To Register:

Call the Lutheran Church Charities office toll-free at (866) 455-6466 for more information. New classes are forming for the fall for both year one and year two of the two year study. Fill out our online registration form for either Year One or Year Two Classes:

Year One - Registration Form

Year Two - Registration Form

A Life Changing Journey Cover to Cover Through The Bible

Although each book of the Bible conveys an important message, it is essential for someone to make a spiritual pilgramage through God's entire Biblical library and examine that library in the spirit of a "Biblical bloodhound." Only when we examine the sweep of the Biblical narrative in the manner of a spiritual Shelock Holmes do we begin to understand the radical nature of Jesus the Messiah's ministry - for then and now.

In short, those who wish God's Living Word to work in their hearts and lives must work God's written Word - unceasingly!

In his well-known book, "The Kingdom of God," Prof. John Bright writes:

"There has grown up in the Church, alongside a total neglect of the Bible, a dangerous partial use of it. As a Church, we declare that the Bible is the Word of God, and we draw no distinction between its parts. But in practice we confine our use of it almost entirely to selected sections - the Gospels and the Psalms, portions of Paul and the Prophets - and ignore the rest as if it had never been written. The result is that we not only neglect most that is valuable but, what is worse, miss the deepest meaning of the very parts we use because we lift them from their larger context."

1. Instruction and downloadable hand-outs which lead you through the Bible;
2. Secure access onto the Lutheran Church Charities Web Site, where you can:
   • Interact with students across the country and around the world by posting questions and prayer requests and participating in discussions;
   • Access video and audio archives of all previous classes;
   • Access over 1000 pages of additional class handouts and resources prepared by Tim Hetzner, course instructor;
   • The 870 pageCrossways® Biblical Study Guide, written by Dr. Harry Wendt, will be available to student sfor an additional $10 per year

1. Advance Registration
2. A $65 annual individual registration fee
• $80 per couple
• Scholarships available
3. A commitment to personal study of the text

Each class will last 90 minutes. The each year of this two year course is 30 sessions.

Our textbook for the course is The Bible. We use the Bible - an ancient text, a living text - and we try to enter it, not only to decipher it, but to penetrate it, to become part of it, similar to the way every student becomes part of a teacher's texture. We approach the Bible with fervor and passion as each page is unique. We see history in it. We see revealed truth in it. We see in it human folly as much as Divine Inspiration. Wherever you open it, any page, you know that you are in the presence of something that exists nowhere else.

Classes will begin the Mid-September 2006 with additional new classes starting throughout the year. All classes at a given location will cover the same lesson materials. This gives you the flexibility each week to go to the class that best fits your schedule. Classes will also be available over the internet. You can watch online at any time through our archives (full video or audio-only stream).

Everyone, regardless of church (or lack of) affiliation.

Tim Hetzner. Tim is President of Lutheran Church Charities. Tim has served in parish ministry for over 25 years and has led over 4500 adult students through the Bible. He has lead over 28 study tours to the Middle East: Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria.

• Your registration information will NOT be shared with anyone else or distributed to any other organization or ministry.
• If you are non-Christian or not a member of a church - you WILL NOT be approached by the Host Church to join or be put on any mailing list for them UNLESS you request such. Word Among Us host sites are safe environments to learn!
• If you are a member of another Christian Church, you CANNOT join the Host site church while in a Word Among Us Bible study - we DO NOT BELIEVE in "Sheep Stealing".
• The focus of Word Among Us Bible Studies are to guide, assist and help Adults grow in their understanding of the Bible and the God contained there in - or to put it another way - to understand the Mind, Method, Manner and Ministry of Jesus Christ.

Call the Lutheran Church Charities office toll-free at (866) 455-6466, download a PDF Brochure (1.5MB), or fill out the online registration form.

Become a Host Site!

The following churches are already signed up to be host sites

• Florida

  Pensacola, Grace Lutheran (Mondays: 6:30 pm)

• Georgia
  

  Alpharetta, Christ the Shepherd Lutheran (Sundays: 6:30pm ,Wednesdays: 10:00am 6:45pm)

• Illinois
  

  Arlington Heights, Faith Lutheran (Wednesdays: 7:00pm)
  Bethalto, Villa Rose Retirement Apts (Date/Time To Be Determined)
  Carpentersville, Faith Lutheran (Tuesdays: 9:30am or 7:30pm)
  Genoa, Trinity Lutheran (Year 1-Sundays: 9:20am)(Year 2-Thursdays: 7:00pm)
  Huntley, Trinity Lutheran (Thursdays: 10:00am, 7:00pm)
  LaGrange, St. John's Lutheran (Thursdays: 7:00 pm)
  Lansing, St. John Lutheran (Sundays: 6:00 pm)
  Morris, Friends in Christ (Sundays: 9:45 am, Tuesdays: 7:00 pm)
  Thornton, St. Paul Lutheran (Mondays: 10:00am, 7:00pm)
  Vernon Hills, Christ Lutheran (Wednesdays: 7:00 pm, Thursdays: 9:00 am)

• Indiana
  

  Dillsboro, St. Peter Lutheran (Wednesdays: 7:00pm, Thursdays: 6:00am, Fridays: 10:00am)
  Indianapolis, Holy Cross Lutheran (Wednesdays: 9:30am, Saturdays: 9:30am)

• Massachusetts
  

  Bedford, Lutheran Church of the Savior (Mondays 7:00 pm)

• Michigan
  

  Bridgman, Immanuel Lutheran (Tuesdays: 10:00am, Thursdays: 7:30pm)
  Clinton Township, Trinity Lutheran (Sundays: 9:15am)
  Jackson, Redeemer Lutheran (Thursdays: 7:00pm, Sundays: 9:15am)
  Kalamazoo, Zion Lutheran (Wednesdays: 9:30am and 6:30pm)
  Trenton, St. Paul Lutheran (Sundays: 9:30am, Mondays: 9:30am, Tuesdays: 7:00pm)

• Minnesota

  Edina, St. Peter Lutheran (Tuesdays: 7:00pm, Wednesdays: 10:00am)
  Plymouth, St. Phillip the Deacon Lutheran (Internet Only)

• New Jersey
  

  Bridgeton, St. John First Lutheran (Wednesdays 12:00 Noon, Thursdays 7:00 pm)

• Ohio
  

  Kettering, Emmanuel Lutheran (Tuesdays: 6:30pm)

• Texas
  

  Lakeway (Austin), Crossbridge Community Church (Tuesdays: 7:00pm)

New Host Sites now being formed ... Schedules are flexible.

If you or your church would like to be a host site for the Cover To Cover - The Big Picture! Bible Study, please go to the LCC web site at http://lcc.lutheranchurchcharities.org or contact Tim at timhetzner@lutheranchurchcharities.org for more information. There is no additional charge to be a host site; we will ship you the weekly DVDs free of charge if you have a registered class of any size