BIBLE STUDY

Dysfunctional Families of the Bible!
You Think Your Family is a Mess? Read All About It
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Turns out almost every family in the Bible had major, major problems, even Jesus’ family! Adultery, favoritism, child abuse, spouses that hated each other, blended families that hated each other, parents that hated their kids, kids that hated their parents, kids that hated each other, abuse, murder, rebellion, war, did I mention abuse? You name it, families did it in the Bible. Yet God worked through these troubled families and troubled people to bring about forgiveness, healing and salvation. Join us in this important study that will speak to all of us who suffered or still suffer with those relatives. All are welcome!

Bible Study will begin June 29 and continue for four weeks.

Bible Study is held on Zoom Wednesdays at 3:00 PM and 8:00 PM and in person on Thursdays at 7:15 PM and on Fridays at 9:00 AM after the 8:30 AM Mass in St. Augustine Parish Hall rooms 16/17.


Zoom
Wednesdays - 3:00 PM and 8:00 PM beginning June 29
PASSCODE 3999
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3:00 PM: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83360648726?pwd=bTFHT2lxRjFHWndWUjRZQ1F3d3JuZz09
8:00 PM: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88304131527?pwd=SXQrVEdjYk1tTUdxd28vZ3Vwa1RLdz09​
  
In Person
Thursdays, 7:15 PM, St. Augustine Hall beginning June 30, 2022
Fridays, 9:00 AM, St. Augustine Hall beginning July 1, 2022

WEEKLY NOTES

NOTES: WEEK 2
NOTES: WEEK 3
NOTES: WEEK 4
IN PERSON BIBLE STUDY FORMAT
Welcome!
  • Please sign-in before each session
  • Notes are available before each session on-line
  • Feel free to take any notes during the session
  • Questions may be asked during the lecture but are preferred at the end of the lecture  

Weekly Format
  1. Gathering Prayer
  2. Lecture
  3. Questions
  4. Small Group Discussions
  5. Return to Large Group
  6. Closing Prayer
BIBLE STUDY SMALL GROUP GUIDELINES
Welcome, Respect, Trust
  • Get to know each other! Introduce yourselves
  • Welcome any new participants each week
  • Pray together – nothing forms community better than shared prayer!
  • Do not discuss what is shared in groups outside the groups. Trust is essential to God’s work in the groups
  • Select a group leader to help the group keep on track during discussions
  • Be respectful of one another! These times are very divisive, but here we are church!
  • No demeaning, dismissive or insulting arguments, no personal insults or prejudicial language of any kind will be tolerated.
  • The Spirit calls us to different insights. No one is completely wrong or completely right!
  • Small groups are safe places for people to discuss and explore their faith. Let it remain so.
Please Support Bible Study!
If you would like to support our efforts to bring Bible Study to the parish, please make a donation using the button below using Tithe.ly. 
Bible Study Teacher Aggie Burke
Bible Study is taught by Aggie Burke, who has been teaching Bible Study since 2006. Aggie has a Master's Degree in Biblical Languages from the Franciscan School of Theology at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. She reads and writes Biblical Hebrew and Biblical Greek, the original languages of the Bible. She and her husband have been parishioners at CCOP for 24 years. They have a 23 year old son and a 21 year old daughter.