The Christian Education Committee of SPCC offers four Study groups per year; we cover a variety of topics that range from social justice issues such as racism, to finding hope in difficult situations. While we sometimes have ‘difficult’ conversations around issues like racism and candid discussions about the Jim Crow era and the Great Migration, we are careful to create a safe space for all participates. 

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For those that need a little break from what some would call “heavy” subject matter we are a group that believes in balance and fun! For example even when we explored the topic of finding hope in difficult situations, we did so from the point of view of Ann Lamott, who sprinkles in her own brand of humor. 

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Since we began this group in the Fall of 2020, we have explored, learned about and discussed the Jim Crow Era and the Great Migration with the help of Isabel Wilkerson and her book, The Warmth of Other Suns, The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration; finding hope in difficult situations with the help of Anne Lamott and her book, Almost Everything, Notes on Hope, and dismantling racism with the help of Carol B. Helsel and her book, Anxious to Talk About It: Helping White Christians Talk Faithfully about Racism.