are 1. A Pharisee
2. A Publican or tax collector as the New International Version
describes him. The older term comes from the Latin publicanus
which meant public servant.

We know a lot about the Pharisees. They were those "separated ones" who were religious leaders in Israel and appear frequently in the Gospels.

Tax collectors were reviled by the Pharisees because they worked for the Roman Empire. They collected taxes and made their living by taking more than they should and extorting the Jewish people.

Which group would you rather identify with in this parable?

New Blog

Hey,

This is the first blog for our Sunday School class blog spot. We are finishing up with the parables of Jesus in Luke in a couple of weeks and we will be starting a new curriculum soon. Hopefully this blog will be a way for us to communicate before and after Sunday and discuss the lessons and whatever else you are interested in.