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Classes / seminar descriptions:

"Vacation Bible Schools in the CS Community: how to set one up"

Description: Christian Science church members around the country are taking quiet yet significant steps to advance Bible literacy in their communities. This seminar will provide information to help your CS Church set up a summer Bible School for your community. Seminar participants will be provided with a number of resources including sample curricula, lyrics to Bible songs, etc.

Background: members of the Sunday School staff at First Church of Christ, Scientist in Raleigh, North Carolina were inspired by an article in the Christian Science Journal (January 2006 by Ingrid Peschke) that described how a church in Laguna Niguel, California conducted a summer Bible school for children. The North Carolina folks got in touch with the California church members for additional information, and then organized their own program. During the summer of 2006, the Raleigh church had about 30 children attend their five-day event focused on Christ Jesus? parables. The Bible camp was such a success that they did it again in 2007 and 2008. CS churches in northern Virginia, Florida, and Washington, DC, have also done Bible school programs in the summer.

Schedule: Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time (12 noon Pacific Time) Can't make it at this time? Sign up for Audio Replay and download the seminar audio file.

Duration / tuition: this seminar is 1 session long and lasts 60-70 minutes
CSDirectory.com VIP PASS members: $20.
NON-VIP PASS members: $25 - includes 1 month VIP PASS.
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Call 602-635-1987 to enroll
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Enrollment comes with AUDIO REPLAY... The audio file of this event may be downloaded to your computer and listened at your convenience, put on your iPod or burn to a CD for your personal use.

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Your instructor:

Jodi Crump Beatty is a lifelong Christian Scientist. She's been a counselor at a Christian Science camp for many years. She is a mom of 2 young boys. She has taught Sunday School for a number of years, and emphasizes the idea that everyone can heal. In teaching Sunday School and talking with children, she has learned that with a true understanding of the harmony of The Bible stories, a child can learn to be a healer easily - and have this understanding for life. With that goal in mind, she has organized a Vacation Bible School for Christian Science children, from the ground up, for 2 summers with the help of many other Christian Scientists devoted to the love of children and The Bible. She is currently a Christian Science practitioner and lives in Northern Virginia.