Read the Bible in One Year

We are reading the Bible together as one parish family. As with all family gatherings, all are welcome at any time! Please join us!

Sundays at 9:00 a.m. ~ Through May 26

For those who haven’t yet participated in the Bible in One Year, it’s never to late to join us.  Please come!

“Read the Bible as though it were something entirely unfamiliar, as though it had not been set before you ready-made. . . . Face the book with a new attitude as something new. . . . Let whatever may happen occur between yourself and it. You do not know which of its sayings and images will overwhelm and mold you.” –Martin Buber

What is this about? For Christians, the Bible is the Word of God. It is also the most important book in Western civilization. Religious and political leaders, writers, artists and thinkers—all of them quote and use the scriptures. We use the Bible to guide public and personal decisions. Nevertheless, many people say they don’t know the Bible well and are intimidated by its sheer size and complexity.

This year we’re going to change all that. We’ll have an opportunity together to get to know the Bible better than we do and discover its relevance for our personal and public life. The Bible in One Year is an opportunity for the entire Christ Church Cranbrook congregation—adults, children, youth—to read the Bible and engage its stories, characters, messages, and themes. If you already know the Bible well, you’ll be a valuable contributor. If you know the Bible vaguely or not at all, you’ll finish The Bible in One Year with a much greater knowledge of and comfort with the scriptures.

Will there be homework? Each week, we’ll offer two options for reading: an entire bible book or just an excerpt. You choose which option fits you best. If you can’t do any reading, please still come. The presentation and discussion will still have value for you.

What about my kids? During this time, there will be programs for school-aged children (through 5^th grade, Rite 13 for kids in 6^th through 9^th grades) and childcare is available for younger kids. Senior high students are invited and encouraged to take part in The Bible in One Year.

So that we all have a common frame of reference, we will use one translation– the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)– the same translation of the Bible used in our church services. The church will provide one Bible per household. You’ll be able to purchase additional copies at a minimal charge.

For more information, please contact the Rev. Beth Taylor at btaylor@christchurchcranbrook.org or 248-644-5210, ext. 30.

Scroll down to see the schedule for the entire year. Click here to print the schedule.

September 16
Overview of program Please click here to listen to this week’s class.

September 23
The Beginning: The First Creation Story The audio for this week is not available
Genesis Chapters 1:1 – 2:4

September 30
The Fall: The Second Creation Story Please click here to listen to this week’s class.
Genesis Chapters 2:4 -3:24

October 7
The Patriarchal Stories: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob Please click here to listen to this week’s class.
Genesis Chapters 12, 17 (Abraham), 24 (Isaac), 31 – 33 (Jacob)

October 14
Joseph: From a Slave to Deputy Pharaoh Please click here to listen to this week’s class.
Genesis Chapters 37-39, 41, and 50

October 21
Moses and the Deliverance from Egypt The audio for this week is not available
Exodus Chapters 11-12, 14-15

October 28
The people wander on the way to the Promised Land. Please click here to listen to this week’s class.
Exodus Chapters 16-17 (manna, water in the rock) Numbers Chapter 11 (quails)

November 4
The Giving of the Commandments Please click here to listen to this week’s class.
Exodus Chapters 19, 20

November 11 Please click here to listen to this week’s class.
Samson and Delilah,
Judges Chapters 13, 15-16

November 18 Please click here to listen to this week’s class.
The Faith of a Foreign Woman
Ruth Chapters 1-4

November 25 Please click here to listen to this week’s class.
The “Call” Stories
1 Samuel Chapter 3 (Samuel); 1 Samuel 9-10 (Saul) and 1 Samuel Chapters 15 & 16 (David)

December 2 Please click here to listen to this week’s class.
David and Bathsheba
2 Samuel Chapters 11 & 12

December 9 Please click here to listen to this week’s class.
David and Absalom
2 Samuel Chapters 18 & 19

December 16: Please click here to listen to this week’s class.
Solomon’s Temple
1 Kings Chapters 3, 6, 8. NOTE: This is a CHANGE from our original assignment! Israel is now united into one kingdom, and David’s son Solomon builds a Temple for God. Does God need a Temple? Or do humans need God to have a Temple? And how do the answers to those questions shape our understanding of ourselves as a worshiping faith community?

