{"id":3018,"date":"2013-12-07T12:23:57","date_gmt":"2013-12-07T18:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/?p=3018"},"modified":"2013-12-07T12:23:57","modified_gmt":"2013-12-07T18:23:57","slug":"8-december-2013-worship-and-religious-education-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/2013\/12\/07\/8-december-2013-worship-and-religious-education-classes\/","title":{"rendered":"8 December 2013 Worship and Religious Education Classes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/allsoulsuushreveport.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/AdventCandles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3020\" alt=\"AdventCandles\" src=\"http:\/\/allsoulsuushreveport.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/AdventCandles-267x300.jpg\" width=\"267\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/AdventCandles-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/AdventCandles.jpg 561w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 85vw, 267px\" \/><\/a>Please join us at 10:30 AM on Sunday (8 December 2013) for &#8220;The Spirit of This Church and The Season&#8221; by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.<\/p>\n<p>Religious Education Classes for Children, Youth and Adults will happen at 9:00 AM.<\/p>\n<p>The Children and Youth continue their exploration of our Jewish and Christian heritage, including the stories of this Season of Light.<\/p>\n<p>At 9:00 AM, we continue our new adult class &#8212; <em>Understanding the Bible: A Guide for Skeptics, Seekers and Religious Liberals<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/allsoulsuushreveport.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/UnderstandingTheBible.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3021\" alt=\"UnderstandingTheBible\" src=\"http:\/\/allsoulsuushreveport.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/UnderstandingTheBible-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/UnderstandingTheBible-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/UnderstandingTheBible.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 85vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>This is a companion curriculum to the book by the same name by John Buehrens.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve been having a good bit of fun examining our own relationship to the Hebrew and Christian scriptures, engaging the text and claiming or reclaiming what is there for us.<\/p>\n<p>This week, we take a look at the two Creation stories from Genesis:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/books\/nrsv\/Ge1.1-2.3\" target=\"_blank\">Genesis 1:1 &#8211; 2:3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/books\/nrsv\/Ge2.4-25\" target=\"_blank\">Genesis 2: 4-25<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Biblical readings for Scholarly editions of the Bible we recommend include the <em>New Revised Standard Version<\/em> (NRSV) , the <em>New International Version<\/em> (NIV), the <em>New English Bible<\/em> (NEB), or (while we are studying the Hebrew Bible) the JPS translation of the <em>Tanakh<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are contemplating buying a new one, we can offer a few more suggestions in class.\u00a0 Avoid paraphrase editions such as <em>The Living Bible<\/em>.\u00a0 We will also have several Bibles available here for your use.<\/p>\n<p>Please Note: We have two copies of the Buehrens book still available for $12.00.\u00a0 They will be available Sunday morning.\u00a0 If you wish to order your own copy, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Understanding-Bible-Introduction-Skeptics-Religious\/dp\/0807010537\/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386439937&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">please use this link and the church will get a percentage of the sale<\/a>.\u00a0 We can place another bulk order if the demand merits it.<\/p>\n<p>You may also buy the Kindle edition for $9.60 at the Amazon site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Understanding-Bible-Introduction-Skeptics-Religious-ebook\/dp\/B003ZSIT16\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386439937&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=understanding+the+bible+buehrens\" target=\"_blank\">using this link<\/a>.\u00a0 The Nook edition for $9.99 can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/understanding-the-bible-john-a-buehrens\/1111932862?ean=9780807010587\" target=\"_blank\">using this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note &#8212;<\/strong> You can still get a lot from the class just by reading the Biblical text and coming to class, but you will have a richer experience if you read the Buehrens book as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please join us at 10:30 AM on Sunday (8 December 2013) for &#8220;The Spirit of This Church and The Season&#8221; by Rev. 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The Children and Youth continue their exploration of our Jewish and Christian heritage, including the stories of this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/2013\/12\/07\/8-december-2013-worship-and-religious-education-classes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;8 December 2013 Worship and Religious Education Classes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,12,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minister","category-religious-education","category-worship"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3018"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3022,"href":"https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3018\/revisions\/3022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}