A great note here from one of the participants in the Jesus Class. Keep the comments coming, class! Last week we launched with a total of 121 participants!

Hi Tim,

I have to say I have been enjoying this so much. I sit down and start getting involved and the time flies by and I am just absorbed with the material. Your suggestions and helpful hints with the study guide have been very helpful for me. I am truly enjoying the dissecting and what is being spoken to me. I am learning a whole new way of how to read scripture and it is exciting since it has been difficult to understand for me as I am fairly new reading and studying the bible so this great for me and I know I have a lot to learn but I also know that the Holy Spirit will guide me and show me what it is that I am to hear )

Thank you and see you Sunday.

Kathy

Let me give you 111 reasons I’m stoked about Jesus Class.

For starters there are exactly 100 people who attended last weekend’s Case for Christmas who indicated on their follow-up card they are interested in The Jesus Class. This week we’re busily making connections with them and helping them get signed up.

Second of all I’m thrilled with the fact that there are 10 Jesus Class teachers currently meeting and getting ready to teach TJC (The Jesus Class) starting Jan 10th. Each venuue, 9am at Old Mill, 10:45 at Old Mill and 10:45 at Sarpy, will have more than one teacher during the 8 week TJC experience.

Last… and most thrilling, TJC offers 1 fascinating subject: the life, teachings and actions of Jesus. See some of my previous Jesus Class posts. Here’s more info on what its all about:

TJC – The Biography of Jesus According to the Gospel of Mark

An Eight-Week experience looking at the life and teachings of Jesus. Class participants will read Mark’s account of Jesus in manuscript format.

Class time will be divided between small group interaction and whole group dialogue with the class teacher. There will be lots of opportunity for question and answer each week. Seekers, people new in their faith and life-long followers of Jesus will all enjoy the interaction.

Participants will receive a complete, 3-ring bound manuscript of Mark’s gospel, informative handouts and a package of color pencils! Homework assignments and personal application will stimulate learning outside the classroom.

There will be a $10 fee for materials – pay when you show up at class!

Hit this link to register for TJC.

This week we launch The Jesus Class here at the Old Mill Campus in FLC 154. For eight weeks, participants will gather and meet around tables to peer into the life of the world’s greatest spiritual leader. Our text will not be a study guide, or a book about Jesus, or even a video series by a famous scholar or mega-church pastor. The text we’re following is Mark’s gospel in an unusual format.

You won’t need your bibles. Hope that’s OK. What you will get is a thing called a manuscript. The pic above gives you some idea of how we’ll do this. Everyone attending will receive a complete text manuscript of Mark’s gospel biography of Jesus. Each week, we’ll dive straight into the world, words and actions of Jesus himself. We’ll learn the story line of the Jesus scene by scene. Each week we’ll read several pages, have lots of room for questions and first-hand observations. Jesus will come alive, jumping off the page saying and doing the most surprising things.

People who know Jesus well and people who are dying to meet him for real for the first time, will find the Jesus Class an equally rewarding experience. If you want to check it out for a week and see if it fits your interests, you’re welcome to try it. If you have a seeking friend and would like to invite them along, you can have them join you at your table. If you’ve got questions just shoot me a comment and I’ll contact you.