Back to Index Session 3 of Homosexuality & Transgender Identity: A Bible Study Before you begin, Ask if anyone had a chance to look at the verses given for homework and if any had found any that struck them or challenged them particularly. Ask also if using the five tools helped them understand the passages
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Back to Index Session 4 of Homosexuality & Transgender Identity: A Bible Study Icebreaker: Have folks share about a time they were an outsider in a new area and felt out of place. Ask: What are some things people did that made you feel excluded or left out? That made you feel welcome? Explain: The
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Back to Index Session 5 of Homosexuality & Transgender Identity: A Bible Study Begin by asking for one or two people to review, in a few sentences, what we have seen so far in our look at the Bible’s treatment of homosexuality. Explain: Today we are going to be looking at some of the most
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Back to Index Session 6 of Homosexuality & Transgender Identity: A Bible Study Icebreaker: Ask the group members whether they are right-handed, left-handed, or ambidextrous. Ask them if they have ever had a time they had to do with one hand what they normally do with their dominant hand. What was difficult about it? What
Back to Index Session 7 of Homosexuality & Transgender Identity: A Bible Study Icebreaker: Share about a time you wanted to join a club or group but were not admitted because of something physical – such as your age, your gender, your ethnicity, your background. Hook: At one point, there were signs throughout towns and
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Back to Index Session 8 of Homosexuality & Transgender Identity: A Bible Study Icebreaker: Who is someone that was a strong role model to you growing up? What are some things they role-modeled for you? How did that help you grow as a person? Explain that in Christian tradition, Christians have always found role models
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Back to Index Session 9 of Homosexuality & Transgender Identity: A Bible Study Icebreaker: In every culture, there are stereotypes of what it means to be a “real man” or a “real woman.” In the one you grew up in, what is the stereotype for “manliness”? For “womanliness”? Do you think many people live up
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Back to Index Session 10 of Homosexuality & Transgender Identity: A Bible Study Icebreaker: What is the greatest challenge you’ve seen yourself or an LGBTQ+ person you know face in your community because of their sexuality or gender expression? If you could do one thing to help change that, what do you think it would
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Third Sunday after Epiphany Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar
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