Last week, I was at a pastor’s breakfast sponsored by our local Christian radio station. One of the presentations we were able to view was a preview of Walden media’s remake of the classic story “Charlotte’s Web”. The movie trailer looked great and as a gift to each pastor, Walden media gave us each a church resource kit with built in bible studies, a Zuckerman barn to build, and a DVD featuring snippets from the movie to use with the bible lessons. It was really a nice presentation and my wife and I are planning to use the kit for our children’s ministry.
On Sunday afternoons, we will host our kids group in our home and do the studies. The kids who are faithful to attend the studies will all get to see the movie as a Christmas gift from the church.
It’s great to see family movies coming back to theaters. I know we’re looking forward to seeing the movie and I hope others will support these efforts. I don’t see any links for the church resource kit online but I’m sure if you contact Walden media, they can hook you up with what you need if you’d like to duplicate this in your church.
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November 5, 2006 at 9:30 pm
Mark Bushor
Why make compulsory attendance a requirement for the gift? Why not just give the “movie gift” no-strings-attached? I’m afraid that bribes (which this seems to be) may teach them that love is conditional (among other things).
My 2 cents.
pax,
meb
November 5, 2006 at 9:42 pm
faithuntamed
Mark,
We do a lot of no-strings attached events in the church, including many for this age group. In this particular instance, the project included in the kit requires kids to participate to build the barn and learn the lessons included in the kit.
I don’t consider it a bribe. It’s a way for kids to take ownership of the project and learn teamwork and responsibility. I fear that sometimes we are so concerned with the “no strings” attached approach in EVERY item we do as a church, we forget that to build a work requires commitment, teamwork, and taking ownership of the ministry. I don’t see any harm in requiring kids to come to the studies if they want to see the movie with their peer group in church.
Thanks for stopping in and commenting! Be Blessed!
November 5, 2006 at 11:31 pm
deana
I didn’t know this was coming out! Thanks for the link! I loved that story as a kid!