The Canada Institute of Linguistics (CanIL) at Trinity Western University, BC, offers a seven-course Scripture Engagement training track leading to a Certificate in Scripture Engagement accepted by SIL and Wycliffe Bible Translators as preparation for cross-cultural service.
As a Scripture engagement worker, you assist Christian communities to strengthen the use of the local language by integrating Scripture into the local arts and culture, daily life and practice. You partner with local churches and community leaders to develop strategies for Scripture engagement, contextualizing its meaning through a variety of means including ethnomusicology, Bible storying, audio products, etc.
The 9-week, 3-credit hour (graduate or undergraduate) Scripture Engagement course is taught June 10 to August 9.
The program description and seven courses are listed at the last pull-down menu here:
https://www.canil.ca/academics/training-tracks/literacy-and-scripture/
These correspond to the SIL required course set here:
https://www.sil.org/training/scripture-engagement
For more information, please email Scripture Engagement instructor Michelle [dot] Petersen
canil [dot] ca, or admissionscanil [dot] ca. [more...]
Social media can be a forum for engaging with the Scriptures, as well as being a place for promoting Scripture products and Scripture engagement resources.
The Mobile Ministry Forum (MMF) has assembled a guide that takes you through what you need to get caught up with social media. The 95-page guide, in PDF format, is a free resource and can be downloaded here.
It contains:
- Stories and recommendations that help with those details that you usually have to learn from trial and error.
- Power tips that summarize the material in the guide into easy to reference tasks.
- Best ways to use social media like Facebook, Twitter, What’s App, and then how to determine if apps like SlideShare are a good fit for your ministry.
- Arguments for whether or not you should pay to boost your social media reach and engagement.
- Comprehensive coverage of security issues with social media.
FreeBibleimages offers free sets of Bible story images for teaching. There are over 760 sets of Bible story scenes to view, project or download.
There are over 600 Bible story illustration sets, and over 100 Bible story photo sets. Contributers include Good News Productions, Sweet Publishing, LUMO Project, Moody Publishers, the Glory Story, YoMinistry.com and many more organisations and individuals.
Are the images really free?
"Yes! We have a heart for busy teachers and those in poor regions of the world. All pictures are free for use in teaching. We provide the pictures and you tell the story, with the Bible as your reference source. Conditions about the reuse of the images in new projects vary with each contributor. Those who donate to this project help share these resources around the world as a gift."
FreeBibleimages is a registered Christian charity in the United Kingdom with no denominational or commercial affiliation. [more...]
Second edition (2018), in English and French.
"Lord, the moment we’ve been waiting for has arrived!
What we were longing for, our hands have touched!"
How do you celebrate the publication of a Bible book: a Bible, a New Testament or one of the Gospels? It is an opportunity to bring the community together to introduce the book to everyone, an opportunity to thank the Lord and dedicate the book to his service, an opportunity to celebrate the local language and culture, and an opportunity to start distributing the book and other materials in the language (the audio version, videos, literacy books, the smartphone app, etc.). It is also a good time to raise awareness and encourage people to commit to reading and listening regularly to God’s Word.
This 16-page document contains questions and tips to help you in your preparations. Sections include: Form an organising committee, Choose a good date, Choose the venue, Work out a budget and look for funds, Send out invitations, Print a special cloth or T-shirts, Publicise the event, Coordinate pre-sales of the books, Setting up the venue, Plan the meals, Reserve the accommodation, Organise transport, Plan the ceremony programme, Book sales, Audio-visual coverage, and Beyond the dedication. [more...]