Category Archives: Religious Education

Scottie May Lectures on Welcoming Children

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Dean G. Blevins

Children provided the focus of study at NTS with the Miriam Hall Lecture in Children’s Ministry. Scottie May provided a powerful opening lecture on “Why Welcoming Children Welcomes Jesus” and followed with an interactive session on “How Welcoming Children Welcomes … Continue reading →

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John Wesley’s Friday Evening Prayer for Families

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Dean G. Blevins

Wesley’s written prayer for families for Friday Evening. John wrote morning and evening prayers for families, I am offering paraphrases to my Family Ministry class Lord, you were before everything, above everything, and always unfailing. You search our hearts, knowing … Continue reading →

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The ongoing vision of the REA

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Dean G. Blevins

People often tease me that my Facebook page is usually populated with a number of “boring” meeting pictures. Just how many creative ways can you capture people sitting around tables with open laptops, power point projections, and presentation pages? Okay, … Continue reading →

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John Wesley’s Prayer for Wednesday Morning

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Dean G. Blevins

Wesley’s written prayer for families for Wednesday Morning. John wrote morning and evening prayers for families, I am offering paraphrases to my Family Ministry class Dear God, who is blessed forever, we thank and praise You for the good things … Continue reading →

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John Wesley’s Monday Evening Prayer For Families

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Dean G. Blevins

This past week I began my Family ministry class. One of my personal projects for this semester is to write a paraphrase of John Wesley’s written prayers for families. John actually wrote fourteen prayers for each morning and each evening … Continue reading →

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Reading and Dyslexia

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Dean G. Blevins

Important to remember that reading is a cultural phenomena. Not all cultures developed reading in the same way which raises issues concerning the next cognitive disorder. Chatterjee presented a case where an subject learned to read a second language in … Continue reading →

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