Presbyterians Organized in Nurture and Teaching (POINT) is a network of educators who offer Christian education expertise and curriculum interpretation skills to churches in their area. Learn more.
The POINT Coordinating Team, a group of regional representatives and non-geographical consultants, consists of 19 individuals who volunteer to a higher level of leadership for the year. These team members, who are more connected to pastors and educators in their area, provide another level of assistance to congregations and presbyteries in their synod. They also serve as the planning team for the next annual event.
Contact your regional representative or one of the Christian education consultants to ask a question about Christian education, to receive assistance with resources, to network with another POINT representative, or to discover how POINT members can assist your congregation. The POINT Coordinating Team is ready to assist you.
‘How Deep is Your Well?’
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power together with the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ. (Ephesians 3:17b–18)
An event for members of Presbyterians Organized In Nurture and Teaching (POINT)
January 26–27, 2010 ● Nashville, Tennessee
Presbyterians Organized in Nurture and Teaching (POINT) will gather for annual training January 26–27, 2010, in Nashville, Tennessee, prior to the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators annual event, January 27-30.
The theme will be “How Deep is Your Well?” Participants will explore what it means to embrace, nurture and commit to a deeper and wider faith as the body of Christ, called to grow Christ's church deep and wide.
Dr. Susan E. Hylen, assistant professor of New Testament, Vanderbilt University Divinity School, will be our guest. Dr. Hylen, who teaches biblical interpretation and focuses her research on the characterizations, metaphor and irony in the gospel of John, will offer her insights about what a deep and wide faith looks like. She will lead a process around tables for participants to articulate their own expressions of faith and to experience corporate discernment on the depth of faith.
Presbyterians Organized In Nurture and Teaching (POINT) is a network of Christian educators who volunteer to use their expertise in support of the educational ministries of congregations. POINT team members, located in each presbytery, strive to train church leadership in the selection and use of curriculum and other educational materials. Funds will be used to provide resources and training events for POINT volunteers.