Tag: learning
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Teach the Word: BIC for College Students
This month’s Teach the Word article is by Pastor Jonathan Bilitz. Pastor Bilitz is a 1996 Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary graduate. He serves at Wisconsin Lutheran Chapel in Madison, WI, and is a member of the Western Wisconsin District’s Commission on Discipleship. “If you build it, he will come.” In the movie Field of Dreams, a voice whispers…
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Teach the Word: Intergenerational Education Part 2
This month’s Teach the Word article is by Pastor Kurt Wetzel. Pastor Wetzel is a 2016 Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary graduate. He serves at Cross of Christ Lutheran Church in Nampa, ID, and as the coordinator for the Commission on Worship in the Pacific Northwest District. Nuts and Bolts on How to Do It My church…
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Teach the Word: Intergenerational Education
This month’s Teach the Word article is by Pastor Kurt Wetzel. Pastor Wetzel is a 2016 Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary graduate. He serves at Cross of Christ Lutheran Church in Nampa, ID, and as the coordinator for the Commission on Worship in the Pacific Northwest District. Part 1: Philosophy Generational differences are steadily increasing, leading to…
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Teach the Word: Bible Instruction Class in Suburbia
This month’s Teach the Word article is by Pastor Tim Priewe. He serves as an associate pastor at Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Appleton, WI, with a specific focus on worship and evangelism. He is a 2019 graduate of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. The city of Appleton, I suppose, does not meet the technical definition of a suburb:…
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Teach the Word: Some Basics for Bible Information Class
This month’s article of Teach the Word explores some of the helpful hints and pieces of advice to consider when writing and teaching a basic Christian instruction course.
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Teach the Word: Help Them Learn and Retain
Dr. Sue Holtz is the author of our feature article this month. For several years, Dr. Holtz served as the Director of Technology Integration and Support at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. She received her doctorate in Leadership for the Advancement of Learning and Service from Cardinal Stritch University in 2004. The topic of her dissertation was…
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Words of a Poet
Today is National Poets Day! The renowned poet laureate Robert Frost was quoted to have said, “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” How true that statement is. There is music found in the words of a well-crafted poem—music that is heard even if there is no…
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4 More Ways to Get People Talking in Your Bible Study … This Week!
It’s hard to get people to be involved in Bible study sometimes! In our last issue of Teach the Word, we saw four ways for getting dialogue flowing in your Bible study. Here are four more tips to help get people more actively involved. . . 1. Give them choices—Give your groups or pairs options from which…