Friday, March 13, 2009

Movies and Ministry

Many people come to the IRC asking for movie themes or scenes that might be useful in illustrating a particular point or enhancing a class session. Since I see about two feature films a year, I’m not always the best person to ask about this! There are, however, some excellent resources available on the web. One of the great resources at the lectionary site THE TEXT THIS WEEK is the Movie Concordance that lets you search movies by title and theme. Another resource that actually allows you to download clips to use in ministry is SCREENVUE .

The only caveat to using these clips is that you first have to purchase a license from CVLI . This license gives you the legal permission to use the film clips in your ministry setting. But since I’m a big fan of churches having this license, I think that’s a small price to pay to get access to these resources.

Ann

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