COMMUNITY HOUR

GROUPS AND CLASSES FOR EVERY AGE AND STAGE

February 1-March 22, 2026

Community Hour meets from 10:30-11:30 a.m. on select Sundays to help you practice the way of Jesus and experience greater community while getting connected. We offer several learning opportunities for adults and age-appropriate classes for kids and students from birth through age 18.


CLASSES/GROUPS FOR ADULTS

SPIRITUAL EMOTIONAL HEALTH: THE IGNATIAN WAY TO MANAGING YOUR INNER WORLD

SPIRITUAL EMOTIONAL HEALTH: THE IGNATIAN WAY TO MANAGING YOUR INNER WORLD

February 1-March 22 in the Vista Room

Facilitator: Pastor Brian Rhen

This class will help you become more aware of your thoughts, emotions, and spiritual patterns so you can recognize what draws you toward God and what pulls you away. Using the time-tested wisdom of Ignatian spirituality, you’ll learn how to become aware, understand, and take action. In the end, you will gain practical steps to embrace life-giving encouragement and actively resist discouragement.

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THE RACIAL HISTORY OF ACC

THE RACIAL HISTORY OF ACC

February 1-March 22 in the Triangle Room

Facilitators: Love Mercy Do Justice Team

This class is an opportunity for us to look honestly at our past, so we can faithfully discern how God is leading us forward. Every church has a story—shaped by its theology, its people, and the cultural forces around it. This class isn’t about assigning guilt. It’s about understanding how ACC came to be. In doing so, we will see how our church interacted with issues of race over the decades with the intent that we embody the reconciling heart of Jesus today.

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EXPERIENCING GOD’S WORD

EXPERIENCING GOD’S WORD

February 1-March 22 in the Chapel

Facilitator: Pastor Jodi Moore and Dan Zazvorka

Understanding the Bible isn’t just for a few scholarly types. The Bible is meant to be read and comprehended by everyone. This course will cover everything from how to choose a good translation to understanding different genres of biblical writing to key methods of reading God’s Word and asking better questions of the Bible. While we read the Bible, the Bible is also reading us, and we become part of God’s continuing story. 

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CLASSES FOR KIDS

During Community Hour, we will have programming for kids of all ages while their parents are in their classes or small groups. Our nursery will be open for those under three years old and we will have a class for our preschool through 5th graders! We will be using the curriculum, the Biggest Story to go through the Bible all together.

Our goal for our kids during Community Hour is to build relationships with adults and kids in the class, to create fun time for kids to connect as their parents are, and to have a second hour of discipleship for our youngest congregants.

IMPORTANT LOGISTICS!! Kids should not be dropped off without a caregiver in the building. A caregiver must remain in the building during our Community Hour to maintain safety for their children. Children should be checked in for service programming, checked out during coffee hour, and checked back in for Community Hour at the iPads in the upstairs kids hallway.

CLASSES FOR STUDENTS

Community Hour for students includes all 6th-12th graders and will take place in the Youth Room!

Our goal for this space is for students to connect with one another and adult leaders, and to interpret and look closer at the scriptures. Rather than just hearing a teaching, students will be invited to contemplate, and articulate their own thoughts and feelings.

We need volunteers! If you’re interested in helping out, please reach out to JDrew.