Epic Telling 2023
The Acts of the Apostles
What will we experience together?
A high point of any Festival of Biblical Telling is the performance of the "Epic Telling.” This is an energizing team-telling that gives us a chance to experience a large portion of scripture together, as told by a variety of tellers. It is such a gripping event that it has come to be known as Epic.
Tellers who have signed up here to learn a small portion of scripture by heart come together to tell their part in sequence, tag-team style.
This year we will team-tell portions of the book of The Acts of the Apostles - and record our tellings from our own locales.
You won’t want to miss this!
How do I take part in the telling?
Check the chart to decide which part you would like to learn and tell by heart.
Tap the button above the chart to fill out and submit your top three choices. We’ll let you know your assigned part within 48 hours.
Learn your part by heart and video-record yourself telling it. Video Guidelines will be available.
The actual performance of the Epic will be a broadcast of our fully edited Epic Telling video. Invite your friends and family!
How do I prepare?
Learn the passage by heart and be ready to tell it on video without prompts or reading the page.
Our practice is to use the NRSV or the Common English Bible, so please make sure to learn from one of those translations.
As a general rule when learning the passage by-heart, aim for about 95% story content accuracy and 75% word accuracy. It’s not a competition to get all the words perfect!
You can find many inspiring examples of scripture telling in the Biblical Storytelling Library.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact Epic Convener Catherine Stuart
2023 Epic Telling
"The Way Home" as told in the Book of Acts
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to Bible Gateway
STORY | TEXT | TELLER |
|---|---|---|
The Ascension of Jesus | Jan Bihl | |
The Coming of the Holy Spirit | Kathy Culmer | |
Peter Addresses the Crowd | Tom Boomershine | |
Peter Heals a Crippled Beggar | Amelia Boomershine | |
Ananias and Sapphira | Pradeep Kumar | |
The Arrest of Stephen and The Stoning of Stephen | John Frank-Epp | |
Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch | Kate Jones | |
The Conversion of Saul | Bev Brazier | |
Continuation of the Conversion | Gerhard Bihl | |
Peter's Report to the Church at Jerusalem | Linnea Good | |
Peter Delivered from Prison | Sharon Pradeep | |
Paul and Barnabas in Lystra and Derbe | Tim Coombs | |
Paul and Barnabas Separate | Pegi Ridout | |
Paul's Vision of the Man of Macedonia & the Conversion of Lydia | Leela Sudhakar | |
Paul and Silas in Prison | Harry Disher | |
Paul in Athens | Stephanie McClellan | |
The Riot in Ephesus | Mike Poteet | |
Paul Arrested in the Temple | Jean Bubba | |
Paul Appeals to the Emperor | Jean Bubba | |
Paul Sails for Rome | ||
The Storm at Sea | Ivana Lijo | |
Still at Sea and The Shipwreck | Susan Philip | |
Paul on the Island of Malta and at Rome | Jean Bubba |