Animate: Bible is a seven-session adult exploration of the Bible. It is a refreshing new take on what the Bible is, how it came to be, and how we should read it.
Each session encourages participants to discuss, sketch, doodle, create, and share. It’s an open-ended approach that provides space for reflection and prayer in a beautifully illustrated journal.
Why should you choose to attend Animate: Bible?
1. It gets people talking.
Animate: Bible poses questions people really have, and then encourages participants to respond—answers aren’t included.
2. Eagerness to open the Bible.
The curriculum is intended to help adults to have an engaging, nuanced, hopeful, and positive relationship with the sacred texts of the Bible.
3. Seven contemporary voices.
Sessions feature perspectives from Christian thought leaders on topics such as the canon, history, testaments, gospels, genre, interpretation, and grace.
4. Just-right theology.
Built on centrist Protestant theology, it’s not too liberal or too conservative. The sessions are thoughtful, edgy, and present interesting ideas.
5. Keepsake from the journey.
Each session encourages participants to discuss, sketch, doodle, create, and share. The beautifully illustrated Bible Journal provides space for reflection and prayer.
6. Facilitators don’t need all the answers.
Leaders act as a guide, bringing groups to a group of ideas, showing them around a bit, and letting them explore.
Animate: Bible will begin on October 20, in Pastor Eric’s Adult Education Class. The first sessions is “Canon | Mining for the Word” with Eric Elnes.
The subsequent sessions and voices are:
History | Parchment to Pixel – Phyllis Tickle
Testaments | One Story, Two Parts – Rachel Held Evans
Gospels | Unexpected Good News – Nadia Bolz-Weber
Genre | Rhythm of the Text – Jose Morales
Interpretation | Scripture Reads Us – Will Willimon
Grace | Love Is the Bottom Line – Jay Bakker