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Come to the Learn the Word Seminar

You may know by now that Second Pres’ 2010 theme is Learn the Word. Love the World. On Saturday, January 23 many 2PCers will live out the second part of the theme (loving the world) as they participate in the Serving on Saturdays (SOS) mission day. Next Saturday (1/30) you have the chance to live out the first part of the theme: learning the word.

Loving the World in 2010

2010’s theme here at Second Pres is Learn the Word. Love the World. In the past few weeks, you’ve heard about the first part of that theme—we’ve spoken about reading plans to help you dig into the scriptures more consistently in 2010 (which you can find at the bottom of the calendar in the Pulse, at the Welcome Center and www.secondpres.info). We’ve also handed out bookmarks to remind you of the various acts of the biblical drama through which we’ll travel during worship in 2010 from Genesis to Revelation. The bookmarks, which you can pick up at the Welcome Center, also contain study prompts to help guide your study of the scripture.

Questions to Guide Your Bible Reading

Last Sunday was the official beginning of 2010’s theme, Learn the Word. Love the World. If you braved the cold, you heard how 2010’s sermons will move sequentially from the very first words of Genesis, to the last words of Revelation. You also received a January calendar with a schedule of Bible readings so that together we can read the scriptures more consistently in 2010. (You can find that calendar on the website and at the welcome center, and each week’s readings will also be found in the Pulse.)

The Acts of the Biblical Drama

January 3 is the first Sunday for Second Pres’ 2010 theme: Learn the Word. Love the World. The theme reminds us that we read the Bible because God uses it to strengthen us so we can love the world. One way you can learn the word this year is by joining one of the reading plans to dig into the scriptures more consistently this year. You can find out more information about these plans in the Pulse, along with a calendar to help you move through January. That’s something you can do at home.

Digging into the Scriptures in 2010

In the midst of all the excitement about Christmas, I want to leapfrog over Advent for a moment and encourage you to make a new year’s resolution to read the scriptures consistently next year. Second Pres’ 2010 theme is Learn the Word. Love the World. By making Bible reading a part of your regular routine in 2010, you can learn the word, and be strengthened for our common mission to participate in God’s transforming love for the world.

In order to help you dive into the Bible more regularly, we have put together a number of reading schedules. There are four different options (A-D) depending on how much of a commitment you want or are able to make.