November 7 --- Nyack College Symposium, Washington, DC, "Bible Alive"

2008

February 8-9 --- Grace Fellowship Church, Timonium, MD "Bible Alive" weekend
March 7-8 --- Faith Community Church, San Diego, CA "Making Disciples" Conference
March 28-29 --- Lake Murray Community Church, La Mesa, CA "Bible Alive" weekend
April 4-5 --- Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church, Rancho Bernardo, CA "Bible Alive" weekend


2007

March 16-17 --- Long Beach Friends Church, Long Beach, CA
March 23-24 --- Faith Community Church, San Diego, CA
April 20-21 --- First Presbyterian Church, Harrisonburg, VA
April 27-28 --- Fourth Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD
June 8-9 --- Grace Fellowship Church, Timonium, MD
September 9-10 --- First Presbyterian Church, Longview, TX
September 28-29 --- St. Thomas Lutheran Church, Cheboygan, MI
October 5-6 --- Cornerstone Presbyterian Church, Brighton, MI
November 2-3 --- Fourth Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD "Making Disciples Jesus' Way" Conference November 9-10 --- Covenant Presbyterian Church, Austin, TX

Future seminars for the remainder of 2008 and 2009 are being planned for most areas of the country. As soon as additional dates and sites are finalized, further details will be announced here.

To be kept informed on a future seminar for your area, please indicate your preference on the "Keep Me Informed" profile.


FORMAT AND AGENDAS OF PBT'S SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES

“Bible Alive," Spiritual Refreshment Weekend - Engaging the Bible in its Context

WHERE: Host Church (see above)
WHEN: Friday Evening and Saturday Morning

SESSIONS:

Friday PM
Session I, Part 1: "Bible Geography 101" and Part II: “And Now for the Rest of the Story”
Session II, “Frameworks for Understanding the Bible in Context”

Saturday AM
Session III, Part I: "The Rabbinic Teaching Technique of Remez," Part II: “Making Disciples Jesus' Way -in Context, and Part III: "The Kingdom of God - In Context”
Session IV, “Encounters with Jesus”
Session V, “Resources for Understanding the Bible in Context”

SPECIAL FOCUS: Extensive use of Preserving Bible Times’ extraordinary DVD video and photographic resources will be viewed in all Sessions as an important part of understanding the Bible in context. All DVDs and publications for understanding the Bible in context will be available to attenders at special seminar prices

REGISTRATION: Typically $35 per person at the door and $25 per person if pre-registered with the host church or PBT.

OBJECTIVES: An immersion experience in understanding God's Word in context ■ Equipping people to read the Bible like First Century Middle Eastern villagers ■ Personal and corporate revival - falling in love with Jesus all over again.

SEMINAR LEADER: Doug Greenwold is the Executive Director and Teaching Fellow of Preserving Bible Times, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and presenting Biblical Truth. Prior to that, Doug was a Teaching Associate at the C.S. Lewis Institute. A conference speaker and retreat leader, Doug is the author of "Encounters with Jesus: The Rest of Their Stories" (2008), "The Rest of the Story: A Closer Look at Familiar Passages (2007),"Making Disciples Jesus' Way: Wisdom We Have Missed" (2005) and Zechariah and Elizabeth: Persistent Faith in a Faithful God," an integrated contextual study of Luke 1 (2004).

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Preserving Bible Times at the 410-953-0557, fax 410-312-1677, or mail to P.O. Box 83357, Gaithersburg, MD 20883-3357


“Making Disciples Jesus' Way: First Century Wisdom for Today," Conference

WHERE: Host Church (see above)
WHEN: Friday Evening and Saturday Morning

SESSIONS:

Friday PM
Session I “Introduction to Making Disciples”
"Rediscovering John 15:2 – Lift Up Before Pruning”
“Great Commission or Great Assumption: Rediscovering Matthew 28:19
Session II “What Was a First-Century Disciple Like?”
“How Did They Make Disciples in the First Century?”

Saturday AM
Session III "A Useful Framework for Discipling”
Session IV “Putting the Framework to Use for Yourself and Others”
“Discipling Wisdom"
Session V “Where to From Here?
General Discussion

OBJECTIVES: To Repent = To Fundamentally Change the Way We See and Understand Things
1)Understanding the Essence of First-Century Discipling and What That Means for Today
2)Changing our Paradigms of What it Means to be a Disciple and to Make Disciples
3)Personal and Corporate Revival Through More Intentional Disciple Making
4)Taking Greater Responsibility for Your Own Discipling

SEMINAR LEADER: Doug Greenwold is the Executive Director and Senior Teaching Fellow of Preserving Bible Times, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and presenting Biblical Truth through contextual restoration of the Biblical record. Previously, Doug was a Teaching Associate at the C.S. Lewis Institute. A conference speaker and retreat leader, Doug is the author of The Rest of the Story: A Closer Look at Familiar Passages (2007), Making Disciples Jesus’ Way: Wisdom We Have Missed (2005) and Zechariah and Elizabeth: Persistent Faith in a Faithful God (2004).

MORE INFORMATION: Contact Preserving Bible Times at phone 410-953-0557, fax 410-312-1677

PBT's "Worship From the Inside Out" Seminar

Ever wonder if there’s something more you could be getting out of God’s Word to enhance your worship of Him? Could your time in the Word use a jumpstart? Then our “Worship from the Inside Out” Conference may be just what you are looking for. During that time, we explore the essence of worship, barriers to worship, and how we can encourage and enhance our worship of the Lover and Savior of our soul. Jesus called us to worship Him in “spirit and in truth.” Much of our time together is focused on expanding our understanding of the “truth” of worship. As part of doing that, we put “familiar” passages back into their Middle Eastern context to discover more in them that can deepen our sense of worship. It is a time that excites your mind, engages your heart and nurtures your soul.

Interested in hosting one of PBT's Bible-in-Context Seminars in your part of the country? If so, call us at 410-953-0557, fax us at 410-312-1677, mail us at PBT, POB 83357, Gaithersburg, MD 20883-3357 or email us at info@preservingbibletimes.org for more information.

"Bible Alive" Seminar DVD Series

Announcing our first DVD teaching series that shows Preserving Bible Times (PBT) in action teaching aspects of biblical context. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this "Bible Alive" DVD series should be worth at least 10,000 words of communicating what a "Bible Alive" weekend is like and how we actually go about it. See VIDEO for more details