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Tuesday, August 2, 2005
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- Featured Article: A Face Lift for THE SOURCE Web Site-Now Even Easier to Find the FREE Resources You’re Looking For!
- Something You Can Use: Even More FREE Movie Discussion Jumpstarters with Small Group Questions
- Featured Sale: Jonathan’s books on sale this summer-get the last of his FREE 2005 OUTREACH CD’s
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| Featured Article: A Face Lift for THE SOURCE Web Site-Now Even Easier to Find the FREE Resources You’re Looking For! |
For years we’ve been bringing you “TRULY FREE” resources that you can use in your youth ministry. Well, now we have even more free resources and we have re-designed our web page so you can find them even easier!
- YES, we’ve still got the best selection of great games at your disposal, along with the amazing CUSTOM GAME SEARCH tool on our GAMES & ICEBREAKERS page.
- YES, we’ve still got a remarkable collection of discussion “jumpstarter” ideas from video and DVD clips that are as close as your local video store … all on our VIDEO CLIP IDEAS page.
- YES, we’ve got a library of great “how to” articles that will help both newbies and youth ministry veterans with anything from how to recruit staff, how to program events, how to run a retreat, how to run games, how to grow in number, how to speak to youth … and more on our I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO … page.
- YES, we’ve still got fully written out curriculum for your weekly program, whether outreach program agendas, growth program agendas, small group starters, object lessons … you name it … all on our CURRICULUM & JUMPSTARTERS page.
- YES, we’ve got complete talks, sermons, illustration links, and other sermon resource links all on our TALKS & SERMONS page.
- YES, we’ve got the largest collection of crazy EVENT IDEAS with creative ideas for scavenger hunts, parties, competitions, movie nights and other activities on our EVENT IDEAS page.
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| Something You Can Use: Even More FREE Movie Discussion Jumpstarters with Small Group Questions |
For those of you who frequent our web site www.TheSource4YM.com … you know that we like to use movie clips as “jumpstarters” for discussions with teenagers. We’ve just added a bunch of new ones. Check em’ out- starting with one from THE PACIFIER with Vin Diesel.
THE PACIFIERPlot Summary: Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe (Vin Diesel) is assigned to protect five kids of an agent killed after Wolfe rescued him.
Main Point of Discussion: We shouldn’t judge others by our first impressions. Instead, follow Jesus’ example and act in love.
Movie Clip: About 25 seconds into Scene 9, Seth The Performer, (after the driver ed. scene with the oldest sister), the principal and vice principal show Lt. Wolfe a Nazi armband found in the oldest boy, Seth’s, locker, and express concern because he’s died his hair blond. Lt Wolfe follows Seth to an alley where he sees him meet two boys who have Nazi armbands on. Once inside, we see that this is a rehearsal for the musical, “The Sound of Music.”
Intro: Have two creative, drama students do a short skit about rushing to judgment. One idea is to have one enter with a beer bottle in one hand facing the crowd, and a half-filled garbage bag in the other, not visible to the other person, who immediately launches into a dramatic lecture on the evils of drinking. The first person just looks at them like they have three heads. After a minute or so, have someone off stage (could be you) yell, “Hey, community trash volunteers, we’re gonna break for lunch. Praise the Lord for you guys; we’re getting a lot done today!”
Ask: Has that ever happened to you? Anyone want to share? (Have your own story about someone assuming the wrong thing or rushing to judgment about you ready to share if no one else does.)
Well, tonight we’re going to talk about this. Before we do, let’s watch a clip that illustrates this very thing.
SHOW CLIP HERE: Introduce the clip from Intro description.
| Key lines: | |
| Vice Principal Murney | But it’s not about her. It’s about the boy. |
| Lt. Wolfe | Has he been skipping class again? |
| Principal | Skipping class? He always skips sixth period, but this is… |
| Murney | All right. Seth! (Seth enters.) OK, take off the hat. |
| Lt. Wolfe | Go ahead. (Seth pulls off his hat to reveal dyed blonde hair.) |
| Murney | Look at that. That’s how he showed up for practice. And that’ not all. I was doing a little recon in his locker and I found this. (He tosses a Nazi armband to Lt. Wolfe.) Okay? Now if it was a girlie magazine or a hamster, fine. Boys will be boys. But this is sick. |
| Lt. Wolfe | All right. He dyed his hair. He’s not a Nazi. |
| Principal | This is not normal. We’re very concerned. |
STOP any time during Seth’s song.
SMALL GROUP QUESTIONS:
- What did the principal and Vice Principal Murney accuse Seth of? Why?
- Has anyone ever accused you of something that we didn’t do? How did it make you feel?
- Remember when we shared stories at the beginning about people who assumed things about us or rushed to judgment? Think for a minute: do you ever remember making a wrong judgment about someone else? Share what you did. Read the following passage:
Romans 2:1-3 (NIV)
You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. [2] Now we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. [3] So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment? - The passage is clear that we shouldn’t judge others, because we aren’t perfect ourselves. Think about that for a second. It’s a fact that nobody’s perfect- so think about something that you have done recently that you wouldn’t really want the world knowing about. Would you rather be judged for that, or forgiven for that?
Read the following passage:Luke 19:1-10 (NIV)
Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. [2] A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. [3] He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short man he could not, because of the crowd. [4] So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.
[5] When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” [6] So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.
[7] All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a ‘sinner.’ “
[8] But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”
[9] Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. [10] For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.”
- Was Zacchaeus a popular guy? Why not?
- Did Jesus judge Zacchaeus? What did Jesus do to Zacchaeus?
- How did Zacchaeus respond to love instead of judgement?
FROM THE SOURCE
Three of THE SOURCE’s writers have been busily writing up new discussion “jumpstarters” with small group questions that you can use this week! All of these discussions are from videos and DVD’s you can rent at the local video store. Check out new ones from SPIDERMAN II (under the subject “Heroes”), BOURNE IDENTITY (under the subject “Identity”), EVER AFTER (under the subject “Passion for Jesus”) and more.
Youth Specialties is a great place to get youth ministry resources. The last few weeks they have released some great freebies-discussion questions on “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “War of the Worlds” and “The Fantastic Four.” CLICK HERE to download those freebies!
| Featured Sale: Jonathan’s books on sale this summer-get the last of his FREE 2005 OUTREACH CD’s |
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“Most youth workers feel like we just aren’t reaching enough students for Christ-at least that’s how I feel. In this book, Jonathan took me on a journey that was both convicting and encouraging at the same time! Instead of a few “happy hops to Heaven,” Jonathan provides a holistic approach to reaching this generation of un-churched students.”
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Jonathan McKee
Jonathan McKee is the author of over twenty books including the brand new The Guy's Guide to FOUR BATTLES Every Young Man Must Face; The Teen’s Guide to Social Media & Mobile Devices; If I Had a Parenting Do Over; and the Amazon Best Seller - The Guy's Guide to God, Girls and the Phone in Your Pocket. He speaks to parents and leaders worldwide, all while providing free resources for youth workers on TheSource4YM.com. Jonathan, his wife Lori, and their three kids live in California.