MIQRA WEEKEND

MIQRA (meek-rah) is an event happening over the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend in the Diocese of Chicago. This event, created by the Diocese of Kansas in 2002, has at its heart a reading of the complete Bible. Volunteer readers rotate day and night through 72 hours of reading, an endeavor which honors the significance of scripture in the Episcopal tradition and offers the opportunity to directly experience the text in its entirety.

The 2010 MIQRA in the Diocese of Chicago will be held Friday, January 15, Saturday January 16 and Sunday January 17 at St. James Cathedral, Chicago. Volunteer readers will begin reading in the cathedral Friday eveinng, and continue through Sunday night into Monday morning. Saturday will be a diocesan day of workshops and worship built on the place the Bible holds in our common life. Participants will bring themselves and their questions, their hopes and their reservations, their gifts and their wisdom, to this experience, gathering as a community forming deeper understandings. This gathering is for all ages.

 A youth event will kick off the weekend activities with workshops on Saturday. Participants will stay overnight Saturday and Sunday, maintaining the reading throughout the time and exploring the Bible through group exercises, games, movies and worship.

Learn more about MIQRA at the MIQRA website.

Miqra Brochure

Registration Information

Schedule

For more information contact Ben Varnum or Canon Sue Cromer.