It was good to meet everyone yesterday at our first Bible Timeline session! We have 3 new members-Laura Molenda, Sue Molenda and Pat Stephan. Welcome!
For next week, September 14, please prepare “Session 1: Finding the Story in Scripture”. The readings, etc are self-explanatory. There are no responses to the discussion questions for Session 1, but starting with Session 2, you’ll find the responses at the back of the book. Don’t forget that the outline for each of Jeff Cavins’ lectures are the “talk notes” in your study set.
We will meet for 12 consecutive weeks (starting with yesterday, Sept 7) from 9-10:30am in the Fireside Cafe also knows as the Narthex Conference Room-except we will skip the day after Thanksgiving. We will end for the fall “semester” on Friday November 30. We will take a break for Advent and Christmas and reconvene on Friday January 11, 2019 for 12 consecutive Fridays ending on Friday March 29. Easter is on Sunday April 21, so we will finish well ahead of Holy Week.
If you are able to prepare in advance, you’ll find you will get the most out of the study-it is best to do a little each day. Jeff Cavins suggests 15 min per day.
But if you have not had time to prepare, PLEASE ATTEND ANYWAY! You will still gain much from watching Jeff’s outstanding lectures and hearing the discussion afterwards.
We will start each session at 9am sharp and will watch Jeff’s 50 minute lecture. Then we will go over the discussion questions. If you prefer to listen and don’t feel comfortable speaking in the discussion, that is just fine! Participation in the discussions is entirely voluntary. We all benefit from each others’ presence! We will always end at 10:30am sharp.
My job as facilitator is to keep our discussions focused on the discussion questions in the study set. Please do not take it personally if I redirect the discussion if we get off on a tangent-this is my role.
If you miss a session, you will be able to view Jeff’s lectures on line. Here are the instructions:
1.Go to www.ascensionpress.com
2. Log in. (If this is your first Ascension Press study, you will have to create a new account with a user name and password)
3. Click on “Join a Study”
4. Click on “REDEEM CODE” and enter L2NKSQ and other required information.
5. You will now be able to view the lectures. You may view each lecture as many times as you would like until May 31, 2019. You only need to enter the redemption code once.
(Note-if you are using the study sets from 4 years ago, there is a different way to view the lectures-I will be sending you a separate email).
Please email me with any questions. Looking forward to seeing you next Friday!
God bless,
Krishna Smith