This year for our Advent Book Study we will be reading “A Child Is Born: A Beginner’s Guide to Nativity Stories” by Amy-Jill Levine.
See Jesus’s birth through the lens of ancient Nativity stories. “A Child Is Born” discusses the births of Isaac and Ishmael, Samson, and Samuel to reveal how they foreshadow and enrich the timeless Christmas story. Author Amy-Jill Levine brings her expert knowledge of Scripture and careful consideration of the Christian story to show readers how Scripture’s earlier birth stories anticipate the story of Jesus’s birth and how the birth resonates and gives new meaning to those earlier stories.
Please join Rev. Dr. Glenn Chestnutt in this four-week Advent book study, beginning on Tuesday, November 24th, and running for the following consecutive weeks of Advent. We will host hybrid sessions both in-person and on Zoom at 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. each Tuesday. (Please note that we will begin at 7:30 p.m. on November 24th). Contact the church office to purchase the book for $28.00 and to sign up for the book study.