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I’m a little late in posting this. Last year was good, we’re doing it again.

A couple of changes this year. First, for some of the films we are going to combine both high school and middle school together.

Second, starting this week, after the film we’ll break up into our Life Groups and unpack them in that scenario. We’ll all come back together at the end of the night to share what we’ve uncovered.

Third, we pushed the envelope a bit with a couple of films for our senior high. Juno and Antwone Fischer being the choices.

Like I said last year - this works for us in this context. It won’t in others so if you are trying to do this or thinking about doing this - sit down with your parents, your volunteers, and your boss to investigate and ask first. Another thing, have more than just you pick the movies.

Lastly, know why you are doing this and what you want to accomplish by doing it. For us - it’s to show students HOW to consume media. What questions need to be asked? What issues need to be critiqued? We use if for students to bring their friends to church. I use it to help our volunteers connect deeper with their life groups. So there are a lot of reasons and functionality behind it.

Without further ado - here’s the list.

Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
Evan Almighty
Juno (High School Only)
The Princess Bride
Emmanuel’s Gift
Simon Birch
Antwone Fischer (High School Only)
We Are Marshall
The Prestige