December 23, and 30. No Class

January 6 The audio for this week’s class is not available
Solomon’s Temple
1 Kings Chapter 3,6, & 8

January 13 Please click here to listen to this week’s class.
God’s Messengers (Elijah/Elisha)
1 Kings Chapters 17-19

January 20 Please click here to listen to this week’s class.
Ezra and Nehemiah (coming home)
Ezra Chapters 1, 3
Nehemiah Chapters 4, 5

January 27 Please click here to listen to this week’s class.
When bad things happen to good people, suffering, and our relationship to God
Job Chapters 1, 38, 42

February 3 Please click here to listen to this week’s class.
The Psalms – the poetry, praise, lament that covers every human experience
Psalms 42, 55 & 148

February 10 The audio for this week’s class is not available
The Prophet Isaiah
Isaiah Chapters 6,
49 & 60

February 17 Please click here to listen to this week’s class.
The Prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel
Jeremiah Chapters 30,31 and Ezekiel Chapter 37

February 24 Please click here to listen to this week’s class.
The Prophet Hosea
Hosea Chapters 1-3, 11

March 3 Please click here to listen to this week’s class.
The Prophet Amos
Amos Chapters 3, 5, 6

March 10 Please click here to listen to this week’s class.
Jonah
Jonah Chapters 1-4

March 17 The audio for this week is not available.
New Testament Overview
No reading assignment but bring your Bible

March 24 & March31
No Class

April 7 Please click here to listen to this week’s class.
The Gospel according to Mark
Mark Chapters 1-2, 8, 9,  14-16

April 14 Please click here to listen to this week’s class.
The Gospel according to Matthew
Matthew Chapters 5-7

April 21 Please click here to listen to this week’s class.
The Gospel according to Luke
Luke Chapters 10, 15

April 28 The audio for this week is not available.
The Gospel according to John
John Chapters  1, 8, 9, 20

May 5 Please click here to listen to this week’s class.
Acts, Paul’s conversion
Acts Chapter 9
Peter’s dream, Cornelius’ baptism
Acts Chapter 10

May 12 Please click here to listen to this week’s class.
Galatians, Paul writes to Christians
Galatians chapters 1, 3, 5

May 19
James, What do Christians do?
James Chapters 1 , 2 & 3

May 26
The End of Time
Revelation Chapters 1, 12, 13, 21 & 22

You can listen to the class from your computer by simply clicking on the link next to that week’s assignment.

We are a community of Christian people from diverse backgrounds gathering around God’s table in communion. We seek to be an inviting, inclusive, and welcoming community. We extend an invitation to you to come with us and explore what God is doing in your life. There is a place for you here at God’s table.

The Episcopal Church has always been a comprehensive tradition, honoring the liberty of the individual’s conscience and the breadth of theological affirmations. Some of us are more Protestant, some more catholic; some liberal, some conservative. All of us understand prayer, service, and fellowship as the activities that bind us together.

For adults we offer Sunday morning and mid-week education offerings. For children we offer weekly Sunday School formation. For middle and high school students we offer an acolyte program, Confirmation class, and a youth group. For Adults in their 20′s and 30s, we offer a Sunday night Lex Orandi service. And there is a wide range of service and fellowship activities for people of all ages.

We worship using the Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church. Our music is varied and dynamic. Our principal weekend liturgies are: 5:00 p.m. Saturday, 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. Sunday. The Sunday 8:00 service is said and uses Rite I (early English). The Saturday evening and later Sunday morning liturgies use Rite II (modern English) and employ a range of liturgical music. On Sunday at 6:00 PM our service is a mix of modern and ancient worship called Lex Orandi.  This service includes dinner and child care.  Most Saturdays/Sundays the sung services use choir and organ. On the third Saturday/Sunday of each month we are led by a contemporary music ensemble.

