2007年6月19日星期二

Bible Study Fellowships (生命查經)

Dear brothers/sisters,

With an aim of fostering brothers/sisters' sustained habits of serious Bible study and personal relationship with God, our church is organising "Bible Study Fellowships" (生命查經) for us on the following four set dates : (1) 2nd Sept ; (2) 7th October ; (3) 4th November ; (4) 2nd December. As these four dates are the first Sundays of those respective months, Philippian Fellowship doesn't want to miss these four learning chances by incorporating these as part of our fellowship programme in the second half of this year.

Bible Study Fellowship is an international system (there are many classes following this system all over the world) of structured Bible study. The Bible Study System is highly organised and disciplined and it involves four elements :

(1) notes with questions given beforehand to encourage personal Bible study and participants are required to do homework;
(2) discussion groups (of up to 10 people) for sharing of personal answers to questions and communicating truth. For those who haven't done the homework (not encouraged to do so), they are not allowed to share answers but they can still participate. To encourage attendance, those who are absent for more than twice will be disqualified ;
(3) a lecture by our good class teacher (梁國權先生) covering the scripture with explanations of backgrounds/context being studied and applications for daily living plus responses to questions that may arise; and
(4) finally a set of reference materials reinforcing lesson from the class (plus a new set of notes with questions for the forthcoming class).

I am going to register for the following Philippian individuals (you are welcomed to tell me if you are not on this list but you are eager to participate) :

Alan
Angel
Annie
Antony
Billy
Calvin
Carmen
David
Doris
Elaine
Fowing
Iris
Ivy
Nicole
Rebecca
Ryan
Stephanie
Stephen
Winnie
Yannie
Yvonne

Mentor:
Denise
Kam Wah
Philip
Sue Keung
Susanne


Should anyone listed here anticipate unavailability of participation, please don't hesitate to inform me. Besides, Ryan and I are temporarily confirmed as team leaders of the two groups for the purpose of coordinating discussion. If anyone wants to be the team leader, please tell me and I will be more than happy to arrange it. Furthermore, the worship immediately before the four classes call for brother/sisters to do hymns sharing. As such, please tell me if you are moved to share hymns and indicate which session you would like to do so. Thanks a lot !

May we gain more and grow together spiritually !
Bible Study Fellowship message (生命查經) on our Philippian blog : http://hkphi.blogspot.com/

In Christ,

Antony Chiu

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