Course Description:   An introductory prerequisite retreat/seminar which will focus on the basics of critical thinking, the development of the biblical canon and a brief survey of the history of biblical criticism.  This seminar will be the entry point for new students to join a warm and caring “grassroots” scholarly community and is open, as well, to current and former students and other interested laity.

Instructor:  Rev. Fran Schnarre is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and is the Director of Educational Ministries at MSR Center for Rural Ministry. She is also part-time pastor of Granville Christian Church near Paris, MO. Fran lives with her husband, Brian, on a farm near Centralia, MO. They are the parents of four grown children and have two grandchildren.

Dates:  February 1-26  or  October 4-29, 2010  (one course in Feb and one in Oct) 

Cost:  $140

Text for course:   New Revised Standard Version Study Bible.  Possibilities: New Interpreter's Study Bible  (ISBN-10: 0687278325 ISBN-13: 978-0687278329)  New Oxford Study Bible  (ISBN-10: 0195284852 ISBN-13:978-0195284850)  The Harper Collins Study Bible (ISBN-10: 006078685X   ISBN-13: 978-0060786854)