July 29, 2026 9:30am
Address: Warehouse, 1200 West Swartzville Road, Reinholds, PA US 17569
Title: The Good and Beautiful You: Discovering the Person Jesus Created You To Be (This study is a repeat of the one offered and facilitated in the Spring of 2023, 3 years ago.)
Author: James Bryan Smith
Dates: 11 weeks, starting Wednesday, May 20th, and running through Wednesday, July 29th, 2026.
Time: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Location: CCC Warehouse
Materials: 1 book: The Good and Beautiful You: Discovering the Person Jesus Created You To Be, by James Bryan Smith; plus workbook that will be printed and distributed
Description: God designed us with a deep longing in our soul to be wanted, loved, alive, and connected to God. Yet, even after becoming a Christian and attending church, many believers still have a very toxic self-narrative, which can be a huge barrier to our transformation. These harmful narratives, which we have absorbed into our souls from our culture, family of origin, and other life experiences, shape the way we see ourselves, which, in turn, impacts the way we interact in, with, and around the world. According to John Ortberg, “our soul weighs nothing, but means everything.” Healing in our souls comes not through intellectual reasoning alone, but through revelation, community, wonder, and curiosity. Caring for our souls is about finding harmony, connection, integration, and integrity. It’s about deep spiritual realities of truth, beauty and goodness. In The Good and Beautiful You, we can rediscover the beauty and goodness of our own soul, and how our souls long for things that only God can provide.