There is an 2023 updated version of this post with more stuff - see my archive at left.
About the images:
Upper Left: This is a free
image from www.wickamediacommons.com of the 1982 eruption of Galungung volcanoe in Indonesia with my text.
Upper Right: This is a free microsoft clipart image with text from the Bible.
Lower Left: This is St Paul's Anglican Cathedral in Melbourne seen from the top of the Eureka Tower. The words are from the Newsboys song below.
Listening Song: He ReignsBy the Newsboys and found on their album, Adoration, Sparrow Records or on WOW 2004 (pictured at left).
Story: Fox
By Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks, Allen and Unwin, 2000, ISBN 1864484659 (pictured at right). This is a children's story but I used it as part of the sermon and followed it with a question for discussion:
What are the raging lions (I Peter) or manipulating foxes (this story) in our lives?
Film Clip:The World's Fastest Indian.(pictured at left) Show the clip where he needs a push start to get his bike going on the beach. See clip below
The World's Fastest Indian | Movie Trailer | Review
Questions: The World's Fastest Indian.
1. Why is he left behind on the beach?
2. What helps him get going?
3. What sort of things stop us from getting going?
Drama: They Can Find Their Own Chairs
Found in Mega Drama 5 by Verena Johnson (Ed), Open Book, 2002, ISBN 0859109194, page 24 (pictured at right). This drama is based on the Acts reading and/or the Ascension day Luke reading.
Drama: It's Contagious
Found in Let's Make Another Scene 3 by Verena Johnson, Open Book Publishers, 1995, ISBN 0859107620, page 28 (pictured at left). This drama is based on the Acts reading.
Discussion: On the Acts story of the disciples left standing and staring at the sky
What sort of things are liable to immobilise us?
Story: Power To Spare
Found in Micro Messages by Rich Bundschuh and Tom Finlay, Gospel light, 1995, ISBN 0838715789, page 161 (pictured at right). This is based on the Acts reading.
Story: Assault on a Soda Machine
Found in Case Studies, Talk Sheets and Discussion Starters by Jim Burns and Mark Simone, Gospel Light, 1997, ISBN 0830718842, page 23. This story fits well with the 1 Peter reading.
Poem: Acts 1:9
Found in In Due Season by Herbert F Brokering, Augsburg Publishing, 1966 in the Autumn section.
Prayers: Easter 7A
Found in Imaging the Word Volume 2 by Susan A. Blain Sharon Iverson Glouwens, Catherine O'Callaghan, Grant Spradling (Eds.), United Church Press, 1995, ISBN 0829810331, page 204-207. These prayers go well with the 1 Peter reading.
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Thanks Ann!!
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