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The Curriculum

We follow the Revised Common Lectionary's pattern, so that this Bible study complements the Sunday worship services, which are also based on the Lectionary readings.

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Study Resources for February 5, 2012

• Class outline (pdf).

• Read Isaiah 40:21-31.

• Read Psalm 147:1-11, 20c.

• Read 1 Corinthians 9:16-23.

• Read Mark 1:29-39.

• Resources used in this session:
  - Frederick Buechner, The Magnificent Defeat, "Message in the Stars," The Seabury Press, 1966, p. 47.
  - A brief video clip from "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe." Watch it online.
  - A video clip about Lou Gehrig's Final Speech from the Greatest Sports Legends show. Watch it online.
  - A brief video clip of "Amazing Grace" from a U2 concert. Watch it online.
  - Spoken prayer from The Alternative Service Book 1980, Church of England.

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The teacher: Dr. Phyllis Rodgerson Pleasants.

After interesting and varied careers as high school history teacher, office manager/paralegal, registered lobbyist in Washington, D.C., and church history professor for twenty years at academic institutions both in the US and in Europe, Phyllis has launched out on her own as a consultant/educator for local congregations and businesses. Her focus is thinking historically in order to participate in creating the future. As one friend said, "she is a historian of the future -- neither trying to recreate the past nor idealize the past, but use the past to build on and point to the future." Phyllis's education include a BA at Mary Washington College, MEd at the University of Virginia, MDiv & PhD The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and external study with Bishop Kallistos (Timothy Ware) at Oxford University, England. Phyllis grew up in Bon Air Baptist Church where her father was the founding pastor. Her mother, Bernice Rodgerson, is a member of First Baptist Church.

 

 

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