Monday, October 27, 2008
The Bucket List
I watched The Bucket List last night...very good movie with lots of interesting topics for discussion. For example:
- about 25 minutes - 33 minutes in the film, Edward and Carter find out they only have a few months to live...Edward finds a peice of paper on the floor that Carter wrote. It's a list of stuff he wanted to do before he died. A "bucket list", ie, a list of things you wanted to do before you "kick the bucket".
- 45 - 48 minutes into the film, Edward and Carter are flying over the polar ice cap. They discus faith...is there a supreme being or not etc.
- 57 - 60 minutes into the film, Edard and Carter are in Egypt. Carter talks about the requirements to enter "Egyptian heaven".
Labels: Video clip ideas
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Drillbit Taylor - bullying video clip idea
I watched Drillbit Taylor last night. The film is about two boys trying to cope with bullying. There are several scenes that you could use from the film to stimulate a discussion. Unfortunately I had to return the DVD so I didn't write down the chapters. However here are some I recall:
- early in the movie we see Wade and Ryan's first day at high school. Right from the beginning it goes wrong, they wear the "wrong clothes" and they try and help out some kid who is getting a hard time from the class bully.
- about half way though the movie Wade goes home with a back eye which was given to him by one of the bullies. His step-father asks about this. Rather than being sympathetic, his step dad tells him that the bullies were basically doing him a favour...toughening him up in preparation for the rest of life.
- at the end of the movie Wade and Ryan decide to stand their ground even though they might get a pasting....the good part about this scene is that it shows that everybody was frightened of the bully, but everyone went along with him.
There are many other scenes you could use...
Labels: Bullying, Video clip ideas
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Harvest
I've eventually got around to updating my Harvest 1 and Harvest 2 talks...hope someone finds them useful!
Labels: Talks
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
This Ability Rock Solid video clip
We did the This Ability session from Rock Solid last week. Here's my video clip suggestion...School of Rock chapter 5 – 6. In this clip Jack Black has just discovered that the students can play instruments. As a result he starts the new class project 'rock band'. The clip shows that we all have different abilities and we all have a role to play. I finished the clip just at the point where they go to lunch.
Labels: Rock Solid, Video clip ideas
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Pass the parcel
This idea is based on something I saw during a service at Christ Church and I thought it might work with our youth group...and I think it did.
You will need a Bible verse, some sweets, wrapping paper, sellotape and some music.
Print out the Bible verse on paper that's a different colour to the wrapping paper. When you have done that, cut out the individual words that make up the verse.
Now, wrap up the sweets, just like you would in pass the parcel. Remember to include some of the words from the Bible verse in each layer.
So....get your group together for a game of pass the parcel. Tell them to collect any words they find. At the end, ask them to try and put the words together into a sentence.
When they have done that, briefly discus the verse. We used Romans 12:10 "Love each other like brothers and sisters. Give each other more honour than you want for yourselves."
You will need a Bible verse, some sweets, wrapping paper, sellotape and some music.
Print out the Bible verse on paper that's a different colour to the wrapping paper. When you have done that, cut out the individual words that make up the verse.
Now, wrap up the sweets, just like you would in pass the parcel. Remember to include some of the words from the Bible verse in each layer.
So....get your group together for a game of pass the parcel. Tell them to collect any words they find. At the end, ask them to try and put the words together into a sentence.
When they have done that, briefly discus the verse. We used Romans 12:10 "Love each other like brothers and sisters. Give each other more honour than you want for yourselves."
Labels: Talks
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