On Thursday evening the Christian Storytelling Conference will host “Forty-Minute Forums.” Two forty-minute time slots with breakout sessions that are participative—providing fellowship and a chance to include some of the suggested activities from last year’s evaluations. Each participant can choose 1 or 2 of the following forum sessions.
6:30-7:10 | F1 BibleTelling Seminar in Israel hosted by Brian Thieme & Rog Schmidgall Learn about BibleTelling Seminars in Israel–sharing 100 Bible stories on 45 locations where the stories occurred. | F2 Pass on Stories of Faith & Family hosted by Mary Claire Anderson Learn how to document and share stories of your family
| F3 Story Swap hosted by Phyllis Hostemeyer In a relaxed atmosphere, share a story that you learned today at the conference or one you brought with you. This will not be for coaching or feedback. Invite guests to hear you if you’d like. (Limit stories to 6 minutes) | F4 Language Olympics hosted by Jan Walsh Learn about using Bible Stories as the basis for 1-on-1 ESL/ELL (English as Second Language/English Language Learning) tutoring or English literacy education. Jan developed the curriculum and has experience with churches hosting ESL/ELL tutoring for immigrants and others in their neighborhoods.
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7:20-8:00 | F5 BibleTelling Seminar in Israel (Repeated Session) hosted by Brian Thieme & Rog Schmidgall Learn about BibleTelling Seminars in Israel–sharing 100 Bible stories on 45 locations where the stories occurred. | F6 Coaching Session hosted by Mary Claire Anderson Come prepared to share a story or section of a story in process (limit to 6 minutes). Through constructive feedback, explore the next steps of developing your story’s focus, structure, and technique. | F7 Story Swap host Phyllis Hostmeyer In a relaxed atmosphere, share a story that you learned today at the conference or one you brought with you. This will not be for coaching or feedback. Invite guests to hear you if you’d like. (Limit stories to 6 minutes) | F8 Hymn Sing hosted by Mike and Betty Roe Attend this sing-a-long session featuring some favorite hymns of the church. |