Sandy Eisenberg Sasso: Cain and Abel : Finding the Fruits of Peace
The errors of sinfulness with our brothers and sisters with a positive ending. Anything by Ms. Sasso is to be commended for your home library.
Sandy Eisenberg Sasso: God Said Amen
A book to recommend for every season. Highlights the need to reach beyond ourselves and the cost of not sharing.
Markus Zusak: I Am the Messenger
A fabulous literary work of trial and sacrifice. This is a better choice for youth and adults: it would certainly be rated PG-13.
Moses: The Long Road to Freedom
Fascinating illustration of the story of the Exodus.
Carole Boston Weatherford: Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (Caldecott Honor Book)
Liberation is a key theme of Lent. This children's book carefully relates the story of Harriet Tubman to the biblical experience of the Exodus.
Noah's Ark
A striking illustration and retelling of Noah and his epic. This title is about more than the zoo on the water; it focuses just as much on the personal journey and trials of Noah and his family.
Joyce Denham: The Hard to Swallow Tale of Jonah and the Whale (Tales from the Bible)
A simple and elegant telling of the journey of Jonah, a reluctant prophet.
Kate Dicamillo: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
No author does a better job of dealing with pain, loss and resurrection than this author. Just as great for adults as for children.
Jeff Brumbeau: The Quiltmaker's Gift
A wonderful book with a Franciscan ethic. The role of sacrifice and giving up material things would be a good choice for Lent.
Week in and week out, leaders are looking for something to spark the imagination and the energy of their youth group. Combos for Youth Groups includes complete plans, plus a CD-ROM for customizing six multi-faceted 1-month youth group themes. Choose your favorite themes and campaign elements within the Combos “menus”, offering them in any order, at any time during the calendar year.
Would you like all of your youth group activities & classes to coordinate together under a single unifying theme?
Would you like a set of 6 complete month-long youth programs you can customize to your preferences?
Combos for Youth Groups programs are stuffed with coordinated “a la carte menus” that include everything!
Leaders can use these ingredients to create a soul-satisfying "combo" just right for their youth group!
e|Merge is a box full of resources that will help youth
ministers organize spiritually enriching youth group
programs. The box contains a director’s guide and DVD and two
small-group leader’s guides, each with an enhanced CD. e|Merge
uses a model that combines large-group teaching enhanced by digital
media and small-group discussion. Weekly programs are organized by
theme, and each theme includes three to six weeks of material. e|Merge is designed for evening (usually Sunday evening) youth group programs.
Components
The Barton's happy, comfortable,
suburban existence is thrown into chaos when cousin Kevin comes to live
with them and everyone's patience and character are tested to the limit
by the adventure that unfolds. The young people discover stolen goods
stored in a nearby abandoned house. They have to deal with the gang
that hid them, the police who want them, and their own consciences.
Through it all everyone endures difficulties and grows in ways they
never expected. This film helps young people learn to take
responsibility for their actions and see the power of forgiveness. Part of the Youth Adventure series. 58 minutes.
This 12-part series was originally
produced for European television. Host Dr. Michael Green wanders through the intellectual archives of modern civilization trying to confront prevailing multiculturalism and affirm the unique claims
of the Gospel of Christ. These programs provide young people
the foundation for intellectual integrity and Christian fidelity. A
leader and user resource guide is included. 3 VHS tapes, 12 30 minute video segments.
Psychologist Dobson is one of the most successful--and most
controversial--Christian broadcasters via his daily program, Focus on the Family.
On the strength of that success, Word is ordering a
quarter-million-copy first printing of this adviser on love and life
for young adults age 16 to 26. Full of personal anecdotes and great
swatches of text from Dobson's previous books, presented in a
congenial, colloquial manner like that of Dobson's speeches and radio
commentary, it is basically sound, common sensical, albeit stringent
counsel. Dobson is foursquare for delaying sex until marriage, choosing
a spouse carefully, and dismissing divorce as a way to solve problems.
He admonishes his target audience to be faithful to their families of
origin despite the stresses caused by the necessity of achieving adult
independence, and he advocates Christian rather than state or private
secular colleges for undergraduate education. Undergirding these major
themes are a pretty fundamentalist Christianity, to be sure, but also a
genuine counselor's understanding of human weakness and extension of
sympathy. This 7 session video course based on his book considers God will in 50 minute sessions. Includes leaders guide.
These video segments are intended to promote game nights as written up in Jr Hi Game Nights and More Jr Hi Game Nights from Youth Specialties. 24 complete 1 minute advertisements.
