Religion Briefs: Extraordinary Women Ministries simulcast planned in Whitefish

A live simulcast featuring the Extraordinary Women Ministries will be held Friday and Saturday, Oct. 14 and 15, at Christ Lutheran Church, 5150 River Lakes Parkway, Whitefish.

Friday’s session is from 7 to 9 p.m., and Saturday the event runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The cost is $20 per person and includes lunch Saturday and snacks.

The simulcast will feature several well-known women, who will provide resources that equip women to handle life’s difficulties while enriching their lives, encouraging their souls and expanding their ministries.

Candace Cameron Bure, an actress, producer, best-selling author and inspirational speaker, is among the most well-known women featured in the simulcast. Known to millions from her role as D.J. Tanner on the family sitcom “Full House,” Bure is both outspoken and passionate about her family and faith.

Other featured “extraordinary” women include Liz Curtis Higgs, an author of more than 30 books who is known as an inspirational encourager; Nicole Johnson, a best-selling author, performer and motivational speaker whose “Fresh Brewed Life” message gives hope to hardworking, overextended women everywhere; Kasey Van Norman, an author and speaker whose ministry passion is to reach those who are far from God and ignite a spiritual flame in those who know Him; and Ann Voskamp, an author, blogger and speaker named by Christianity Today as one of 50 women most shaping culture and the church today.

Joe White, president of Kanakuk Kamps and founder of Kids Across America and Cross International, also is in the speaker lineup. Michael O’Brien, former lead singer of the Christian band NewSong and now a solo artist, will provide musical entertainment.

Extraordinary Women’s vision is to draw women closer to the heart of God and His extraordinary plan for their daily lives.

Prepaid reservations are required by Oct. 10. Call the Christ Lutheran Church office at 406-862-2615. Child care is available with reservation.

For more information go to www.clcwhitefish.org or www.ewomen.net.

History of early Christianity course

Flathead Valley Community College’s Continuing Education Center will host a non-credit course in October exploring the history of early Christianity and the formation of the Christian church. Taught by a former professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Concordia College, “Windows on Early Christianity” is scheduled for three consecutive Saturdays beginning Oct. 8 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at FVCC. Pre-registration and pre-reading are required to participate.

The course is based upon the book “Windows on Early Christianity: Uncommon Stories, Striking Images, Critical Perspectives” written by the instructor, Jim Aageson.

Aageson is ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and a member of the ELCA Convocation of Teaching Theologians. He holds degrees from Pacific Lutheran University, Luther Seminary, Union Seminary and Oxford University. He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and the Catholic Biblical Association, where he has served as an associate editor of the Catholic Biblical Quarterly. He has also served parishes in Great Falls and Anaconda.

For more information or to register for the course, contact FVCC’s Continuing Education Center at 756-3832 or go to www.fvcc.edu/continuing-education.