Bible Study Schedule

Bible Study Reading Schedule

October 1 Introduction Assigned reading: Genesis 1		October 8 NO MEETING	October 15 NO MEETING	October 22 Reading together: Genesis Assigned reading: Exodus
October 29 Reading together: Exodus Assigned reading: Leviticus		November 5 Reading together: Leviticus Assigned reading: Deuteronomy	November 12 Reading together: Deuteronomy Assigned reading: Joshua	November 19 NO MEETING
November 26 Reading together: Joshua Assigned reading: Judges		December 3 Reading together: Judges Assigned reading: Ruth	December 10 Reading together: Ruth Assigned reading: Samuel I	December 17 Reading together: Samuel I Assigned reading: Samuel II
December 24  NO MEETING		December 31 NO MEETING	January 7 Reading together: Samuel II Assigned reading: Kings I	January 14 Reading together: Kings I Assigned reading: Kings II
January 21 NO MEETING		January 28 Reading together: Kings II Assigned reading: Chronicles I and II	February 4 Reading together: Chronicles I and II Assigned reading: Ezra and Nehemiah	February 11 Reading together: Ezra and Nehemiah Assigned reading: Esther
February 18 NO MEETING		February 25 Reading together: Esther Assigned reading: Job	March 4 Reading together: Job Assigned reading: Psalms Book I (Ps 1-41)	March 11 Reading together: Psalms Book I Assigned reading: Psalms Book II-III (Ps 42-89)
March 18 NO MEETING		March 25 Reading together: Psalms Book II-III (Ps 42-89) Assigned reading: Psalms Book IV-V (Ps 90-150)	April 1 Reading together: Psalms Book IV-V (Ps 90-150) Assigned reading: Proverbs	April 8 Reading together: Proverbs Assigned reading: Ecclesiastes
April 15 NO MEETING	April 22 Reading together: Ecclesiastes Assigned reading: Song of Songs		April 29 Reading together: Song of Songs Assigned reading: Isaiah 1-40	May 6 Reading together: Isaiah 1-40 Assigned reading: Isaiah 41-66
May 13 Reading together: Isaiah 41-66 Assigned reading: Jeremiah	May 20 NO MEETING		May 27 Reading together: Jeremiah Assigned reading: Lamentations	June 3 Reading together: Lamentations Conclusion

Bible Study Basics

Bible Study Basics:

What is a Bible Study?
The Bible is a book that has been a trusted source of help and guidance for thousands of years.  The word “study” has meanings that include perplexity, serious application of mind, zealous effort to learn, and reverie.
Bible reading is a spiritual discipline that followers of Jesus have turned to with perplexity, seriousness, zeal and spiritual imagination to guide them in their personal lives and help them build a caring and just community.
Our Bible Study seeks to be a weekly gathering of readers who bring their confusion, excitement, commitment and dreams to the Bible as together we attempt to read from Genesis to Revelations. (see schedule of Bible readings)  No expert will guide us. (The minister is no expert, trust me).  All questions, thoughts, insights and life experiences will be valued contributions to the group’s understanding of the Bible.  We will try to create lots of space for the Holy Spirit to move.  We will come the expectation to be nourished, instructed and encouraged on our faith journeys.

How will the gatherings go?
Our meetings will include a time to check in and tell our life stories, a communal reading of one small part of the Bible reading that was assigned the week before, discussion of what we read together and of the larger assigned reading, possibly a snack (brain food) and, finally, prayer.  The meetings will be no longer than 2 hrs.

When will these meetings happen?
We will gather on Mondays at 7pm.  (The 3^rd Monday of every month there will be no meeting except for December which will not have a meeting on the 4^th Monday)

Where will these meetings happen?
The meetings will be in the Grace Land room, downstairs beside Schnell Hall.

Who can participate?
 Anyone (Congregation member or not, Christian or not, with Bible knowledge or not) who is willing to be a part of a community seeking spiritual insight for themselves and their world through the Bible. (invite friends)

Greetings Bible Studiers,
Last night a group of brave people came out to a Bible Study. We are meeting next on October 22 at 7pm in the Grace Land room. Between now and then we will all try to read the book of Genesis. All welcome.
Last night we were guided by our questions and our wonder as we read John 4: What was the difference between Jews and Samaritans? What is the difference between Jews and Christians? What role to miracles play in our faith? How important healing is! How important it is to be directly connected to the Spirit rather that to feel it has to be mediated by someone else! Why are religions still at war with one another?

We also shared some of our experiences with the Bible generally. These ranged from having a Bible recommended to us by a minister, to hearing Bible passages read at church, to receiving a Bible as a gift, to memorizing passages to songs, to hearing scripture read in Greek, to memories of pictures in a family Bible, to having a friend interpret a story for us, to losing a precious Bible, to people we remembered who cherished their Bibles above all else.
For me, the minister, the experience was a thrill like a bunch of balloons released on Easter Sunday! I enjoyed myself so much.
I hope that those who are interested in reading the Bible will come out. I will post our reading schedule on our Bible Study blog and here on facebook if I can figure it out.
Peace like a river,
David Kim-Cragg