‘Nomad Church’ Meeting At Meadow Ridge School

North Spokane Community Church is growing but is still without a permanent home.

“We’re kind of a nomad church,” says Pastor Paul Smith. “We do hope to get a more permanent location by the end of the year.”

Currently the roughly 100 church members are meeting at Meadow Ridge Elementary, 15601 N. Freya. There are no plans to build a church right away, says Smith.

“We’re not going to be sidetracked right now by the quest for a building,” Smith says. “Buildings are a difficult situation to get into. It’s a financial drain.”

Instead, Smith says, the church, which was formed on Easter Sunday this year, will concentrate on its human resources and focus on reaching its members.

Smith says he believes 18 years of being a pastor prepared him for the challenge of launching the new church. “It’s a church designed for unchurched people, and that appealed to me strongly,” Smith says.

Smith received a doctorate from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky.

The church’s contemporary services are held each Sunday at 10 a.m. A band, which includes Smith playing the bass, plays at the services.

Bible study class begins

Fourth Memorial Church will be holding a Bible study class for adults this fall. The class will be taught using the Precept method, which allows people to investigate the text of the Bible on their own.

An orientation brunch will be at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday at the church, 2000 N. Standard. The class will be held every Tuesday from 9:15 to 11:30 a.m.

No advance registration is required.

Participants will be asked to purchase some materials. Free child care will be provided.

For more information, contact Kay Kinley at 838-8432.

Sunday school starting

Sunday school will begin at St. Luke Lutheran Church, 9704 N. Division, at 9:30 a.m. this Sunday.

No advance registration is required, and the classes are free. Special activities will be arranged, and a group photo of the Sunday school classes will be taken and sent to an Indonesian child that the church sponsors.

Adult education will be offered from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m.

Effective Sunday, the service times at St. Luke’s will change. Sunday morning services will now be at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. The evening service will still be held at 5:30 p.m.

Central Baptist offers class

Central Baptist Church, 19 W. Shannon, will begin a new Bible study class on Tuesday. Coffee will be served at 9:30 a.m. and be followed by the class, which will begin at 10 a.m.

Participants will be studying Henrietta Mears’ book, “What the Bible is All About,” which goes through each book of the Bible.

The class will meet every Tuesday and is free. No advance registration is required.

Central Baptist will be changing the time of its Sunday service starting Sunday. Sunday school will now start at 9:45 a.m., and worship will begin at 11 a.m.

The Slavic service, facilitated by the Slavic Evangelical Baptist Church, will now start at 1 p.m.