Bishop’s 2025 Advent Book Study – Zoom

You’re invited to participate in the 2025 Advent Study led by Bishop Lanette. In this study, United Methodists across the Dakotas and Minnesota are invited to read “A Child is Born” by Amy-Jill Levine. Dive into the narratives of Isaac, Ishmael, Moses, and Samuel to reveal how they foreshadow and enrich the timeless Christmas story. Levine shows readers how Scripture’s earlier birth stories anticipate the story of Jesus’s birth and how His birth resonates and gives new meaning to those earlier stories.

• Discussions will be held via Zoom on Monday evenings, Dec. 1-22, 7-8:15 pm CT.

The schedule is:

• Dec. 1, 2025, 7-8:15 pm Central—Chapter 1: The Conception and Birth of Isaac and Ishmael
• Dec. 8, 2025, 7-8:15 pm Central—Chapter 2: The Conception and Birth of Samson
• Dec. 15, 2025, 7-8:15 pm Central—Chapter 3: The Conception and Birth of Samuel
• Dec. 22, 2025, 7-8:15 pm Central—Chapter 4: Jesus: Heir to Traditions

Led by Bishop Lanette Plambeck – Resident Bishop for the Dakotas-Minnesota Area

You must register in order to receive the Zoom link to each gathering. Link to register: https://mnumc-reg.brtapp.com/AdventChild25