Friday, June 30, 2006
Stuck on you - talk ideas based on video clips
Watched Stuck on you a couple of weeks ago. It's about two men who were born physically connected together or "conjoined". It's themes include: prejudice, ambition, dreams, team work, self esteem, body image. Here are some bits that might be used as video clips:
- Scene 2 (2 min 20 - 6:30). In this scene Bob and Walt are in their burger bar serving customers. They must make the food within 180 seconds or the customer gets it for free - a good example of team work. Also in these scene Rocket splits a drink at the customer goes off on one. He says something like "keep the freaks in the back" - so they throw the customer out. You could use that to talk about prejudice.
- Scene 3 (10 mins - 18 mins). Walt does his annual performance in town. At the end he tells Bob about his dream to become a real actor - dreams etc.
- Scene 7 (27 min 48 - 34 mins). Bob and Walt meet Meryl Strep - they are fans. Could you use this to talk about idols?
- Scene 8 (34 min - 43 min 30). Walt arranges for Bob to meet this woman, May, who he's been talking to on the internet for months and months. The problem is that when Bob finds out he's not very happy. This is because he has not told May that he is Conjoined to Walt. In one scene he basically says that he's "ashamed" of who he is. You could use this to talk about body image, self esteem etc.
- Scene 15 (1 hour 20). May turns up and tells Bob she doesn't care about been conjoined - she loves him as she is. Despite this, Bob and Walt still go ahead with an operation to get separated.
Labels: Video clip ideas
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Youth Specialities - free movie resources
Check out the free movie-based talks on youth specialities: http://www.youthspecialties.com/free/programming/movies/
Labels: Video clip ideas
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Some more videos for download
See
- http://churchrelevance.com/2006/06/17/incredible-church-videos-make-do-creative/
- http://www.lifechurch.tv/p/67/SermonID/57/Default.aspx
Labels: Video clip ideas
Saturday, June 24, 2006
Video clip for start of service???
Checkout A New Kind of service Opener - some video intro's to start the service with. Could be a good idea...the video preview was here
Labels: Video clip ideas
Revenge talk idea...
From this weeks news http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006280282,2.html
A BITTER blonde infected with the Aids virus went on a vengeful mission to spread the disease. Sarah Jane Porter, 43, was made HIV positive by a black lover and set out to pass it to other Afro-Caribbean men. She is thought to have had unprotected sex with DOZENS. The single mum, of Kennington, South London, was yesterday jailed for infecting one ex and branded pure evil. A former lover of Porter told last night how she set out on a callous payback mission.
Labels: Illustrations
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Parent Line Plus
If you haven't already come across this site, check out http://www.parentlineplus.org.uk/
They offer advice to parents on a wide range of issues and have a free phone number of parents to call...
Labels: Training
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Talk on the subject of Labels
The other week we did a talk on labels - the stereotypes etc. that we give people. I've uploaded the talk here. Note I found the pictures by trawling the internet....
Labels: Talks
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Movie connections quiz
I've just uploaded one of the quiz sheets I've prepared for today's session. You can find it here. The idea is that the films / actors / actresses are connected together via different movies.
Labels: Quiz
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Back from USA
I've just got back from a 10 day business trip to New York and Houston Texas - hence the lack of posts. I hope to get back on top of it all this week. One site I did come across was http://www.youthworkideas.com/. If you like the quizzes and stuff on my site, you'll find some similar stuff on there.
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Magazine monitor
Some interesting info from the magazine monitor...
- There are about two million cohabiting couples in the UK
- More women read the heavy metal bible Kerrang! than men
- Modern teenagers are better behaved than their counterparts of 20 years ago, showing "less problematic behaviour" involving sex, drugs and drink
- The average British woman worries about the size and shape of her body every 15 minutes.
- Compensation payments to teachers following personal injuries, such as assaults by pupils, amounted to £7.6m last year.
- Goths, those pasty-faced teenagers who revel in black clothing, are likely to become doctors, lawyers and architects, according to a study by Sussex University
Labels: Statistics
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Children spend two-and-a-half months on average each year staring at screens
Labels: Statistics
Monday, June 05, 2006
Suicide
It's old new's, but I heard this statistic: The World Health Organizations World report on violence and health states that one person commits suicide about every 40 seconds, one is murdered every 60 seconds and one dies in armed conflict every 100 seconds.". See http://www.un.org/womenwatch/osagi/network/Network-Vol%206_4.pdf
Labels: Death, Statistics
June FOCUS survey results...
Here are the list of topics we're going to try to look at this term in order of preference:
- Boyfriends / girlfriends
- Popularity
- The future
- Jealousy / Envy
- Self control
- Why do bad things happen
- The internet / mobile
- Depression
- Is the Bible true?
- Terrorism
Friday, June 02, 2006
happiness formula
Just notices this article on the bbc website: is there a happiness formula? Maybe you could use it as a discussion starter....
Labels: Illustrations
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Youth weekend plan, scedule and material
I just got around to posting the full schedule / material we used for the weekend away we did back in March. You can find it here. We created a website for the weekend here.
Labels: Activities, Talks
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