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Leader Development Articles Here are few of the articles that you would find in the Leader Development Kit. Finding Your Way Through Bible
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Bible Quest An Invitation to Interpretation |
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| Bible Quest encourages all participants, both leaders and learners, to engage the stories as interpreters. Open-ended questions invite all ages to think about the meaning of the stories and to imagine what the words meant to people long ago and what they mean to us today. "I wonder how Abram and Sarai felt and they left their home for a strange land?" "What might Moses have thought when he saw a burning bush?" Questions such as these encourage learners to place themselves in the story rather than asking them to figure out the "right" answers. Also read the article "Every Learner an Interpreter" (found in the Bible Quest Leader Kit). [Read more] | ||
A New Way of Leading, A New Way of Learning Bible Quest, introduces a new approach to teaching and learning. The vision statement for this series claims: The purpose of Bible Quest is to help people and congregations encounter the overall story of the Bible so that they might be shaped by that story in ways that help them to: interpret the story, connect the story with their personal experiences, and live in the world as disciples of Jesus Christ. [Read more] |
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Bible Quest: A Whole-Congregation Experience Many congregations using Bible Quest in their education programs also want to connect what is happening educationally to the life of the whole congregation. Here are some ideas to help make Bible Quest a "whole-congregation" experience. [Read more] |
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"Through their imaginations, emotions, and minds, persons are invited into the biblical world, its dilemmas, and situations. By entering into the Bible story, persons of all ages may come to imagine themselves, their community, and their world in new ways. Such imagination may lead to shaping and forming them in faith, encouraging them to connect the Bible story with their contemporary situation." (Bible Quest Foundations paper, page 3). [Read more] |
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