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2027 Conference RegistrationThe tellers are gathering again — and you are invited. Join storytellers from across the network for NBSI’s 42nd Annual Conference, “The Stories We Tell: Faith, Film and the Bible”, July 28–30, 2027, at the Maritime Conference Center in Baltimore. Our keynote speaker is Sean Palmer, Teaching Pastor at Ecclesia Houston and author of Speaking by the Numbers: Enneagram Wisdom for Teachers, Pastors, and Communicators. |
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For three days we come together around the stories that shape our faith — telling them, learning them by heart, and sending one another home ready to tell. If you have been before, you know. If you haven’t, this is your year. Standard registration opens January 19. |
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Members-Only Early-Bird RegistrationMembers-only Early-Bird Registration — on sale earlier than ever before. Early-Bird Registration begins November 18 and runs through January 18. Through Early-Bird, members save an additional $50 on top of the member price of $485 — so members pay just $435 for the full conference. And membership gives back all year long: the conference discount; ten interactive online workshops a year, free for members live or by recording; exclusive resources including Scholarly Musings; and local guilds for ongoing learning and telling — all for $100 a year for individuals, or $65 a year for seniors and students. Not a member yet? Now is a great time to join NBSI: you’ll get the lowest registration price and a guaranteed place at the 2027 conference. Or buy a membership as a Christmas gift for your favorite Biblical Storyteller!
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A New Secretary for NBSI
The board has nominated Diana Foote to serve as NBSI’s next Secretary — and we are glad to introduce her to you. Diana serves as pastor of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Scotia, New York, following a 30-year career as a public school Spanish teacher. She first discovered biblical storytelling at United Lutheran Seminary, in a course taught by Dr. Mark Hoffman, one of NBSI’s own Scholars. In his class she learned a Gospel story by heart and told it to her classmates — and Mark invited her to attend an NBSI conference. She’s been coming ever since. With each of the three conferences she’s attended, her love of storytelling has grown, and she’s found the courage to step a little further outside her comfort zone. As Lisa puts it, Diana will be great — she is very enthusiastic about joining the board, and we are glad to welcome her. |
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Five Women, One Bold Question: A Story That Changed History
NBSI Online Learning — Sunday, November 15 · 7:00 PM EST Can you name the five women whose courage changed the course of history? Hidden within the Book of Numbers is the remarkable story of Zelophehad’s daughters — Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah — five sisters who dared to challenge tradition and ask for justice. Drawing on the research and discoveries behind her biblical novel, Daughters of the Wilderness, Lisa Larsen Hill brings Numbers 27 to life through storytelling, reflection, and conversation.
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Voices of the Heart: An Advent TellingThursday, November 12th at 7 PM EST All are invited to attend an online event for an evening of biblical storytelling, when the birth narrative of Jesus will be presented through the Gospels of John, Luke and Matthew. This presentation is brought to you by Voices of the Heart, the Metro-DC Guild of the Network of Biblical Storytellers International. Join us here: https://tinyurl.com/2jnrj5fr |
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NBSI Video Library News from your Video Library TeamThe holidays are approaching — if you’re planning a telling (or several), remember to record your tellings and submit them to the NBSI Video Library! Keep the ten-video challenge in mind especially as you are learning your Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany stories: any teller submitting ten or more videos before May 2027 may be the winner of a FREE 2027 conference registration. |
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Questions? info@biblicalstorytellinglibrary.com |
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