January 21, 2010
Dear Michael,
We are incredibly grateful to the Massachusetts Bible Society for the Bible grant of 30 HarperCollins Study Bibles. Our ministry with this congregation and the larger community has broadened in the last five years. We include regular Bible Studies through which we encourage people to contemplate scripture in their daily lives. Last year, more than 25 people participated in the Adult Education Program.
This may seem like an obvious focus for a church community, but our deliberate and intensified approach to scripture has definitely opened the minds and hearts of both people who have been hearing scripture all their lives as well as folks who are new to Christianity.
Each member of the Bible Study classes will receive their own copy of the Study Bible during our Lenten classes. And the remainder of the Bibles will be available for Sunday worship in the Sanctuary Pews.
Sincerely yours,
Rev. Laura Biddle