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A place for leaders in Northeastern Ohio to share ideas and questions regarding the implementation of this intiative in our congregations.
Location: Northeast Ohio
Members: 11
Latest Activity: Mar 7, 2011
Bible Scavenger Hunt by Pam Preziozo
1) How many books are there in the Bible?
2) Name 2 books in the Bible named after women.
3) Name 2 books in the Bible that begin with the letter “D”.
4) How many books in the Bible begin with the letter “I”?
5) Name all of the books of the Bible that start with the letter “O”.
6) In what chapter of Exodus are the 10 Commandments recorded?
7) Which Israelite judge counseled from under a palm tree?
(Judges 4:5)
8) How many stones did David choose before he met Goliath?
(1 Samuel 17:40)
9) Who was offered anything he wanted by God?
(1 Kings 3:5)
10) According to Solomon, what increases with knowledge?
(Ecclesiastes 1:18)
11) Who ended up inside a whale because he did not obey God?
12) What 2 items made up the diet of John the Baptist in the desert?
(Matthew 3:1-4)
13) In what chapter of Matthew is the Lord’s Prayer recorded?
14) How many brothers did Jesus have?
(Mark 6:3)
15) Where was Zaccheus when Jesus called his name?
(Luke 19:1-10)
16) Who introduced Peter to Jesus?
(John 1:40-41)
17) What is the last verse of the Bible?
Answer Key
1) 66
2) Ruth and Esther
3) Deuteronomy and Daniel
4) 1 – Isaiah
5) Obadiah
6) Chapter 20
7) Deborah
8) 5
9) Solomon
10) sorrow
11) Jonah
12) locusts and honey
13) Chapter 6
14) 4
15) in a tree
16) Andrew
17) The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen.
2) Name 2 books in the Bible named after women.
3) Name 2 books in the Bible that begin with the letter “D”.
4) How many books in the Bible begin with the letter “I”?
5) Name all of the books of the Bible that start with the letter “O”.
6) In what chapter of Exodus are the 10 Commandments recorded?
7) Which Israelite judge counseled from under a palm tree?
(Judges 4:5)
8) How many stones did David choose before he met Goliath?
(1 Samuel 17:40)
9) Who was offered anything he wanted by God?
(1 Kings 3:5)
10) According to Solomon, what increases with knowledge?
(Ecclesiastes 1:18)
11) Who ended up inside a whale because he did not obey God?
12) What 2 items made up the diet of John the Baptist in the desert?
(Matthew 3:1-4)
13) In what chapter of Matthew is the Lord’s Prayer recorded?
14) How many brothers did Jesus have?
(Mark 6:3)
15) Where was Zaccheus when Jesus called his name?
(Luke 19:1-10)
16) Who introduced Peter to Jesus?
(John 1:40-41)
17) What is the last verse of the Bible?
Answer Key
1) 66
2) Ruth and Esther
3) Deuteronomy and Daniel
4) 1 – Isaiah
5) Obadiah
6) Chapter 20
7) Deborah
8) 5
9) Solomon
10) sorrow
11) Jonah
12) locusts and honey
13) Chapter 6
14) 4
15) in a tree
16) Andrew
17) The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen.
Comment Wall
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Comment by Karen Kaufman on March 7, 2011 at 11:52am -
Here is another way to encourage each other in scripture reading. When Bibles are presented to the fourth graders at Emmanuel, Elyria members are asked to write down on a 3 X 5 card the location of their favorite passage in the Bible. They are then asked to give the recipient of a new Bible this card so they can look up the passage and mark their new Bible as they wish. Congregants know ahead of time how many students will be receiving Bibles that day. What a great way to show support of the youth in our congregations and share our faith at the same time!
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Comment by Karen Kaufman on January 4, 2011 at 9:00am
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Games or races are a popular activity for reinforcing or learning. A congregation in Wisconsin has created a Bible Scavenger Race that would be popular with teens. You can get a copy of it at www.feautor.org/en by searching for 12651320540.
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Comment by Karen Kaufman on August 24, 2010 at 3:02pm
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Here's a fresh idea for encouraging Bible reading and conversation. This comes from Deaconess Marla Wood, St. Paul, Sharon Center. With a case of water-proof Bibles she conducts pool Bible studies. I'm sure they would work in a jacuzzi at a ski resort as well!
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Comment by Karen Kaufman on July 26, 2010 at 9:02am
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St. Jacob, N. Canton for the second summer is conducting a Bible memory verse challenge. Verses are highlighted each week in the worship bulletin. Adults wearing a special name tag are available to hear the verses memorized by the children. (Shortened verses are available for the younger children.) All those who memorize 8 of the 13 verses receive a special treat from a local specialty ice cream shop.
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Comment by Karen Kaufman on February 17, 2010 at 9:41am
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Both are great ideas. Last week in Chicago we struggled with ways to engage folks with this site and your idea sounds like the best. Possibly by working together across the country we could actually make this happen. I am going to share this idea with my fellow synod advocates.
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Comment by Sherman Bishop on February 17, 2010 at 9:21am -
Here is a summer idea that worked at Prince of Peace: For many years we have had a tradition in worship of letting worshipers pick favorite hymns to sing during the summer Sundays. We invite people to pick two or three each week and sing the first verse.
A few years ago one of our members asked: "why can't we pick our favorite sermon?" and from that grew an experiment. During April and May we invited members to submit a Bible passage that they would like to hear a sermon on, and from that list I constructed a summer preaching schedule. We published the texts in advance, sent a letter to each person who submitted a selected text and informed him/her which Sunday that text would be the sermon focus. It became a positive challenge for me in preaching, and kept the congregation engaged with preaching during the "low attendance months".
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Comment by Sherman Bishop on February 17, 2010 at 9:15am
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Karen, This site is a very well kept secret. Who has some good ideas of how to enable people to connect? Could there be a question/quiz/something??? in the synod E-news from time to time that actually links readers to this site and invites them to join? This would need to be on going -- my observation that McDonalds did not only tell me once I should eat at their place, but they keep telling me over and over.
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Comment by Karen Kaufman on August 3, 2009 at 2:50pm
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"Bible stumper" is the title of a church newsletter article that encourages people to read a specific book of the Bible. The pastor lists 3 questions in the specific named book of the Bible. The questions are intriguing;the answers would not be familiar to anyone who reads only the weekly lectionary and maybe not even to someone who has read the entire Bible. There's an incentive for being the first person to provide the correct answers.
Asking members of the congregation to provide the 'stumper' questions would be another way of getting people into reading the Bible.
Share your ideas/success stories here!
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Comment by Karen Kaufman on June 19, 2009 at 12:54pm
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A new resource you may find helpful. I have just finished reading a book that should be particularly helpful to people who struggle with apparent contradictions in scripture text. "The Gospel of Grace" by Dr. Mark Wickstrom in a very easy to read format for laity speaks about the different views in which people read the Bible, and then how that impacts their understanding of the text. Readers will find it particularly helpful in understanding their own views as well as the views of others. This book would be an excellent resource for Bible study leaders and could be adapted easily for small group discussion.
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Comment by Karen Kaufman on June 2, 2009 at 7:18am
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Are the weekly discussions centered on the lectionary texts, the suggested readings for Pentecost, or?
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