In Good Company: Stories of Biblical Women

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2013 summer study
All Who Hunger   Gather Gladly
Audrey Novak Riley

Session 1: Hungry Hearts (Matthew 14:13-16)

Session 2: Do We Have Enough? (Mark 6:32-37a)

Session 3: All Ate and Were Filled (Luke 9:10-13)

September 2013

Session 1: Hannah, a promise keeper

Theme verses: "For this child child I prayed; and the Lord has granted me the petition that I made to him. Therefore I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he lives, he is given to the Lord.’ She left him there for the Lord.”  1 Samuel 1:27-28

October 2013

Session 2: Deborah, a determined leader

Theme verses: “At that time Deborah, a prophetess, wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel. She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the Israelites came up to her for judgment.” Judges 4:4-5

November 2013

Session 3: The widow of Zarephath, a trusting follower

Theme verse: "But she said, ‘As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of meal in a jar, and a little oil in a jug; I am now gathering a couple of sticks, so that I may go home and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die.’” I Kings 17:12

December 2013

Session 4: Miriam, a loving protector

Theme verses: “When she could hide him no longer she got a papyrus basket for him, and plastered it with bitumen and pitch; she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds on the bank of the river. His sister stood at a distance, to see what would happen to him.” Exodus 2:3-4

January/February 2014

Session 5: Abigail, a calm strategist

Theme verses: “Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves, two skins of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five measures of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them on donkeys and said to her young men, ‘Go on ahead of me; I am coming after you.’ But she did not tell her husband Nabal.” 1 Samuel 25:18-19

Session 6: Woman of Endor, a seer and communicator

Theme verse: “Then Saul said to his servants, ‘Seek out for me a woman who is a medium, so that I may go to her and inquire of her.’ His serv-ants said to him, ‘There is a medium at Endor.’” 1 Samuel 28:7

March 2014

Session 7: Daughter, an honest virgin

Theme verses: “Jephthah made a vow to the LORD, and said, ‘If you will give the Ammonites into my hand, then whoever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return victorious from the Ammonites, shall be the LORD’s, to be offered up by me as a burnt-offering.’” Judges 11:30-31

April 2014

Session 8: Rizpah, a vigilant mourner

Theme verse: “Then Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it on a rock for herself, from the beginning of harvest until rain fell on them from the heavens; she did not allow the birds of the air to come on the bodies by day, or the wild animals by night.” 2 Samuel 21:10

May 2014

Session 9: Rahab, a faithful businesswoman

Theme verses: “’Now then, since I have dealt kindly with you, swear to me by the LORD that you in turn will deal kindly with my family. Give me a sign of good faith that you will spare my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and deliver our lives from death.’”  Joshua 2:12-13

2014 summer study
Of Many Generations
Diane Jacobson

A three-session Bible study that looks at biblical women from several generations, including Hannah, Mary, and Elizabeth. This study will be presented at Women of the ELCA Ninth Triennial Gathering in Chartlotte, N.C., July 24-27, by the author.