I’m currently going through the Moses series with a study group and have previously completed Peter & Mary. These are EXCELLENT tools for study!
We meet one night a week for 5 weeks, the first week merely to get our assignments (there is a study guide that comes with the tape, which is made available to all participants). We’ve done it a number of different ways, this time, each person is given a question or 2, so that all are covered by one person (if you aren’t going to be there, you are asked to call so your question can be re-assigned).
The next week, we return to watch the video and then review the questions, each person sharing what they’ve learned.
This moves through the material fairly quickly, without over taxing the students with extra study. We cover the video and questions in approximately 1 1/2 hours and have been thoroughly enjoying it.
In the past we’ve done it with no pre-prep to full prep by each student. I’ve found that the more time I put into it, the more I get out of it (sounds familiar, doesn’t it). For these, I’ve just finished going through Scott Hahn’s Salvation History (both video and audio, listening several times because I typically have other things going on and miss parts), so I’ve been well prepared for the material being presented and questions asked.
When we’ve done it with little or no prep we each had a copy of the Catechism and Bible in front of us and simply went around the table looking up and reading each reference from the questions. I personally found this the most valuable method, as we heard “the word” rather than the interpretation (sometimes wrong) of the various students. I know we got pretty good and having our reference opened by the time the questions got to us, allowing us to move quite quickly.
However you do it, enjoy. Bible study can be a lot of fun!
CARose
