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Keynotes & Workshops
Bible 101: A Crash Course in Scripture
If you've ever found the Bible confusing... or disjointed... or just plain weird, this is the talk for you. Using the theme of covenant Katie breaks the Bible down into six bite-sized chunks that are understandable and easy to remember. Truly a crash course and consistently one of Katie's most popular talks, audiences walk away wowed by an inner logic in Scripture they had no idea existed and a profound sense of their own crucial role in the story of salvation. This is the Bible like you've never heard it before.
Audience: All ages
Being chaste in today’s culture is difficult, even when we subscribe to the Church’s teaching on sexuality. If believing in the beauty of purity doesn’t automatically make me chaste, is there something that will? Employing recent psychology research on cravings and cognitive-behavioral therapy, Katie’s presentation delves into the often overlooked key to resisting temptation: patience. Contrary to popular belief, the patient person isn’t someone unaffected by emotions and desires, but is, rather, someone with all the same emotions and desires who is willing to endure them. And that willingness makes all the difference.
Audience: Teens, Young Adults
Patience and the Battle for Purity
Personal Productivity for Drowning Ministry Leaders
Is death by post-it a real possibility for you? Are you tired of the never ending to-do list and the piles of paper? Come get quick, actionable tips that will transform your work life, clear your head, and give you more time and energy for what matters most: ministry. Katie’s workshop will leave you with concrete, actionable steps that can be implemented immediately to boost your productivity, reduce stress, and even eliminate a messy desk.
Audience: Church Workers
This list is not exhaustive and Katie is happy to tailor a talk to your specific needs!
PURPOSE
To The Heights is a Parish Mission crafted with one simple goal in mind: To help your parishioners fall in love with the Bible. Why? Because Scripture is the story of God’s love. As Saint Jerome famously said, “Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ.” To understand the Bible is to know Christ more deeply and to come to terms with the fact that he loves us.
Each evening Katie will lead parishioners through the story of Scripture, using covenants as a guidepost and weaving the entire Bible into a single narrative. Your parishioners will walk away understanding the Bible like they never believed possible. If you want a congregation on fire for the Word of God, To The Heights is the Parish Mission for you.
MISSION OUTLINE
EVENING ONE
The Mission begins where the Bible does, in Genesis and the story of creation and the fall. Your parishioners will hear about the sevenfold structure of the creation story and learn that God created us for communion with him. We’ll then explore the story of the fall and uncover the two reasons why Adam and Eve sinned and why we still sin today. Finally, we’ll look at the story of Noah and his family though whom God gave humanity a second chance. Unfortunately, Noah sins in much the same way that Adam does and so God decides to change his strategy.
EVENING TWO
The second chance offered to Noah proves futile as man is still plagued by a tendency to sin. Since God doesn’t want to start over each time humanity falls, he decides to focus his attention on one man. On the second evening, we’ll focus on this one man, Abraham, through whom God will draw humanity to himself. We’ll look at his many failures but also his faithfulness as he willingly offers his son Isaac on Mount Moriah. We’ll unpack this often misunderstood story and, using the interpretation of the ancient Jewish rabbis, come to see Abraham and Isaac’s sacrifice as a beautiful foreshadowing of Christ on the Cross.
EVENING THREE
God has made his threefold covenant with Abraham in which he promises that his descendants will be a great nation, that they will be royalty, and that all the world will be blessed through them. In this final, climactic evening we’ll discover the ways God fulfills his promises to Abraham first through Moses who leads Abraham’s descendants out of Egypt and then David who reigns as king over the people. Finally, we’ll turn our attention to Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham, who himself fulfills all of God’s promises and in so doing, institutes a new and perfect covenant that is everlasting and that bestows grace and blessing upon the entire world.
LOGISTICS
ARRIVAL
Katie is happy to provide a short and personal invitation at the weekend Masses of the Parish Mission. If this is requested, Katie would arrive Saturday afternoon and conduct the Parish Mission on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday evenings.
TIME
Ideal start time for the Parish Mission is 7:00pm each evening, lasting an hour. This is to allow young families and elderly the convenience for a reasonable dinner and bedtime.
EQUIPMENT
A microphone and a music stand is all that Katie needs to be provided during the Parish Mission.
Bible Courses
OFFERINGS
THE OLD TESTAMENT
The Old Testament is a six-session course that provides an in-depth but introductory survey of the Old Testament by way of the covenants, linking them to one another to form a coherent narrative while also tying them in with the New Testament covenant formed by Christ.
THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW
The Gospel of Matthew is a five-session course formed around the five “books” or sections of Matthew identified by Bible scholars. Each books contains both “words” and “deeds” of Christ, narrating his life and message through to his Passion and Resurrection.
THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
The Acts of the Apostles is a four-session course that looks at the life of the early Church after the Ascension of Christ. An often-overlooked historical book, this course offers a Biblical basis for many Church practices and helps students understand the continuity between Christ and Catholicism while focusing on the central figures of Peter and Paul
LOGISTICS
These courses are best offered during a single, full day or over a weekend. Katie requires only a microphone, a music stand, and a projector with HDMI capabilities to present.