Mk Session3

Welcome toSEASON TWO : 

Welcome to SEASON TWO SALT

SALT Session 3 : 

SALT Session 3 MARK’S NARRATIVE STRUCTURE REVEALS JESUS 'Do not be afraid, just have faith.' Mark 5:36

Welcome, Gather : 

Welcome, Gather

Opening Prayer : 

Opening Prayer

Goals: 

Goals Text: to discover how Mark portrays Jesus through narrative. Spiritual: to explore how this image of Jesus helps Mark’s community cope with its situation. Action: to begin to see how my 'image' of Jesus compares/contrasts with Mark’s image of Jesus.

Leadership Focus: 

Leadership Focus The Factful Stage Procedure Timing Hospitality Tasks Next Week Prayer Tasks Facilitator / Recorder Tasks 10 minute evaluation with Facilitators / Recorders

Small Group: 

Small Group

Break : 

Break 10 Minutes

Review : 

Review Text often refers both forward andamp; backward – e.g. to Hebrew Scripture references, foreshadowing what is to come We are looking at Mark and his community not the life of Jesus, nor the composite Jesus of the synoptics, nor the Church

Slide10: 

Mark’s Dramatic Narrative

Elements Develop Narrative: 

Elements Develop Narrative Geography – Sea, Land, Mountain, North, Gentile andamp; Jewish (What does each represent?) Time – Morning, Before dawn, Evening, Mid-day (Examples andamp; Significance?) Activity - Hectic, Urgent, Immediate - Divided between Teaching andamp; Preaching - Healing andamp; Traveling

Drama Builds: 

Drama Builds Foreshadowing Weaving andamp; Interweaving Images / Persons Growing Intensity

Examples: 

Examples Power Struggle (1:1-13) Continues: Good vs. Evil Jesus vs. Evil Spirits Jesus and Inept Followers vs. Herodians andamp; Jewish leaders Messianic Secret (a misnomer) builds sense of mystery / tension, especially for ‘listening ears’

Types of Story: Genres: 

Types of Story: Genres Myth Parable Action

MYTH: 

MYTH Story establishes a world Directs people’s religious awe Gives sense of the Cosmos Establishes a social order Provides psychological space (Tilley, Story Theology)

Myth in Mark: 

Myth in Mark Religious Awe: Mark awakens sense of mystery Encounter with God through Jesus Connection to the cosmos: Healing Stories, Water Miracles Social order: Teaching Discipleship Psychological Space: Jesus models all that the disciples are to do New Paradigm, Teach andamp; Heal

PARABLE : 

PARABLE Story Functions to Subvert the World in which it is set - Often Unnerves Contribute to the Jesus myth Questions Current Understanding Turns Everything Upside Down Jesus Himself as Parable

Action : 

Action Set within a World Myth Actions as stories in themselves Related to other stories Action Contributes to Total Narrative Purposeful

Who is Jesus so far? : 

Who is Jesus so far? Man with a mission: urgent, intense, energetic Prophet: invites all to witness the power of God in life Healer Teacher: authority linked to God in prayer Able to translate understandings to others Compassionate: feeds hungry, heals, responds Son of God: power/authority over nature, demons, evil Patient andamp; Creative: Inadequacy of followers

Mark’s Community: 

Mark’s Community Fearful - persecution Fortified by Jesus’ power to overcome evil Not able to totally accept andamp; place life on the line Needs to know who is in and who is out: Jesus ministers to all: All Believers In Everyone Is Invited Wants to know when Jesus is returning Jesus: Take care of each other

Making it Our Own: 

Making it Our Own Keep attending to the images of Jesus presented to broaden our own Hold multiple images of Jesus Keep the Big Story in mind As you reread for next week Notice your response to the miracle stories andamp; parables

Thoughts for Next Week: 

Thoughts for Next Week Mustard seed does not grow into a tree Insidious weed one can’t get rid of How does this impact the message of the parable? We use the word 'miracles' a lot, but the more correct term is 'deeds of power' (dunamis) Question in the face of a ‘deed of power’ or a ‘miracle’ is not 'How did you do that?' but, rather, 'By whose power?'

ACTION : 

ACTION Recognize our need to respond to Jesus as teacher andamp; healer in our own lives Read Mark 1:14-8:21, 30-33

Closing Prayer: 

Closing Prayer