On October 10, the Church of the Messiah held its annual Feast of Tabernacles celebration at Beavercreek Church of the Nazarene.
The festivities began at 9 AM with some worship music. Then Dwight Pryor began a talk on the book of Ecclesiastes, a text traditionally read during the Feast. Following Walter Kaiser's excellent commentary, Dwight intended to explain why Ecclesiastes is a very appropriate book for a season of rejoicing, since it identifies the only source of lasting joy. Unfortunately he wasn't feeling well and was not able to complete the remarks he had prepared. (He was taken home and felt better after getting some rest.)
Next Lois Tverberg gave a presentation on Jewish prayer in the time of Jesus, summarizing the material in Chapters 6 and 7 of Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus. In particular, she discussed the meaning of the Lord's Prayer and explained the Jewish practice of saying short prayers of thanksgiving throughout the course of each day.
After eating a light lunch that we had packed, we took a walk around the neighborhood before the afternoon events. After lunch, Keren Pryor talked about how the annual cycle of festivals helps us to walk in...
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Every year we look forward to the Feast of Tabernacles celebration in Dayton, Ohio, sponsored by the Church of the Messiah. We began attending these events in 1998, and they have enriched our lives greatly.
This year (on Oct 10) a featured speaker will be Dr. Lois Tverberg, founder of the En-Gedi Resource Center and author (with Ann Spangler) of a great new book called Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewishness of Jesus Can Transform your Faith (Zondervan, 2009).
I have long been an admirer of Dr. Tverberg, who gave up a career as a biology professor in order to pursue her passion, sharing the excitement of learning about Jesus in his first-century Jewish context.
Zondervan has generously sent me a review copy of Lois's new book. Over the next few months I'll post comments on it from time to time.
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