Learn
Learning is lifelong and lifewide at West End Church, from Sunday religious education for adults and children to midweek opportunities for curious minds and spirits. Whether you’re looking to deepen your knowledge or pick up a new skill, West End is a place where you’ll find companions for your journey.
Below you will find just a few options to get you started! For our complete programs, please check our online calendar.
Fall 2026 Highlights:
ADULT LEARNING
Adult Learning Instructor Tony Amoury Alkhoury conducts a series of thematic classes that deepen religious knowledge and faith formation. First up? “Sing a New Song: Harmony and Dissonance in the Gospel of Matthew.”
(Sundays @ 10 am starting September 13.)
SEMINAR: PLANNING A GOOD DEATH
Rev. William Critzman leads a four-part series addressing faith’s big questions and life’s practical details when it comes to end-of-life care.
(September 16, October 14, November 4, December 2 @ 7pm; in-person or on Zoom; register online.)
CHILDREN’S HOUR
Led by opera singer Sarah Barrera, children under 10 explore diction, rhythm, intervals, and group singing while preparing to perform three classics of American folk music.
(Wednesdays @ 5:30pm, September 9–November 18. $120 to cover costs; register online.)
PUB THEOLOGY
Join pastor-in-training Matt Puckett at a local pub to wrestle with the “big questions” over a beer (or soft drink). All faith traditions welcome–the conversation will match the company!
(September 30, October 28, November 18 @ 7pm; RSVP for meetup details.)
Our educational programs are led by Cambridge Ridley Lynch, a lifelong educator with experience teaching in university, K-12, and museum settings.
Cambridge helps create “through-lines” for our educational programs, guiding curriculum development at each stage and training our teaching staff in best practices. When she’s lucky, she even gets to lead class herself!
Cambridge is a historian by training with degrees from Harvard University, the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and Teachers College, Columbia University–but her real training as a teacher has come as a parent to two kids.