Facilitator: Cheryl Jurrus
Staff Liaison: Sherry Grindeland, Fellowship Coordinator
Meeting time: Wednesdays | 10:00 am – 11:30 am | Room 212 (Library) AND via Zoom
All women are welcome to W.E.B.S. (Women’s Early Book Study)!
W.E.B.S. is centered on Christian Fellowship: Christ-centered devotions and prayer, sharing our experiences and ideas, learning about our world and ourselves, exploring our faith, and having fun together.
All participants are encouraged to present devotions and lead the discussions. We study books by examining the author’s background, locale of the book (maps), historical and political context, and statements about faith. We relate what we read to our own experiences and look for God’s work in our world and our lives. We invite guest speakers and go on trips to see some places first-hand. We pray, discuss, share, laugh, and have fun together!
Join in person or on Zoom. Contact Cheryl Jurrus or the church office to send the Zoom link.
We also have fellowship at picnics, dinners, lunches, garden tours, concerts, attend plays, and participate in service projects.
We typically have three book study/discussion sessions: fall, winter, and spring.
Contact Cheryl Jurrus for more information.
2025 Books
Winter 2025: January 22- February 26
Our new book for the Winter WEBS sessions will be The Faith Club by Ibilby, Oliver, and Warner. This book was published in 2006, but it was written in response to the 9/11 tragedy. Three women from different faiths discuss their reactions and formulate their own faith statements. Our women’s group read this book a few years ago, but we have referred to it many times and decided to read it again.
We will meet in the Library and on Zoom on Wednesdays from January 22nd to March 5th. We start on time at 10:00 a.m. and end promptly at 11:30 a.m. Read the first four chapters (up to page 54) for our first meeting and we will discuss how much of the book we will be reading and set up a time to visit the new Mosque in Bellevue. We have a friend there who has invited us. This book is part of our series: “Overcoming Prejudice.”
All women are welcome! We have lively discussions of faith, history, and literature. We support each other in service and prayer. We socialize and we laugh together.
Contact Cheryl Jurrus (cheryljurrus74@gmail.com) to get the Zoom invitation.
The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew-- Three Women Search for Understanding by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver, and Priscilla Warner. Published in 2006.
“A groundbreaking book about Americans searching for faith and mutual respect, The Faith Club weaves the story of three women, their three religions, and their urgent quest to understand one another.
When an American Muslim woman befriends two other mothers, one Jewish and one Christian, they decide to educate their children about their respective religions. None of them guessed their regular meetings would provide life-changing answers and form bonds that would forever alter their struggles with prejudice, fear, and anger. Personal, powerful, and compelling, The Faith Club forces readers to face the tough questions about their own religions.
Pioneering, timely, deeply thoughtful, and full of hope, The Faith Club’s caring message will resonate with people of all faiths.” (Amazon)
Spring 2025: dates to be determined
A Wild and Heavenly Place by Robin Oliveira
It is about a family from Scotland who settled in the Newcastle area (south of Bellevue) when it was “wild and heavenly.” It is also about prejudice against “lower class” and immigrants.
