Events
International Orality Network 2008 Annual Conference
This event will give practical help and ministry ideas for working in the cultures of those who can't read (non-literate) and those who choose not to read.
When: September 15-18 (Monday - Thursday)
Where: Dallas Solana Marriott Hotel (Near DFW airport)
Theme: Passing on God's Story to All Generations
Details: www.oralbible.com
Dallas Baptist University Classes
Chronological Bible Storying is being offered as part of the M.A. in Global Leadership degree Aug. 11-15, 2008, at Dallas Baptist University, Dallas, Texas. Class meets 8:00-5:00 each day. Dr. Grant Lovejoy is the instructor for the course. For more information contact the university’s graduate office or Dr. Robert Garrett, director of the Global Leadership degree program (214.333.5506 or graduate@dbu.edu)
Orality, Storying, and Cross-language Story Crafting
The OneStory Partnership (www.onestory.org) is opening one of its foundational training modules to a wider audience August 7-15, 2008 in Dallas. This is the only time this open training module will be offered in the U. S. this year.
This module is for people who would like to experience first-hand how OneStory projects work and the oral, highly-participatory training methods they use. This particular module introduces orality, storying, and cross-language story-crafting, that is, working with mother tongue speakers of the language to help them learn the biblical story and tell it in their own culture’s storytelling style.
This is a good occasion for strategists and administrators to see if a OneStory project would be an appropriate strategy for their work. It is also a good opportunity for someone contemplating doing a project to get a hands-on acquaintance with it. Sponsoring churches may also want to send representatives so that they get a better grasp of what’s involved.