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animate: Faith
animate is an adult study series from sparkhouse, a US company in Minnesota linked to the Lutheran Church. Containing seven sessions on DVD with discussion materials, the series aims to help adults engage with the nature of Christian faith from a contemporary persepctive. Presenters are of a high calibre and include Brian McLaren, Nadia Bolz-Weber, and Lauren Winner.
Themes include God, Religion, Jesus, Salvation, Cross, Bible, Church, but with funky subtitles. So it seems to be a bit like an Alpha course in the sense that it covers the basics for newcomers but also for people who’ve been coming to church but need to rethink the basics. I would expect these speakers to be helpful for both groups.Continue Reading
Devotional Resources for Youth
The Upper Room have an excellent website for Devo’Zine, their devotional magazine for young people. The magazine itself is a bimonthly, full colour booklet with a theme for each week and daily meditations which feature stories, reflections, poems and prayers, and scripture references. It’s not a Bible commentary but rather a prompt for reflection, prayer and the development of spiritual practices. In Australia, the resource is available from MediaCom.Continue Reading
The Path
“The Path” is a six session confirmation series for youth and young adults prepared by Adrian ‘Age’ Greenwood, Youth Adults Discipleship Educator with the Uniting Church Synod of Victoria and Tasmania.
It’s available here for $25.
The strategy has three components – Mentoring, Education and Celebration. The Education stream consists of six sessions exploring the Gospel of Mark in relation to discipleship.
The sessions use a “Reflect, Think, Act” approach. “Reflect” uses quotes from famous Christians – Dorothy Day, Brian McLaren, Bonhoeffer, etc. Each week people are required to read a few chapters from Mark, and there’s a one page for each week’s readings that outlines “Interesting Ideas” in the chapters. Continue Reading
“Practicing our Faith” Videos
A series of videos on practices of discipleship has been produced by the “Practicing Our Faith” project of Valparasio University in the USA. The series covers topics such as:
- Discerning God’s Call
- Living as Community
- Making a Good Living
- Honouring the Body
- Care for Creation and more.
The videos can be viewed here. They are also viewable on YouTube. Each is accompanied by a downloadable study guide. As well as viewing them online, you can also purchase a DVD here.