Following on from last week’s post about the Chronological Bible Storying course that will be held in the UK in early December, Lisa in Papua New Guinea has posted about a Bible Storying Workshop that she has recently been involved in there.
Well, I’m back in Alotau to help out with the multi-language project. The first week we had a special workshop for the course. A gentleman from Australia came to teach us about Bible storying. Because there are so many cultures in the world where they are used to transferring information orally, sometimes the methods that are used in literate cultures don’t connect/resonate with people. For cultures like this, Bible storying—translating Bible stories into the language, and teaching them to people, and accompanying the stories with questions—is a great way to tell people the story of the Bible while teaching them about God and his character, mankind and our character, and how the two interact.
I admit that I wasn’t very excited about this workshop to begin with—because I don’t really enjoy public speaking. But I found that telling Bible stories is fun! And that it is a great way to connect with people! I’m excited to begin to craft more stories that I can share with people in different situations. read more
Read the rest of Lisa’s post to find out more about the workshop and see some photos of “Bible Storying” in action!
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Yes, I think this is the same as to the workshop that I also attended three weeks ago. Believe me, telling Bible stories is really fun and a creative way of telling people about Jesus Christ.
Try visiting my site: http://www.thedisciplers.com and see how telling the stories have blessed us and how can it bless your strategy.
You will also see there the peopl who are really involve in story telling and perhaps you may also want to invite them to conduct this wonderful workshop.:)
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