Syllabus: 2015 Spring Session Tuesday Morning Bible Seminar, HNEC
Mentor & Sponsor: Tom Weller. All are invited and welcome. If you are interested in attending, please email me at twellerpc@gmail.com
Place: Mary Stuart Poole Library across the street from the church office at 1011 W. 3rd Street, down the brick sidewalk from Battin Hall. Use either door. The street door is probably more convenient for those who park on 3rd Street.
When: Tuesday mornings 10:00 to 11:15. Please arrive at your convenience between 9:30 and 10:00 for coffee, a slight snack, and to visit with each other. Kindly be on time so you as not to enter during our prayer or disrupt the class startup. We sit down at 10:00, convene with prayer at 10:05, and adjourn promptly at 11:15 so people can keep lunch plans.
Class Schedule: February 3, 10, 17, 24. March 3, 10, 17, 24. No class March 31 (Holy Week, priests are frantic). April 7, 14, 21, 28. May 5, 12, 19, 26. I have a child at college, so if I need to cancel a session to go to a college event I'll let you know. Because people’s personal and family schedules vary and change, everyone misses some sessions, no one is expected to attend all sessions. Each session stands on its own so that there’s no catching up to do after you miss. People are expected to come when they want to and miss when they can’t come, but if you’ll be absent it’s helpful if you email (twellerpc@gmail.com)
Communication. I try to email class members every Monday to remind folks of our session.
Study. No Bible knowledge is required, only interest. Our first two sessions will continue the Gospel according to Mark that we studied our Fall 2014 Session: one or two sessions beginning with Mark chapter 10 with Secret Mark “restored,” and we will discuss Secret Mark again to get back into form. After that, we decide as a group what to read and study. Mostly, this is not a devotional style Bible study but variation of the so-called “critical” approach used in Bible courses at Episcopal and Lutheran seminaries. Remember, “critical” does not mean throwing stones, it means probing text, history, form, editing, perhaps especially trying to grasp what the author wrote and meant to say and to whom and when, and how the text may have been changed after being written. It’s enormous fun and always respectful and reverent.
Material. If you have a Study Bible, bring it, any translation is fine, it’s interesting to have a variety in class. If you do not have a Study Bible, that also is fine. We have a lot of them to lend out; most of ours are New Revised Standard Version.
Thanks for joining us. Enjoy!
TW+
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