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Teaching Old Testament History: 1 Samuel

A Workshop for Women Bible Teachers

April 24-26, 2025 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa

What Is It?

The Workshop on Biblical Exposition is a three-day training event aimed to encourage and equip you in the skills needed to read, understand, and proclaim the Word of God.

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The Workshop on Biblical Exposition is a three-day training event aimed to encourage and equip you in the skills needed to read, understand, and proclaim the Word of God. The Workshop includes times set aside for 1) Principles of Exposition (instructional sessions on how to better handle biblical texts), 2) Small Group Practice (when you will share and receive feedback on two passages you prepare in advance), and 3) Expositions (the opportunity to sit under the word). Each of these sessions is carefully designed to be interrelated for the greatest value in improving your work. In other words, this is a Workshop and not a conference. If you cannot be at all the sessions, then it really isn’t for you.

It is important to note: Partial participation is not permitted. Our pedagogical commitments in the small group sessions as well as the cumulative relationship between the small group and plenary sessions, full participation is required. Extenuating circumstances should be discussed with the Charles Simeon Trust and exceptions will be granted very rarely.

Who Should Attend?

The Women’s Workshops are generally for women who are currently in a teaching ministry with the responsibility to teach the Bible regularly.

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The Women’s Workshops are generally for women who are currently in a teaching ministry with the responsibility to teach the Bible regularly. It is open to women who lead in regular teaching ministries including large group instructors, small group teachers, and women’s and children’s ministry leaders appointed by their churches.

How Should I Prepare?

During the small groups, you will have an opportunity to get feedback on work you’ve prepared in advance.

 

PREPARE FOR A WORKSHOP

Leaders

COCHRUM Cindy Cochrum Director of Women’s Ministries, Christ Presbyterian Church

Cindy Cochrum

Director of Women’s Ministries, Christ Presbyterian Church

Cindy Cochrum serves as the Director of Women’s Ministries at Christ Presbyterian Church in Wheaton, Illinois. She is currently pursuing an MA in Theological Studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Cindy has written studies on Exodus, Mark (Meeting the King), co-authored a study in Ruth and Esther (God’s Woman in God’s Place in God’s Time), and served as a contributing author to Word-Filled Women’s Ministry.

WALKER Alyssa Walker Bible Teacher, Holy Trinity

Alyssa Walker

Bible Teacher, Holy Trinity

Alyssa serves her church, Holy Trinity, teaching and helping develop content for the Holy Trinity Institute for Discipleship & Mission and teaching second graders in KidCity. She also teaches the Bible at women’s events, conferences, and retreats. She earned a BA from the Moody Bible Institute in Biblical Languages and an MA in Biblical Exegesis at Wheaton College. Prior to becoming a member at Holy Trinity, Alyssa served as a ministry leader and Bible teacher in various roles in local churches in Iowa, Massachusetts, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Illinois, and Indiana. She also spent three years teaching Old Testament and Hermeneutics at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Osijek, Croatia.  Additionally, Alyssa has training in fundraising management and experience fundraising for churches, ministries, and seminaries. She currently serves as Director of Advancement Operations for the Charles Simeon Trust.

Schedule

5-8:30pm, Thursday, April 24
8:30am-5pm, Friday, April 25
8:30am-12:15pm, Saturday, April 26

Small Group Passages

Participants will each be assigned two of the following passages:
1 Samuel 3:1-4:1a
1 Samuel 8
1 Samuel 15
1 Samuel 16:1-13
1 Samuel 22
1 Samuel 30

Cost

$139 USD before March 20
$159 USD after March 20
Dinner Thursday, lunch Friday, and refreshment breaks each day are provided at no cost.