Training
The Educational Center is pleased to announce training opportunities
are now available for first-time subscribers and for subscribers
who want to refresh or sharpen their leadership skills.
Trained facilitators are available to lead a 1 to 1½ hour
introductory session. During this time you and your group will
experience a Sunday text design including exploration of our
3 step questions: What is happening in the story? How is this
story happening in the world around you? How is this story
an event in your life? Facilitators will guide you through
the process and answer any questions and concerns.
After experiencing the material and process, you will have
a greater understanding of what makes Bible Workbench so unique
and valuable.
If you have been using Bible Workbench for a while as a participant
or leader, a day-long in-depth training will enhance your
understanding of the process and sharpen your leadership skills.
You will have the opportunity to experience Bible Workbench
modeled by a trained facilitator as well as work with a small
group to create and present a text design. At the end of the
day, you will have the skills necessary to use all Bible Workbench
material as a resource to meet your and your group’s
needs. Opportunities for workshops – introductory sessions
and in depth training sessions – are available in your
area.
Upcoming Training Opportunities
For information about upcoming Training
Opportunities, contact The Educational Center
for details:
phone: 1-800-624-4644
e-mail: sara@educationalcenter.org
Bible Workbench
Leader Guidelines
Bible Workbench is designed for flexible use by individuals
and groups. Groups will vary in size but tend to work best
when between 6 and 15 participants. Designed originally for
Sunday morning adult education programs, sessions are generally
50 minutes or during the week an hour to 90 minutes.
Each person in the circle is invited to respond to the text
as spontaneously as possible from as deep a place within as
they are able. As a leader you are encouraging participants
to engage the scripture rather than each other and to experience
the story as it is happening in the text, in the world around
them, and as an event in their life.
Most groups
have a leadership team of two or three people who share in
the responsibility for presenting the material. Some groups
encourage all members to take turns week by week in the leadership.
Many groups meet in churches but others are in homes, some
as part of a congregational program others existing independently.
In all the variation there are several important things to
remember:
- As a group, we engage the text, not each other. The text is
central.
- Knowledge about and familiarity with the Bible are not prerequisites
to participation.
- Stay with the story in the text using the exploration in the
material as a guide to developing questions that work for you
as a leader and speak to those in the group and their world.
- Feel free to call the Educational Center and
request assistance if you get stuck or bogged down. Request a
copy of The Leader's Guide be mailed to you.
BIBLE WORKBENCH TRAINING
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