Rated PG-13 for thematic material, violence, terror and frightening images, and brief strong language.Starring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne and Ty SimpkinsDirected by James Wan (Death Sentence and Saw)Insidious means intended to entrap or beguile… and I’m feeling pretty beguiled right about now.This horror film is the terrifying story of a family who shortly after moving discover that dark spirits...
What you need: a stick, a candy shop owner, a customer, 2 unsuspecting volunteersWhat you do: Pick two people from the audience and have them hold the stick and tell them its the candy counter. Have the candy store owner stand on one side and the customer stand on the other.Customer: "Do you have any Jelly Beans?"Owner: "No"Customer: "Do...
Main Point: It takes a long time to build someone up using our words. Unfortunately, it takes only a moment to tear them down using our words. Discussion Starter: Tumbling Towers(For this discussion starter, you’ll need a few tables and those wooden blocks that children play with in the church’s nursery. The bigger your group, the more you’ll need....
CLICK HERE for a simple PowerPoint for this message.(Thanks to www.sxc.hu for the background art)PASSAGE:John 9:1-33 (NLT)As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. [2] "Teacher," his disciples asked him, "why was this man born blind? Was it a result of his own sins or those of his parents?" [3] "It was not because of...
CLICK HERE for a simple PowerPoint for this message.(Thanks to www.sxc.hu for the background art)PASSAGE:John 4:5-42 (NLT)Eventually he came to the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. [6] Jacob's well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime. [7] Soon a Samaritan...
Directed by Rupert Wyatt (The Escapist)Starring James Franco, Andy Serkis, John Lithgow…Rated PG-13 for violence, terror, some sexuality and brief strong language.Planet of the Apes, Beneath Planet of the Apes, Escape from Planet of the Apes… you’d think we’d be tired of all these freaking apes by now, right?Wrong.This marvelous origin story is going to bring audiences back to...
Directed by Jon FavreauStarring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde…Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of western and sci-fi action and violence, some partial nudity and a brief crude reference.Probably just what you expect from a film with this title.At least no one can say, “We’ve seen this before!” This movie, if anything, was original in premise. Aliens come to...