The Peggy Murphy Class
Known for many years as the "Sine Nomine Class," (the class without a name, the Peggy Murphy Class is named for a member who was instrumental in building and encouraging the group prior to her untimely death in 1988. Peggy hosted a monthly meeting in her home to discuss contemporary issues from a spiritual perspective, and it was throug these get togethers that many of the class members got to know and appreciate each other in a significant and lasting manner. Dick Ferrell was the teacher of the class for many years, but it has always been discussion oriented. It is currently being taught by various class members.
The Peggy Murphy Class studies primarily works of recent biblical scholarship. They are currently studying Reading the Bible Again for the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously but not Literally by Marcus J. Borg. Recent studies have included Adam, Eve and the Serpent by Elaine Pagels and Born of a Woman by Bishop John Shelby Spong. Although the class was previously composed mostly of couples of the same age and interests, it now includes singles and couples ranging in age from their twenties to their eighties.
They meet in Room 307 of the educational building.