Ancient Voices, Sacred Stories: Sarah and Abraham
What you'll learn
- Have a deeper understanding of biblical characters' life stories, and how to live out their wisdom.
Requirements
- Students will need to have access to a Bible, either hard copy, or online.
Description
Our Vision
Reveal the timeless truths unfolding from the Bible’s pages.
Our Aim
Through a unique blend of Bible study, performance, Biblical scholarship, discussion and personal reflection, we aim to present relevant historical background, provide understanding, offer emotional connection, and encouragement to live out the timeless truths of scripture.
Our Approach
We've designed each character study to begin with historical background for the character, then a basic Bible study for you to do, so you can see for yourself what the text actually says.
Then we'll show you an artistic concept--a performance--of that character, along with life application questions.
The final piece is a lecture, wrapping up the study, and offering some thoughts on how to live out the wisdom you've gained.
Each segment of the study includes a 10 to 20 minute video, with a written character study sheet, and a written Bible study sheet, which you can spend as much, or as little, time on as you would like.
Our Hope
This study is designed for those new to the Bible, and for those who would like a more experiential approach to Bible study.
Who this course is for:
- If you are new to the Bible, or would like to have a more experiential approach to Bible study, this course is for you. Though we seek to have good scholarship, this is not a primarily intellectual approach.
Course content
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Instructors
![Anita Gutschick](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 4.3 Instructor Rating
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- 3,927 Students
- 3 Courses
Anita Gutschick is an experienced stage actress who has studied acting, voice, and movement and worked professionally in video, film, and radio since 1989. She developed Women of the Bible in 1995 and it has become her most passionate vocation. God’s grace has allowed her to share the messages of these biblical women with tens of thousands of audience members across the United States.
Anita has performed at hundreds of retreats, conferences, and programs for various denominations all across the country. Women of the Bible has been the focus of women's retreats at regional and national gatherings
Anita has served as a deacon, is trained as a Stephen Minister, and has participated in Bible Study Fellowship. In 2004 she took a Walk to Emmaus – De Colores!
She has recently joined forces with Joanne Hagemeyer to form Ancient Voices, Sacred Stories, which is a platform to co-lead retreats and develop on-line courses centered around Biblical characters.
- 4.3 Instructor Rating
- 119 Reviews
- 3,927 Students
- 3 Courses
Teaching the Bible to change lives, Joanne led and taught a Bible class of 350-500 students from 2003 to 2013. She currently serves as an advisor and mentor to eight area Bible classes with an international Bible study. But her great love for the Bible began as a child, watching the men in synagogue pray the words of scripture, murmuring and weeping, lovingly touching and kissing the Torah.
When she received her own Bible at church in 1970, she read the whole book, from preface to concordance, with transcendent joy, knowing these were the very words of God. Since then, Joanne has taught Bible in Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, Retreats, Studies, and more.
Also a long-time "armchair archaeologist," Joanne joined the Board of Directors for the Biblical Archaeology Forum in 2013.
Another passion for Joanne is the healing work of counseling, and currently serves as a lay counselor in affiliation with The Lay Counselor Institute since 2012.