Workshop Format

Women in the Word: a Workshop…

… is an annual two-day Workshop

built around small group study sessions that are interspersed with large group teaching sessions. There are five of these small group sessions (Study Groups) and four general sessions. General sessions build your understanding of a Bible text or theme while demonstrating what careful Scripture study looks like and produces. Study Groups are interspersed among these large group sessions and are a safe place for you and the other women in your group to practice interpreting and applying the text you are studying.

The Study Group is the of the Workshop — the place where the real work of the Workshop is done. They are what make this Workshop unique among women’s Bible conferences. Study Groups provide hands-on experience and practice with interpreting and applying a biblical text from a redemptive-historical perspective. Each Study Group has six women and is led by a trained Study Group Leader. Together, they focus on a specific book of the Bible (e.g. Nahum), or a set of passages from a specific book of the Bible (e.g. selected passages from the Gospel of John) and practice interpreting and applying the Scripture they are studying. There are two Study Group Tracks — Personal Study and Teacher Track. Which track should you take?