Bbs conference 1

1. THE BASIC
BIBLE SEMINAR

2. The Basic Bible Seminar aims at:
A. Orientation on the
understanding of the Bible
as the Word of God in the
mission and life of the Parish
(Church)
B. Helping people get into the
habit of prayerful reading of
Scriptures their basic prayer
book and story in the
community.
The Basic Bible Seminar is an
introductory course on Sacred
Scripture for all levels of the
faithful.
It consists of group activities,
conferences and celebrations
geared towards making the bible
one’s basic prayer book and book
of life towards building Christian
communities based on the Word
of God.

3. The whole seminar is built in
three major activities namely:
 Singing, Praying and
Celebrating the Word of
God
 Sharing the Word of God
 Studying the Word of God
According to the time allotment,
the Basic Bible Seminar can be
given according to three models.
 Model A – 5 consecutive
evening of about 4 hours each
 Model B – 2 1/2 days live-in
 Model C – 3 days live-out

4. Priests and Lay Catholics with
leadership qualities, who are:
 Willing to learn and grow
with others
 Able to work with others
 Able to conduct the sessions
according to the module
 Catholics who show interest in
the bible and are sincerely trying
to live a good Christian life.
 Adults, at least for the first
seminar in the locality
 Couples are ideal participants
since the family is the natural
sharing group
 It would be good, at least for the
first seminar, if the majority
could be men

5. SEMINAR’S
FLOW
FIRST
DAY
SECOND
DAY
THIRD
DAY
FOURTH
DAY
FIFTH
DAY
Introductory
Activities
 Registration
 Welcome Talk
 General
Orientation
 Bible
Enthronement
 Community Singing
 Checking of Attendance
 Opening Prayer
 Review
 Overview
 Community
Singing
 Checking of
Attendance
 Introduction
 Explanation of
Certificates
Topics/Talks
The Bible
as a BOOK
 Conference
 Open forum
The Bible as the
WORD of GOD
 Conference
 Open forum
APPROACHES
to the Bible
 Conference
 Open forum
RESPONSE to
the Word of God
Conference
Open forum
Penitential
Service and
Confession
Group Dynamics
 Bible scanning  Small Group Sharing
 Bible Sharing and Evaluation
 Planning
 Reporting of
Plans
 Individual
Confession
 Thanksgiving
Prayer
Prayers and
Celebration
 Introduction
 Reading
 Prayer
 Song
 Announcement
of Closing
Ceremonies
 Closing Prayer
 Song
 Eucharistic
Celebration

8. A. The BIBLE as the “BOOK of Books”
1. the word “bible”
2. the bible “library”
B. The BIBLE as SCRIPTURE
1. the word “scripture”
2. from lived faith-experiences
and sacred traditions to
written record
C. The BIBLE as consisting of OLD and
NEW TESTAMENT (Covenant)
1. God’s covenant with Israel
2. God’s covenant with us in Christ

9.  Comes from the Latin
word “Biblia” which means
BOOK (singular) and this
Latin word in turn is derived
from the Greek word
“Biblia” which means BOOKS
(plural)
.

10.  From the fact that the word
“Bible” means both book
and books, we can conclude
that the bible is one book
composed of many books or
different writings, some
of them, in fact, do not
amount to even a booklet.
This we discovered during
the Bible Scanning activity.

11.  Since the Bible is a
collection of many books
or writings, to what can
we compare it?
 We can compare it to a
“LIBRARY” – we can even call
the Bible a library because
it is a collection of many
books or different writings.

12.  The Bible were written in
many different literary forms
and styles: some are
narrative in character, others
are
in poetic form and style,
some books contain prayers,
others books contain laws
and regulations.

16. What other name of the Bible do you
know?
 We also call Bible “the Scriptures”
or “Sacred Scripture” or “Holy Writ”
 The word “Scripture” is derived from a Latin
word
“Scriptura” which means “Writing” or
“something written”
To understand the meaning of the term,
we ask the question: “What was written
down?”

17.  What the sacred writer put into
writing was certainly
and ultimately the Word of God,
what God inspired him
to write. But more immediately
and directly he recorded
the faith-experiences of the
community which had been
handed down from generation
to generation by word of mouth.

18. The sacred writers were men (and
women) of the community.
They put into writing what the
community believed and they did
this for the benefit of the community.
They wrote from “faith to faith.”
They inherited the faith of the
community and put it into writing in
order to build up, strengthen and
enrich the community’s faith.

26. •The B i b l e
•That’s just the book for me
•It stands alone
•As the Word of God
•The B I B L E

27. God gave me a special
Book
the Bible is its name
B I B L E (3X)
The Bible is its name