Adult Ministry
Pullen offers a variety of opportunities for adults to deepen their spiritual life, explore religious education and reflect on current events with other people of faith.
Adult Education
Sunday Groups: Sundays at 9:30 am at Pullen
Get ready! You're going to have a hard time choosing between the Sunday Groups we have lined up for this Fall! There are many groups to choose from because there’s a lot to talk about! We hope you find something that piques your interest or speaks to your passion. Sunday Groups give us an opportunity to get to know each other and go deeper in our conversations with one another. If you’re a newer member or attendee looking to connect with others in the Pullen community, this is a great opportunity. If you’re looking for an accomplice in the work you feel called to, you may find that person in a Sunday Group. Take a moment to look at the list of offerings below. Sunday Groups begin on September 17 and meet from 9:30 – 10:30 am.
Contact: Nancy Petty
Wednesday Nights- Join us at “The Table”: Wednesdays at 5:30 pm in Finlator Hall
At The Table, we connect over a meal, and through engaging topics about faith, justice, and the human experience. Dinner is served from 5:30 – 6:15 pm. We share announcements, celebrate milestones and pray together before engaging the topic for the evening.
Dinner is $7 for youth and adults, and $4 for children, with a $24 maximum per family (vegetarian options available).
Kids and Teen programming as well as childcare for preschoolers is available. Check out our topics at pullen.org/thetable and make plans to join us!
Contact: Chalice Overy
Pullen Library
The Azelene Medlin Memorial Library is a resource for all ages. It contains many recent books, reference materials, periodicals, and videos on a variety of topics of interest to the Pullen family. The library is open whenever the church building is open and self-help check-out makes it easy to get what you need when you need it. This year the Library Committee is transitioning our collection from a card catalog to a computer search program for quicker and easier access. Instructions for using the computer program will be posted when this project is completed.
If you cannot find what you are looking for, librarian Robin Hemrick and the Library Committee are always open to suggestions about new resources we could add to our library’s fine collection.
Spiritual Life
In the words of the prophet Micah, we are called to “do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with God.” This verse from Micah 6:8 serves as a watchword for Pullen’s life and ministry. Although we often focus on the “doing justice-loving kindness” portions of the prophet’s statement, our desire is that all of our life together as the Pullen community will help us “walk humbly with God.
We believe that spirituality is deeply connected not only to our personal faith, but also to our social justice witness in the world. Consequently, we try to connect all of our activities to our relationship with the divine. In small groups, quiet days, labyrinth walks, and retreats as well as in meetings, fellowship, camps, and outreach, our search for the sacred in all of life is our most important task.
Labyrinth
A labyrinth can be thought of as a symbolic form of pilgrimage. It combines the imagery of the circle and the spiral into a meandering but purposeful path. In ancient times, many people could not afford to travel to holy sites and lands, so labyrinths and prayer substituted for such travel. Today walking a labyrinth is a spiritual experience. It represents a journey to our own center and back again out into the world. Labyrinths have long been used as meditation and prayer tools, and this is the purpose the Pullen labyrinth.
We are pleased to have a permanent labyrinth painted on the hardwood floor of the chapel. It is available for meditation and prayer on Sunday mornings during the Sunday school hour and upon request during the week. Please ask in the church office for access.
Fellowship
Pullen Women’s Group: Monthly Mondays at 6:00 pm at different local restaurants
This group of women meets each month at Pullen or elsewhere for social events. Please watch for meeting dates and times at pullen.org/connect or contact Rita Rakestraw.
Contact: Rita Rakestraw
Wednesday Night Men's Group: Wednesdays at 6:30 pm at Pullen in 310
If you are masculine-identified and are interested in reading and discussing Richard Rohr’s book "Falling Upward", this is the group for you. Andrew Kasper and Kevin Neiley are very excited to offer this on Wednesday Nights. In true Pullen fashion, we will start weekly and see where we go! Please consider joining us on this exciting exploration into the two halves of life.
Contact: Kevin Neiley
Young-ish Adults
Pullen boasts an active young adult group for area students and young professionals who are seeking community.
LGBTQIA+ college students are invited to join Brave Space, which gathers Thursday evenings at 6:00 pm for food and conversation in Poteat Chapel.
Young-ish Group: The Young-ish young adults will meet each Tuesday at 6:30 pm in Pullen’s Finlator Hall. Join us as we share the stories of our lives and discuss topics that matter to us.
We also gather outside the church and walk over to Players Retreat for our 4th Sunday Lunch.
Other cookouts, retreats, ball games, etc. are scheduled throughout the year.
For information on upcoming events, visit pullen.org/connect or contact Nancy Petty.
Pullen Mission Women: First Tuesdays at 10:00 am
Pullen Mission Women: First Tuesdays at 10:00 am on Zoom
Pullen Mission Women meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 10 am. We currently gather in person at the church on even-numbered months, and via Zoom on odd-numbered months. Please contact Pat Long at patlong1969@gmail.com for information and Zoom links.
Contact: Pat Long
Caregiver Support Group: Third Wednesdays at 3:30 pm on Zoom
This group exists to provide a space for people to give and receive support as they offer care to aging parents, spouses with health concerns, or adult children with special needs. It meets on the third Wednesday of each month in the afternoon. If you are interested in hearing more about the Caregivers Support Group, email David Wiseman.
Contact: David Wiseman
We’re excited to announce that we are restarting Foyers at Pullen after being on hiatus since the beginning of the pandemic! Foyer is a French word that means “hearth” or “fireside,” suggesting a group that is relaxed, receptive, and open to each other. At Pullen, Foyers are small gatherings of people around a simple meal. There is only so much we can learn about someone in passing after a worship service or at a church meeting, but sharing a meal together allows us to go deeper. Over and over, we have heard people say that participating in Foyers made them feel more connected in our community and provided opportunities to develop organic relationships of care and mutual support. The deadline for submitting the forms is August 29th; assignments will be made by September 10.
Contact: Emily Cato