[Uucf-bible] Give-Away Bibles and Translations

Wed Jun 1 08:51:16 EDT 2011

I also facilitated a similar course for our congregation about two years
ago, using the John Buehrens introduction. 

Though the course was completed and the participation was very good with the
nine members in attendance, I felt that some of the psychological damage
that their former faith has instilled upon them was still there. There was a
follow-up that I presented but not too many attended.

I've attended a few at other Churches, mainly the Unity Church here in East
Windsor, CT., and the pastor did a good job of drawing out those in
attendance and getting to the root of each of our thoughts and feelings. 

And herein is what I think we as UUs can derive benefit from, how to get to
the feelings of others and ourselves without making it an intellectual
debate of the Bible.

Also, I have an 'app' on my iPhone, where it has about 6 translations of the
Bible and I find it very useful to have at my finger tips.

Thanks.

Regard,
-Sam

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Interesting conversation.  up until the early 80's our church ( First UU of
Syracuse NY ) gave Bibles to graduating seniors now I believe they give
manuals about how to survive in college.  Last Christmas when minister
wanted a reading from NT no one could find a copy of the Bible in the
church!

 I  facilitated an online Bible study using John Buehrens book, "
understanding the Bible for Skeptics, liberals and Seekrs".  It ran for
three winters @ 2002-4.  There were @ 10 each  for the two parts about the
Old Testament but the program fell apart when we got to the NT. I wish I had
asked more questions about why people lost interest so I can't give a reason
for this but I have my suspicions.  

I would enjoy an online Bible study as the ones that run here in various
churches in Syracuse always seem to be at inconvenient times.
Gracia Sears

May 31, 2011 10:42:04 PM, uucf-bible at lists.uua.org wrote:

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thanks so much for following up Gil. and to all for the conversation. more  
soon, Ron

In a message dated 5/31/2011 6:47:25 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
gilster at mac.com writes:

Rev.  Naomi,

A fascinating question. I'm somewhat taken aback by it, since it  seems 
so completely divorced from the modern UU experience (a "Bible-free"  as 
opposed to "Free-Bible" zone, LOL) I don't believe that Horizon has  ever 
done such a thing. The closest thing was purchase of Good News  
Translation for a teen curriculum a couple of years back. Don't think  
they were given to the kids, though.

I'm with Cecil re: where you  should get your first Bible (or sex ed, for 
that matter...)

"Bible  study" can obviously cover a lot of ground. We did a Lenten study 
of the  lectionary readings a couple of years back, but it was very 
sparsely  attended. In the UU environment, Bible study seems like it 
often gets  reduced to a purely academic enterprise: who wrote it, when, 
what was the  socio-political milieu, etc. At some point, I feel like one 
has to engage  with the text and figure out what it might have to say to 
a modern person  walking this path. In the lectionary class we tried 
using the African  Bible Study Method, to try and counter our tendency to 
intellectualize  everything. For those unfamiliar with it, there is a 
short synopsis here:  http://www.takomaparkpc.org/AfricanBibleStudy.html

If there is interest  for an online Bible study for the UUCF, as a 
self-deputized technical  officer, I can investigate what options might 
be available. I know that  there are several open source "virtual 
learning environments" available.  I'm uncertain about "real time" 
conferencing, I would guess that they tend  to be asynchronous, but I can 
look around. We could host a small group (up  to 10 or 12) live on our 
GoToMeeting link, if that was  desirable.

Let's keep the conversation going.

Grace and peace be  with you.

G
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>>  From: "Rev. Naomi King"
>> Sent: May  30, 2011 11:39 AM
>> To: uucf-bible at lists.uua.org
>>  Subject: [Uucf-bible] Give-away Bibles&   Translations
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>> Friends,
>>
>> I'd love  to hear about your congregation's practices in giving away 
Bibles.
>>  When? How often? How many?
>> Which translations?
>> Which  publishers do you work with?
>> Is this ever connected to a  Bible-focused class?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>  cheers and gratitude,
>> Naomi
>>
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