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Greek In A Week (Thursday through Saturday)Page Contents:1. Description of Greek In A Week 3. How to bring a Greek In A Week to your city 1. Description of Greek in a WeekGreek In A Week is an intense presentation of the basics of the language of the New Testament within a few days. the course normally runs Thursday 9:00-5:00, Friday 9:00-5:00, and Saturday 9:00-1:00. The benefit of working through the basic grammar in such a short time is that one learns the logic and structure of the language rather than floating in a sea of paradigms over a year. This year you can start learning or refreshing your Biblical language skills. After learning the basics, you can take your exegesis to a deeper level and bypass the confusion created by so many translations. The vast majority of the church and its leadership is limited to superficial Bible aids. This course equips you to go to the original text to study the Bible. Greek In A Week is attended by a variety of participants. Although pastors and church leaders normally make up the majority of the classes, attendees widely vary in age (16+) and background (e.g., students, parents, teachers, pastors); everyone is bonded by their zeal for learning the languages of our scriptures. Over the past decade John Schwandt, Senior Fellow of Languages at New St. Andrews College, has developed and perfected Greek In A Week (GIAW), a course that will equip you to study the Greek New Testament. We would like to bring the course to your area. See below to find out how. 2. A few uncommon benefits of this type of programThe Greek In A Week program guarantees knowledge. Since all of the study (e.g. vocabulary, paradigm reviews, translation and composition) is accomplished under the immediate direction of the instructor, it is impossible to come away from the week without a considerable understanding of basic Greek. You can easily bring Greek In A Week to your city. It can be a wonderful ecumenical program for your church or school. When Christians from various backgrounds come together and learn how to read and study the word of God in the original language, it reveals our tremendous unity in our love for the Scriptures. You will be able to see that unity as we work with the primary sources and look at what the original words allow or emphasize. It is thoroughly encouraging to be laboring in the original word with other Christians all focused on the original text rather than on their systematic theology. Greek In A Week provides a considerable advantage to pastors who want to jumpstart their understanding of Greek or students who plan to take Greek in the coming academic year. The student who has worked through the entire system of the language will be enabled to make the most of class by understanding the finer points of the lecture and asking insightful questions. Greek In A Week is also the perfect refresher for those who have studied a little Greek in the past but have forgotten most of it. The systematic approach to the course provides a map to collect and arrange all of those parts of the language that have slipped away. It will also add to the total body of knowledge and reading skill of anyone who has studied Greek in the past. Greek In A Week will grant clarity of understanding to those who have lost their way amid the many paradigms presented in a normal year of Greek. When the many details of the language are stretched out over the course of a year, it is easy to lose sight of which ones are more important and how they all relate to each other (missing the forest for the trees). Students who work through all of the basic grammar in days gain a clear understanding of how the details connect. 3. How to bring Greek in a Week to your cityThe quickest way to have a Greek in a Week in your city is to find people who share your desire and have them add their names to the interested list. Once there are more than 10 people interested in a particular city we will email everyone and start looking for dates and a location that will work for everyone. Once we have the dates and enough people confirmed we will officially schedule the event. This is easier than it sounds; often times it only requires one day of footwork to generate the interested group. Simply get out your phonebook and call your local churches (of every denomination, the course is a great way to build local bridges since one of the things we all have in common is a desire to better understand and enjoy the scriptures) and ask if you can post a page that will let people know about the possibility of the local course (you can email us for an electronic copy of the page). If you're interested in bringing Greek in a Week to your city, fill out the form below to let us know. 4. CostThe cost of Greek In A Week depends on when you sign-up. Early on, as a location is still building interest, you can sign up for the pre-registration price of $290 per person. When we officially schedule the event with a sufficient number of people and have a particular location and dates, pre-registration will end, and the price will be $330 per person. When registration is over (usually a few weeks before the event), you can still get in for the door price of $390 per person. 5. Previous Locations* YOUR CITY COULD BE ON THIS LIST (Just add your name to the interested list to help build a group it bring it to your city.) 2010 LocationsPhiladelphia, PA (April 15-17) More are in the planning stages! 2009 LocationsLos Angeles, CA 2008 LocationsFredericksburg, VA (July 29- Aug. 2) 2007 LocationsLancaster, PA (July 16-20) 2006 LocationsLancaster, PA (July 17-21) 2005 LocationsBoise, ID (June 14-18) 2004 LocationsPaducha, KY 2003 LocationsLancaster, PA 2002 LocationsLancaster, PA (Latin In A Week) 2001 LocationsMoscow, ID (Latin In A Week) 2000 LocationsMoscow, ID Get started learning Biblical Greek today! Email any questions you may have or call 1-800-445-2456.
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