Type: BOOK
Author: Bundschuh, Rick
You will find some bright ideas that are circulating in the youth world in this book. It is a collection of skillful concepts that range from wild and wacky to serious and meaningful. You can use video as an ice-breaker or opener to a meeting, as a tool for public relations, an as a teaching resource.
Type: VHS
Author: Webber, Robert
Revitalize your worship, uniting the best from all traditions Our world is entering an era where the primary form of communication is no longer print and verbal explanation, but immersed participation in an audio-visual event. In 6 challenging sessions (designed for group study and discussion) using a model of actual worship, Robert Webber shows how to plan and do visual, intergenerational worship. 2 videos (10-22 min per video segment) with study guide and discussion guide.
Type: BOOK
Author: Schultz and Schultz
A good movie guide, which allows the reader to search old to new movies by title. It gives a synopsis, rating and grade along with intended audience, content, director, lead cast and topics. This book helps you find movies suitable for your family's age and awareness level.
Type: VHS
Author: Vision Video
The birth of Jesus and surrounding events as TV news would cover it today. Six 15-minute segments. Incidents surrounding Christ's birth reported by on-the-scene correspondents and political analysts. Attempts to set Christmas in the real political and social context of the time, based on the best available sources and research.
Type: VHS
Author: UMComm
Great introduction to UMTV.ORG, which is a program from the United Methodist Communications office broadcast free over the internet frequently (roughly weekly). Anyone can watch a UMTV program. They cover current topics affecting United Methodists and the world around us. Some segments are picked up and aired by major networks like NBC and CBS.
Type: VHS
Author: Kilbourne, Jean
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Films/Movies/Video Cameras
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Gender Issues
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Imperfection
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Movies
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Television
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Women
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This video has influenced millions of students across 2 generations. Uses over 160 ads and TV commercials to critique advertising's depictions of women. With wit and warmth, Kilbourne invites viewers to look at familiar images in a new way - one that empowers them to take action. Includes extensive leader's guide.
Type: BOOK
Author:
This pamphlet helps churches explore ways to present the gospel message through radio, TV, cable TV, and video in ways which will appeal to the uncommitted as well as the committed Christian.
Type: BOOK
Author: Fields and Robbins
This gives you the wherewithal to create in students vivid memories: the milestones by which we mark our journey with God. It kickstarts the kind of personal and group settings that create vivid memories, using a variety of moments: phone calls and letters, video camera events and audio tapes, road trips and service projects, and meetings and overnighters.
Type: BOOK
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The Green Mile, Meet the Parents, Proof of Life, "relationships" film series: As Good as it Gets, Notting Hill, and Shadowlands, Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Type: BOOK
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The Matrix, Memento, A Knight's Tale, Schindler's List, World War II series featuring: Saving Private Ryan, The Thin Red Line, and Pearl Harbor
Type: BOOK
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Planet of the Apes, America's Sweethearts, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, American Graffiti, American Pie, American Pie 2, The Graduate
Type: BOOK
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Traffic, Chocolat, What Women Want, Lilies of the Field, Gladiator, Spartacus, Michael, The Prophecy, and a politics series featuring: The Contender, The Candidate, and Bob Roberts.
Type: BOOK
Author: Harris, Peggy
How should Christians react to persons with disabilities? A Beautiful Mind is based on the true story of John Forbes Nash, Jr., a genius above geniuses. Nash was plagued by paranoid schizophrenia, experiencing inner voices and
psychotic scenarios so realistic that they hijacked his life. Yet through the trauma that ruined his career, his wife and colleagues believed in him and accepted him. The strength of his "beautiful mind" helped Nash beat this usually progressive and degenerative mental...
Type: BOOK
Author: Certer, Ken
They have nothing in common. Landon Carter runs with the fast crowd. Jamie Sullivan is a sweet, sensitive preacher's daughter who has no crowd at all. But love brings them together and opens the door to new life. In this program, youth will explore the power of love and faith to transform lives.
Type: BOOK
Author: Parvin, Skip
How to we deal with lying? The youth will explore the destructive nature of lying and the need to build a life founded on trust through truthfulness. 1-2 sessions
Type: BOOK
Author:
A movie study for youth designed especially for reatreats using the movie "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." Contains cautions, synopsis, activities, preparation, retreat schedule, scripture references, discussion guide and games.
Type: BOOK
Author: Acton, Andy
Joe Scheffer feels like a nobody. He can't get a promotion, his wife has divorced him, and a co-worker beats him up in an argument over a parking spot. What would it take to make him feel like a somebody again? This program explores the Christian approach to violence, fear, and self-esteem.
Type: PAMPHLET
Author: Acton, Andy
Quick! Hide! The alien Stitch is on his way to Earth, and he's about as nasty and destructive as they come. Or is he? One person, a small girl named Lilo, manages to love Stitch despite his unlovable behavior. And her love transforms him into a kind and generous family member. In this program, based on Disney's Lilo and Stitch, youth will discuss reasons Christians are called to love the "unlovable." They will also discuss what it means to be a member of a family, with special emphasis on the...
Type: BOOK
Author: Grotewold, Scott
One to three sessions using Max Keeble's Big Movie with the theme: How should we behave when we are treated unjustly.
Type: BOOK
Author: Johnson, Tom, Jr.
How do we know that God is on our side? If God made the universe, then who made God? These and other tough questions form the theological foundation of the Men in Black retreat. Suitable for a weekend retreat or youth week, this program features Men in Black and Men in Black II along with plenty of silly activities. If you'd rather use this as a shorter program, you may pick and choose from the questions and activities.