Bible Studies
Whether you're looking to deepen your faith, explore important topics, or connect with others in meaningful discussion, there's a study for you at St. Matthew.
Explore the options, find where God is calling you to grow, and sign up today!
Fall 2026
Disciple 1 Fast Track
Facilitator: Mike Wattenbarger
Disciple 1 Fast Track is a 24-week overview of the Bible designed to help participants grow in their understanding of Scripture and its connection to everyday faith. Through independent reading or listening, videos, and commentary from biblical scholars, participants will engage with more than 60% of the Bible.
The study is divided into two 12-week sessions with the Old Testament beginning in September and the New Testament beginning January 2027.
Participants spend about 30 minutes a day, five days a week, in independent study and gather for a 90-minute group session each week. Participants may indicate preferred meeting day(s) when registering.
Faith & Immigration Justice
10-11:30am Wednesdays (Parlor)
September 23 - November 11
Facilitator: Blake Brookshire
Join us for Faith and Immigration Justice, an eight-week study designed to encourage holy and healthy dialogue around immigration and its connection to our Christian faith.
Together, participants will explore this timely and complex topic through the lens of faith, creating space for thoughtful conversation, reflection and a deeper understanding of how our faith shapes the way we engage with issues of immigration and justice.
The Holy Spirit by Adam Hamilton
Facilitator: Rev. Kurt McPherson
Join Pastor Kurt for a five-week study of Adam Hamilton’s The Holy Spirit. Together, we’ll explore what Scripture teaches about the Holy Spirit—God’s active presence and power at work in the world and in our lives.
From the Hebrew Bible and Jesus’ promises in the Gospels to Pentecost and the New Testament letters, this accessible study will help participants better understand how the Holy Spirit transforms, guides and empowers us in our daily walk with Christ.
Spring 2027
Twelve Women of the Bible (part two)
Facilitators: Kary Mitchell & Susan White
Their stories are not fairytales, their road was not easy, and their examples are not perfect. They lived in times and places quite different from ours. Yet they hold up a mirror to our souls that can help us better understand our own story. And in doing so, we find freedom to come to God as we are, with total transparency—honest and real.
In part two of this study (7 sessions), you will meet a group of women in the Bible whose lives teach us about ourselves and about who God is. You will open yourselves to the raw and revealing stories of frailties, struggles, brokenness, and victories of real women from both the Old and New Testaments.
Sign up coming late fall!
