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Building Blocks of Grace
Type: VHS
Author: UMCom
Author: UMCom
Video to help you promote the 6 Special Sunday Offerings. Introduction and one segment for each Special Sunday offering. Uses storytelling format portraying a different project for each Sunday. Includes leader's guide.
Celebrating the Earth 6 PART SERIES
Type: VHS
Author: UMCom
Author: UMCom
A soliloquy on loving and caring for animals and some thoughts about what the church can do to lead into a visit to a “green” cathedral and a celebration of creation. This program both provides a culmination of the series and becomes a celebration for us all. Comes with study guide.
Faces of Poverty
Type: VHS
Author: UMCom
Author: UMCom
We are becoming increasingly conscious of the poor and the homeless in our midst. This program is about persons who are poor. This video provides an opportunity for viewers to get to know some persons living in poverty. Comes with study guide.
Facing our Dilemmas
Type: VHS
Author: UMCom
Author: UMCom
An account of a major oil company’s effort to be environmentally responsible leads into reflections on the dilemmas that we face and the way we face dilemmas. Comes with study guide.
Good Old Age, A
Type: VHS
Author: UMCom
Author: UMCom
Old age is a subject that many people would prefer of avoid discussing or even thinking about. Yet, as the joke goes, getting old beats the alternative. Of all the different topics that a group might choose to study, aging is the only one that is going to happen to everyone. Designed to challenge some of the common thinking about aging by introducing several older people who share their reflections on growing older. Comes with study guide.
How Much is Enough? 6 PART SERIES
Type: VHS
Author: UMCom
Author: UMCom
The Rocky Mountain Institute’s Mission is to work for the efficient use of the resources as a path to global security. Their very practical story is followed by thoughts on limits and the spiritual cost on consumerism. Comes with study guide.
In This Web Together 6 PART SERIES
Type: VHS
Author: UMCom
Author: UMCom
The complex interconnections of all of life are explored in this look at the organic farm and grain company and in the reflections on reconnecting both physically and spiritually that follow. Comes with study guide.
Living Choices: Health Care
Type: VHS
Author: UMCom
Author: UMCom
From Catch the Spirit. Emphasizes the dificult and complex choices we face as Christians and responsible members of society. Crisis in our health care system: volunteer hospice worker, caregivers for chronically-ill loved ones support one another. A church and community ofganization fun a clinic. Churches, corporations, doctors, and an insurance company provide health insurance for children. Includes discussion guide.
Loving Nature 6 PART SERIES
Type: VHS
Author: UMCom
Author: UMCom
A group of people from a congregation in Chester, Montana is working to save the Sweetgrass Hills from modern gold mining techniques, in large part out of their love of the hills. Comes with study guide.
Not in Anybody's Backyard 6 PART SERIES
Type: VHS
Author: UMCom
Author: UMCom
An account of a Wisconsin Community’s discovery of toxic waste containing the municipal water system is followed by reflections on environmental justice. Comes with study guide.
Spiritual Growth With Catch the Spirit
Type: VHS
Author: UMCom
Author: UMCom
Four 30-minute programs touching on Faith in Action, Mission/Reaching Out, Prayer, and Love. Allows you to explore the ways the Spirit of God shows itself in the lives of others and through their example in your own life. Appropriate for individual or group study. Meditation guide included.
What Does It Mean to Be United Methodist?
Type: KIT
Author: UMCom
Author: UMCom
This is a five-session study that examines some frequently asked questions about what United Methodists believe and how United Methodists are different from members of other denominations. In five sessions, persons attending new member classes and refresher classes will explore the following five aspects of United Methodism by viewing a video session and discussing it afterwards: 1.Wesleyan Heritage 2. John Wesley's Theology 3. Wesleyan Quadrilateral 4. Sacraments 5. How Do United...