Adult learners at Mount Olive have a range of opportunities to explore their faith, Scripture, and contemporary issues.
Adult Forum
Sunday, 9:30–10:30 am
Chapel Lounge
This Sunday morning discussion tackles a wide range of topics. Both members and guest experts lead the forum.
Topics recently discussed have included:
- Prof. Earl Schwartz, “Amos and Amaziah” (video)
- Rev. Thomas Schattauer, “Paschal Triduum (or Three Days)” (video)
- Rev. Cody J. Sanders, PhD, “Care in Community in an Era of Cruelty” (video)
- Cantor Daniel Schwandt, “Lutherans and the Psalms” (video)
- Prof. Earl Schwartz, “Women and Divine Calling in Hebrew Scriptures” (video)
- Pastor Joseph Crippen, “Mary Magdalene, Apostle to the Apostles” (videos: Parts 1 and 2; Part 3)
Recordings of recent Adult Forum presentations are available on the Mount Olive YouTube channel in the “Adult Forum Presentations from Mount Olive Lutheran Church Minneapolis” playlist.
Please contact the director of education with any questions or to suggest forum topics.
Noon Bible Study
Tuesday, 12:00 noon
West Commons or via Zoom
Mount Olive’s preacher for the coming Sunday leads a free-ranging discussion of the readings appointed for the day. Participants talk about where the texts lead them, questions they have about the readings, and insights they want to share. Feel free to bring your lunch.
The Zoom link for this Bible study is the same every week.
Contact the director of education for more information, or just show up. All are welcome!
Book Discussion
Second Saturday of the month, 10:00 am–noon
West Commons or via Zoom
Group members discuss fiction and nonfiction books that are readily available in paperback in bookstores, online, or in libraries. Recent books have included The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen, Emma by Jane Austen, and Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare. Participants take turns suggesting books and providing snacks and beverages.
The Zoom link for this discussion is the same every week.
Contact the director of education for more information, or just come. You’ll be warmly welcomed.
Feminine Divine Spiritual Study Group
Third Tuesday of the month, 6:30–8:30 pm, starting September 16
Louise Schroeder Memorial Library
Facilitated by Teresa Rothausen, PhD
Join a series of conversations and prayerful discernment related to the Feminine Divine. We will read or skim parts of several texts as well as spiritual practices.
- Theology: She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse, by Elizabeth Johnson (Crossroads, 2002)
- Theology: Transformative Lutheran Theologies: Feminist, Womanist, and Mujerista Perspectives, edited by Mary Streufert (Fortress Press, 2010)
- Social science and commentary: Men Explain Things to Me, by Rebecca Solnit (Haymarket Books, 2014)
- Memoir: The Dance of the Dissident Daughter, by Sue Monk Kidd (Harper Collins, 1996)
- Memoir/research/theology: Womanish Theology: Discovering God through the Lens of Black Girlhood, by Khristi Lauren Adams (Brazos Press, 2024)
- Fiction: Lilith: A Novel, by Nikki Marmery (Alcove Press, 2023)
You do not need to have attended the study group in before to participate this year. Scholarships for materials are available. All are welcome!
Contact Teresa (or 612-275-7468) with questions.
