Adult Fellowship and Bible Studies

Adult Book Study

Throughout the year various book studies are announced with various meeting times. Please scroll down for information.

Martha Circle

Martha Circle meets the 3rd Tuesday of the month, usually meeting in the Fireside Room for a book study. Please scroll down for the meeting schedule. 

Seafarers

This is an adult social group that usually meets on Fridays. They sponsor various mission activities and facilitate a book exchange one Sunday a month.

CPC Book Discussion

Every month a book is chosen to be read. On the last Sunday of the month, after Service, we meet for fellowship and book discussion. Please scroll down for the reading list. 

Advent Adult Bible & Book Study 2025

Mondays, December 1 - 21, 

3:30 PM to 5 via Zoom

Please join Laura Levin and special guest Gail Doering in exploring The First Advent in Palestine by Kelley Nikondeha:

[To put the Advent story in context], trusted scholar and community organizer Kelley Nikondeha takes us back to where the landscape of Palestine is once again the geographic, socioeconomic, and political backdrop for the Advent story…Throughout her explorations, Nikondeha features the stories of modern-day Palestinians, centering their voices to help us meet an Advent recognizable for today. This thought-provoking examination invites us into a season of discovery, one that is realistic and honest, and that still wonders at the goodness of God's grace.

Gail joins us from Kansas! She has walked the land of Palestine, has led the study of this book twice before, and has generously offered to co-lead us, as well. 

Rev Gail Doering is PCUSA teaching elder and seminary classmate of Rev Wendy. Before retirement in 2024, she was Transitional Executive Leader for the Presbytery of Southern Kansas. Gail also served a variety of congregations in SF Bay Area and North Bend OR (the OTHER Bay Area).

In 2012, Gail traveled to Israel/Palestine for the first time, along with Pastor Wendy and two other pastors from seminary. That began a journey, study, exploration and compassion for the people and the land. She has returned seven times including a three month sabbatical in 2018.

Gail now lives in Wichita KS with her husband and a lovable mutt named Iggy. (Named for Andre Iguodala of the GS Warriors). Gail and David’s greatest accomplishment is launching daughters into fully independent adult living.

Contact Laura for details. 

Seafarers of CPC

Meeting in-person

2nd Friday of the Month at 12:30 pm


Join us for a time of fellowship, a devotional and prayer time.

Please Contact Us if you would like to join the meeting. 

Since we usually meet for lunch before, feel free to bring a munchie or a cup of tea to enjoy during the meeting.  

Martha Circle

Meeting in-person or on Zoom,3rd Tuesday afternoons at 1:30 pm

All meetings will be hybrid (in person in the Fireside Room and on Zoom) until further notice.

The Martha Circle study this year (2026) is: 

Finding Resilience, Joy, and Our Identity in Jesus Christ by Rhashell D. Hunter


  • January 20      Lesson One: Mary Magdalene, the Tower
  • February 17    Lesson Two: Mary "of a Certain Village"
  • March 17     Lesson Three: Jesus is Tested
  • April 21     Lesson Four: The Prodigal Child, the Eldest Child, and the Devoted Parent
  • May 19        Lesson Five: The Gift of the Woman Who Was Poor
  • June 16        Lesson Six: Finding our Joy in Christ: "I Will Say It Again, Rejoice"
  • September 15   Lesson Seven: The Woman Who Was Bent Over
  • October 20      Lesson Eight: Remembering Jesus' Baptist
  • November 17    Lesson Nine: When You Are Walking With Jesus: The Road to Emmaus

Earline Barfield and Margaret Pasholk invite any women of the church to join in this Bible study and prayer time.

 

*If meeting in person, you may bring a sack lunch and meet in the Fireside room at 12:30 before the meeting, and then we will have dessert sharing at 1 pm.

Please Contact Us if you would like to join the meeting. 

Abigail Circle

Monthly Women's Bible Study

Every 3rd Wednesday, at 6:30 pm on Zoom


The 2026  Study Guide: Finding Resilience, Joy, and Our Identity in Jesus Christ." By Rhashell D. Hunter

CPC Book Discussion📚

 (2025 schedule)

Join in the discussion, open to all who read the assigned book, 

no club to join. Usually 11:45 on last Sunday.

Meeting on Zoom


CPC Book Group 2026 List Coming Soon