Part 1 features the theme “The Virtue That Adds The ‘Oomph'”. The focus scripture for this week is: Mark 9: 2-9.

Part 2 features the theme “The Temptation Of Christ: A Case For Prudence”. The focus scripture for this week is: Matthew 4: 1-11.

Part 3 features the theme “Temperance Isn’t Being A Goody Two-Shoes”. The focus scripture for this week is: Mark 8: 31-38.

Part 4 features the theme “The Complex Pursuit Of Justice”. The focus scripture for this week is: John 2: 13-22.

Part 5 features the theme “How Much Faith Is Enough?”. The focus scripture for this week is: John 3: 14-21.

Part 6 features the theme “Is Hope Really A Virtue?”. The focus scripture for this week is: John 12: 20-33.

Part 7 features the theme “God Is Storge, Éros, Philia, Agápe”. The focus scripture for this week is: Philippians 2: 5-11.

Foster Freed joined the United Church of Canada in the fall of 1981, through Canadian Memorial United Church in Vancouver. Ordained in 1990, Foster served in his settlement charge for three years—Grace United Church in Hornepayne, Ontario (look it up on Google Maps!)—Foster returned to B.C. in July 1993 to begin his ministry at Knox United Church in Parksville. In the summer of 2013, after a rich and richly varied 20 year ministry in Parksville, Foster began a new pastoral relationship at Trinity United Church in Nanaimo. Having reached and moved beyond his 60th birthday, he finds it both a privilege and a challenge to have begun a new ministry at this stage in his life. Foster is a strong believer in life-long learning. Having learned a great deal from 25+ years in pastoral ministry, one of the most important things he has learned is that he still has ever so much to learn.