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Our fourth week in the Reading the Bible For All Its Worth series will focus on the Psalms. Tim will do the set-up this week and Aaron will be speaking from Psalm 25.Ideas for Week 4: Spirituality in Every Key (March 16)Same passage presented in a different way -Visual – collage over cardboard- Musical – a musical rendition of the psalm-Reading – A reading of the PsalmPersonal anecdote – sophomore year of college – Valley of the shadow Dealing with depression and anxiety – how God used the Psalms to help him through the yearQuote from book by Dan Mann – God using the scripture to bring him through the dark times from when he first became a believerPossible quote from Blue Like JazzCommentary on the passageWhat we’d like to have them thinking beforehand:During your hard times how do you deal with your grief anxiety and depression what tools do you employ to connect to go d during these rough spots?If they only remember one thing, it should be:The Psalms (musical poetic expression) can be used by believers to express ourselves to God in an appropriate and emotive fashion
Our second week in the Reading the Bible For All Its Worth series will focus on the Old Testament Law. Rachael will do the set-up this week and Tim will be speaking out of Deuteronomy (The Jubilee Year passage).
Ideas for Week 2: Don’t Make Me Come Down There(March 2)
Worship Music
Let Justice Roll
A Waterdeep song
Other Music
A New Law – Derek Webb
I Fought the Law & the Law Won (Maybe use as an opener and play it on Rock Band)
Drama Idea A dramatic reading of the passage of scripture
Video Clips The Office Opener – Rule
Video Clips from People’s Court and whatnot.
Clips from Arrested Development Courtroom scenes
Art/Advertising/Images
Images of the old laws – Hammurabi's code, Ten Commandments, etc.
Other
PSAs (The More You Know…) dietary laws, clothing, women, etc.
Rules – Pharisees created more and more (Jesus said we didn’t need them)
During communion talking about the parallels between OT Laws and communion
February 24 begins our new series: Reading the Bible for all It's Worth. This series is designed to introduce people to the different types of literature in the Bible and learn how to read/understand each type.
General Ideas for the series:
The set-up each week will be a mini-message that explains the principles of how to read that type of literature.
Psalm 119 – a different section used each week as a reading (focused on the Bible, 22 sections)
Reading the story each week – use different ways to present it (scripture reading, song, children’s book, VeggieTales)
Igniter Video Vol 3 – “I Believe”
Small Groups – 1-week delay (Each week we'll receive another Bible passage of the same type of literature and uses our new skills to read it for the next week)
Week one will focus on Old Testament Narratives. Tim will do the Set-up (explaining how to read them) and Rachael will do the message.
Ideas for Week 1: The Old, Old Story (February 24)
Rachael will be speaking out of Judges (Possibly the Ehud story)
Reference Hebrews 11 
Worship Music
Before There Were Time
Other Music
Not Perfect – Church of Rhythm
This Beautiful Mess – Sixpence None The Richer
Drama Idea
A dramatic reading of the passage of scripture
Video Clips
Leftorium Episode of Simpsons
Art/Advertising/Images
Graphs and charts and maps and ruins of buildings
Other
Communion – Drape in a tent like fashion for Old Testament
Lightning Crashes – Live 
