Bruce Dunn, Volunteer Teacher

At the start of the pandemic (2019), the Sunday morning class was studying the gospels. This course was resumed under COVID restrictions in 2020 using a hybrid format. When that course finished in September of 2020, members of the class asked for a course in basic Christian beliefs. This course started in May of 2020 and finished at the end of May 2021. Attendance for the in-person study was limited due to social-distancing requirements, and most of the Sunday morning attendance was over the ZOOM connection. On average, about 17 people attended, with normally around 12 of those on ZOOM.

The Monday night Bible study was on Jeremiah. Classes started via ZOOM in September 2020 and finished by the end of March 2021. We then turned to Lamentations; the other book that was written by Jeremiah. This was a short series and was completed by mid-April, 2021. Monday night classes went on hiatus at that time. The average attendance was 14, with all of these being via the ZOOM connection.

Due to the Organ Expansion Project, classes did not resume until December 2021. Both Sunday morning and Monday night started with unrestricted in-person attendance, with ZOOM being employed to provide the hybrid format. Starting on January 9, all in-person study was suspended due to the Omicron Variant. The Sunday morning class is now on hiatus and is anticipated to resume shortly. The Monday night study has switched to ZOOM-only.

Sunday morning started a resumption of our Survey of Scripture, with this year’s study being the New Testament epistles. This proceeded only as far as the first four lessons before the COVID shutdown. In-person attendance has been at about 20 people, while only a few have been connected via ZOOM.

Monday night started a study of the Gospel of John. The attendance has been the inverse of the Sunday morning experience: virtually everyone is attending via ZOOM (averaging about 9) while only a few (average about 3) attends in person. This study is ongoing, using a ZOOM only format at this time.

Respectfully submitted,

Bruce Dunn