Old Testament Literature

Old Testament Literature meets on Tuesdays, March 5 to 26, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Blytheville Library. The class is sponsored by the Mississippi County Library System and in cooperation with ANC. Carolyn Poole, a student of Hebrew history, will instruct the class.
Registration fee is $5.

The Old Testament, or Tanakh, was written in ancient Israel over 1,000 years by many authors. This course studies the Hebrew Bible as an expression of the religious life and thought of Israel and a foundational document of Western civilization. The class will bring the abstract of the Old Testament into what one can see, feel, touch, taste and smell. Join Ms. Carolyn as she examines the Book of many books.

To register, call Lena Ellington or Lorrie Towery, Department of Community Education of Arkansas Northeastern College at (870) 762-3167 or email: lellington@smail.anc.edu.

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Native American Folklore and Medicine Bag

Native American Folklore and Medicine Bag will meet Thursday, February 21, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at the Blytheville Public Library. The class is sponsored by the Mississippi County Library System and in cooperation with ANC. The fee is $5. This class is fun for all ages and designed for boy scouts and girl scouts for earning merit badges
Come and learn from a former colonial Williamsburg living history interpreter, John Holt, about Native American Indian folklore and medicine bags. Traditionally, medicine bags held special protection medicines or healing herbs. Students will enjoy learning folklore as they handcraft their own medicine bag from leather, decorated with glass and metal beads and fill with herbs. All supplies are provided. This class is fun for all ages.

To register, call Lena Ellington or Lorrie Towery (870) 762-3167 or email lellington@smail.anc.edu.