"...so that all may learn and all be encouraged.”

—1 Corinthians 14:31 

Educational opportunities for adults at Bethany Church include year-round weekly discussion groups, shorter-term book discussion groups, classes and workshops, and occasional church retreats, as well as participation in Bethany’s Senior Choir. 

Bible Study meets on Mondays from 3:30-5 pm in Kathy’s office in Bethany House. All are welcome. 

Men’s Fellowship Breakfast meets on Monday’s from 7-8 am in the fellowship hall. Join us year round for conversation on diverse topics over breakfast. 

Book Discussion Groups meet at various times throughout the year. Recent discussions have focused on God’s Politics by Jim Wallis; Reading the Bible with Third World Eyes by Robert McAfee Brown; and The Heart of Christianity by Marcus Borg. 

Classes and Workshops are offered periodically on a variety of topics. Past examples have included parenting, Enneagram, death and dying, spiritual expression through dance, story telling, writing, and completive creation of prayer cards. 

Church Retreats. Bethany occasionally offers recreational as well as silent church retreats to such places as Star Island in the Isles of Shoals off Rye, NH; the Bishop Booth Conference Center on Lake Champlain in Burlington, VT; and the Eastern Point Retreat House in Gloucester, MA. 

Senior Choir is led by choir director Marta Borgstrom. Bethany’s Senior Choir rehearses September-June on Thursdays at 7 pm and Sundays at 9 am.