Marthas & Marys

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Marthas & Marys

The Remarkable Story of Five Women in Jesus' Genealogy
Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 9:30 am

Genealogies are more than just lists of names, especially in ancient times. They were records of identity, history, and God’s faithfulness.  Most were names of men, since society was built around a patriarchal framework; however, Jesus’s genealogy contains the names of five women. The stories of these remarkable women are surprising and show the kind of people that God chooses to work through, transforming the messy into the meaningful.

Join us in Bauer Hall on Saturday morning, April 26 at 9:30 am to explore the lessons of these extraordinary women in the genealogy of Jesus from Mary back to Adam.
 
Marthas & Marys (M&Ms) is a women’s social group united in faith supporting one another to find the courage to allow God to satisfy our spiritual hunger and to guide our hearts and lives.  Join us for a time of community, reflection, discussion, and fun.  No advanced preparation or homework necessary.  Just time with other women.

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Meeting dates for 2024 - 2025

 2024:  September 21, October 18, November 23
2025:  January 17, February 22, March 21, April 26, May 16, June 14

If you have any questions, please contact Beth McNeilly:   [email protected].

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Our Purpose

Growing in faith is the work of the Church. It was the heart of Jesus' own mission to help us human beings connect with our divine source, to help us age with goodness, wisdom and peace, and to help us build and live in the reign of God. The Church seeks to help us live with purpose and meaning by connecting what we believe with how we live, and how we live in community. Thus, we may connect our own inborn hunger for God with our tendency to attempt to satisfy that hunger in ways that do not lead to meaning, these alternate paths may include greed, seeking power, or overuse of earth's resources. The way of faith, on the other hand, leads us to find the courage to allow God to satisfy our hunger and to guide our hearts and lives. We may connect ourselves to those within our households, but also in our neighborhoods and world. We may connect questions we have about the tough moral decisions we face with the guidance of Scripture and the Church and the wisdom or our own elders. Simply put, we are striving to become a women's social group united in faith.