We are committed to being a faith community that explores the riches and depth of the Christian tradition in worship, ministry, and fellowship with each other and the world. We invite you into our church community in hopes that the depth of love, acceptance, and forgiveness you experience here will empower you to be an agent of love, healing, and grace in the world.

Save the date!

Kirkin o’ the Tartan will be held at the 10:00 AM service on Sunday, June 2. As is customary, all are invited to wear family tartans. Whatever your ethnic background or nationality, this event is an opportunity to remember and honor the rich heritage you claim. You are invited to bring whatever symbol you use to commemorate your ancestry and cultural traditions – a swatch of cloth, a piece of jewelry, or something else – and lay it on the altar at the time of the blessing.

The sessions have begun and will run from 6:00 to 8:00 PM, on Wednesday Evenings May 8 and 22, and June 5 and 19. We will meet in rooms 201/202 at Christ Church Cranbrook, and simple food will be provided.

As in the previous book study last fall, this series welcomes participants from other churches and faith traditions as well as members of Christ Church Cranbrook. The goal is to cultivate the practice of authentic spirituality by drawing upon the wisdom of respected authors and teachers, as well as learning from one another.

TO INDICATE INTEREST OR FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT Jonathan Sams at www.jsams@christchurchcranbrook.org, or call him at 248.644.5210, Ext. 14.

” To finally surrender ourselves to healing, we have to have three spaces opened up within us…our opinionated head, our closed-down heart, and our defensive and defended body. That is the work of spirituality…”Breathing Under Water, by Richard Rohr. ]]> http://christchurchcranbrook.org/site/2013/book-study-breathing-under-water/feed/ 0 http://christchurchcranbrook.org/site/2013/summer-possibilities-for-youth-mission-possible/ http://christchurchcranbrook.org/site/2013/summer-possibilities-for-youth-mission-possible/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 19:40:27 +0000 Christ Church Cranbrook http://christchurchcranbrook.org/site/?p=7493 Mission: Possible – Local Mission Trip (changing the world one week at a time). A joint project by many Episcopal Churches in the Diocese.

• WHEN: Monday, July 29 at 6:30pm through Friday, August 2 at 8:30pm. This is an overnight camp.
• WHERE: All Saints’ Pontiac Church, Pontiac (plenty of space for sleeping and playing dodge ball)
• HOW MUCH: $275. You will receive a fundraising package and information about prayer partners.
• WHAT: Work in Pontiac building up, tearing down, cleaning up, caring for those who struggle. Opportunities for all!
• WHO: Rising 8th graders through college age kids. Adults skilled in construction are invited to “Donate a Day!” or more to help the youth in projects.
• CONTACT: Andrew Wilke, Youth Minister at Advent Episcopal Church; 248-921-9694; iwillserve333@aol.com or register on Facebook page – Mission:Possible

Thanks and blessings! Let us know if you have any questions.

Kris Forsyth                                                      Rev. Beth Taylor

Rite 13/J2A Coordinator                            Christ Church Cranbrook

248-644-5210

The cost is approximately $100 per person. Scholarships are available. This will cover food and participation costs (cabin, t-shirt, camp fees, activities). Each person is responsible for their own travel to and from Michi-Lu-Ca – however, we will work on carpooling and I am definitely bringing the church van. Please let me know if you are planning to attend RIGHT AWAY so that I can reserve cabin space.

Thanks and blessings! Let us know if you have any questions.

Kris Forsyth                                                      Rev. Beth Taylor

Rite 13/J2A Coordinator                            Christ Church Cranbrook

248-644-5210

Vacation Bible School, June 24-28 – We will need lots of counselors/counselors in training,  graders 6^th – 12^th grade. Last year we welcomed 120 campers, and this year we could have as many as 200 — if we have enough counselors! Parents are very welcome (and needed) to volunteer as well! We have a volunteer form for you to complete. Attendance Monday through Friday and one training meeting are required. Call Jessica Neeper for information at 248-644-5210. This provides excellent leadership training, and the experience is going to be amazing!

Thanks and blessings! Let us know if you have any questions.

Kris Forsyth                                                      Rev. Beth Taylor

Rite 13/J2A Coordinator                            Christ Church Cranbrook

248-644-5210