Published: Oct. 20, 2026

Asbury First's Sunday School Forum meets weekly on Sundays in Fellowship Hall between services to discuss a range of topics including current events, social justice, and discipleship practices. All are welcome to gather with us as we learn more about ourselves, our community, and the world around us. Each week stands alone, so come as you are able! Pastor Dee and Jo will be coordinating and facilitating this group.

October 4: A Communion Deep Dive
In celebration of World Communion Sunday, we’re doing a deep dive into the communion liturgy. We’ll explore the historical roots of the sacrament, how the practice of communion has evolved, and what communion means for us today. 

October 11: Weekend to End Homelessness
We’ll discuss our inalienable human rights, including a right to shelter, and the barriers to shelter that those in our community (and around the world) face. 

October 18: Children’s Sabbath
We’ll discuss the origin of children’s rights in our political context and discuss current issues facing children. 

October 25: Seeing the Lord Face-to-Face
As we reflect on the death of Moses in this Sunday’s scripture reading, we’ll discuss religious experiences throughout time and how our culture experiences them today. 

November 1: Stories from the Exodus- The Underground Railroad
As we remember the saints who have gone before us, we being our series on liberation movements inspired by the Exodus story, beginning with abolitionists in the antebellum United States. 

November 8: Stories from the Exodus- The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
We’ll trace the centrality of the Exodus story in Judaism before exploring an example of the fight for Jewish liberation in Nazi-controlled Poland. 

November 15: Stories from the Exodus- Latin American Liberation Theology
We’ll explore the history of colonialism in the Americas and how twentieth-century Latin American liberation movements used the Exodus story in their theology of salvation. 

November 22: Stories from the Exodus- Joshua and Indigenous Americans
We’ll explore the conversation between the conquest narrative of Joshua, the role of the Canaanites in that story, and the theological justifications for the violent oppression of Native Americans during European colonization. 

November 29: Waiting on God- The Present State of the World
On this first Sunday of Advent, we’ll gather together a list of what we think is broken or wrong in this world and ask ourselves if God is still at work among us. 

December 6: Waiting on God- Every Mountain Made Low
On this second Sunday of Advent, we’ll explore the terms equality, equity, and justice and the prophetic imagination of Isaiah 40. 

December 13: Waiting on God- The Year of the Lord’s Favor
On this third Sunday of Advent, we’ll learn about the history of the Jubilee, its connection to Jesus’s ministry, and what this practice could look like in today’s world. 

December 20: Waiting on God- A House for the Lord
On this fourth Sunday of Advent, we’ll discuss where God dwells today, in the world after the Incarnation, Resurrection, and Pentecost.