"... seeing your Christian faith ... as a life of spiritual transformation ... formed by disciplined spiritual practices..." - A Lenten study led by Rev. Ashley Firzpatrick, Minister of Singles and Young Adults. Wednesday, February 1, 8, 15, 7 p.m. in the twenty30somethings suite. Open to all, not just singles or young adults. For more information, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Positive Psychology is the study of what goes right in life; it deals with those things we think, feel and do that make life most worth living. In this workshop, you will be directly involved and engaged in the program through discussion with other participants and completion of a computer-based self assessment. You will learn how to apply, during the session, a number of specific scientifically-researched processes and approaches. Presented by Dr. Phil Sidwell, a licensed psychologist and member of Dunwoody UMC, 7 – 9 p.m., Mondays, February 6, 13, 20, and 27. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with questions.

The Big D - Divorce Through the Eyes of a Teen - This support group is being led by Dr. Cecil "Weedy" Johnson, church member; and Brittany Sanders, Assistant Director of the 180 Youth program. Weedy's wife, Kim, also a church member, is assisting. It is 12 sessions and will meet in the Epworth Room, Sundays, 4 - 5:30 p.m., beginning, February 19th. Teens are encouraged not to wait for a new series to begin, but to come with they learn about the group. Please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for further information.

Author Ellsworth Kalas -

Beginning Thursday, February 16 (for 6 weeks) at 10:00 in the Conference Room, Rev. Exa Grubb will be leading this book study. Those who join her will find it interesting and challenging, comforting and revealing. From the back cover, "Kalas offers a challenging and hopeful reflection on a conundrum that every person deals with at some time in life, usually when facing a tragedy, the death of a loved one, or the simple pain of everyday existence: Why does God allow such suffering to exist? Is your pain God's will?" Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with questions.

Sarah Borek, from Wellspring Living, will speak on Thursday, February 23, 7 p.m. in the twenty30somethings suite. Wellspring Living is an organization that has been existence for 10+ years working with young women who were sexually abused and/or exploited as children and wound up in strip clubs, prostitution or were trafficked for sex or as slaves. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with questions.

Robin Gordon, author of Hot Flashes: Marriage and Motherhood in the Menopausal Years (a humorous, mid-life health guide featuring common menopausal symptoms and the seven greatest health risks for mid-life women) will speak on Thursday, March 8, 7 p.m. in the twenty30somethings suite. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with questions.

Lynne Byrd , co-author of The Story of Dunwoody 1901 - 2001, will present the history of our little city on Tuesdays, May 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29 from 7 - 8:30 p.m. in the Francis Asbury Room. She will be joined on the 2nd Tuesday, by Valerie Biggerstaff (Past Tense, Dunwoody Crier), who will present a session on the history of the Donaldson-Bannister House (the historic house with the paddock and barn at the corner of Chamblee Dunwoody and Vermack Roads). Lynne presented the History of Dunwoody series in 2010, so, if you missed it then, you will want to make sure you are here this time. No fee. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with questions.