Siesta Summer Bible Study Sign-Up Day!

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Today is sign-up day for our Siesta Summer Bible Study! We are on the edge of our seats waiting to get a good look at our class! I bet few of us have had a Bible study group quite like the one we’re about to engage through Blog-world. We love all our Siestas like crazy but today’s comments need to be limited only to those signing up for our summer course, No Other Gods by Kelly Minter. Thanks so much for understanding and keep in mind that we have no intention of hogging the blog all summer with the course. There will still be plenty of posts for everybody. OK, Summer Bible Study Siestas, here’s what you do:

*Give your first name (Real name or blogger name)

*Tell whether you are doing small group or going solo. If you’re engaging a small group, tell us in one sentence a little bit about it: approximately how many and what your connection is. (Neighbors? Work? Buddies? Church members? Ect.) Where you plan to meet on your Tuesdays. (Homes? Church? Starbucks?)

*Your city and state. (I especially can't wait to see this information, so please put this part of the profile on a line by itself.)

*If you’re going solo, indicate if you would you like to partner with someone else going solo in order to have some accountability and dialogue via email. You will indicate a "yes" by offering an email address for contact beside the word “solo.” We will let you guys get in contact with one another and work out your system but I think it has some great possibilities! Feel no pressure if you prefer to go it alone. You’ll still be participating here. Just don't add the email address. The only reason we’re especially recommending small group is because Kelly emphasizes the richness of meaningful, Godly relationships between women in the study. And, anyway, I think most of us are lonely.


*If several bloggers are already planning to be in small group together, sign up under one comment giving your “names” and how many (if any) are joining you. We want to be able to see how many small groups we have, so we need each entered only once.

I have a feeling everybody’s going to want to see our class roster, so the more succinct and reader friendly you make your entry, the better. Here’s mine:

Beth (AKA: Siesta Mama)

Small group: Approximately 8 of our Living Proof Ministry Staff members, comprised of varying ages and denominations and single/married status. We will meet here at the ministry and can’t wait!

Location: Houston, Texas

That's all there is to it! Our official launch is a week from today on June 17, 2008. You will need your workbooks by that day but no homework needs to be done in advance. By 8:00 AM CST on launch day, you will find brief instructions posted from me concerning discussion questions and/or directions for your gathering that day. If you end up partnering through email as I suggested earlier, you’ll assimilate the same instructions into your interaction on line. Your first week of homework won’t begin until after you meet for the launch on June 17th. We will then meet every other Tuesday until our August conclusion with a goal of having the coinciding two weeks of homework accomplished by each meeting time.

Every other week when I post your directions, you will hold your comments until AFTER your gathering that Tuesday. Some time after it is over, you will check back in with us (under that post) and let us know something about your small group meeting in a brief and readable paragraph. (For example, if there was some good discussion on one question or part of your homework, tell us briefly about it. The key will be to avoid writing long epistles because I’ve learned in Blog-world that many people are too pressed for time to read the really long comments and end up skipping over them. We don’t want anybody missing what you have to say!)

And about the weekly recipe suggestion! This is the part that can include all our Siestas whether or not you are participating in the study. Several days before our Tuesday meetings (including the launch), Melissa will submit a recipe for one dish. It may be an appetizer, a main dish, or a dessert. We don't want to overwhelm you with a huge menu. We think just one common dish would add such a fun element to our gatherings. Don't you think it would be such a blast to know we were all eating the same thing while we met? The common table. I love it! If you're not participating in the study, you still have a great recipe!

Siestas, I can hardly wait! One thing is for certain: we are about to have a unique Bible study experience. Let’s see what God will do!

I love you so much and I am deeply honored to be your servant. Now, let’s have us some Bible study!