Pastor Fredrick will be using movie clips during our July worship services. As you review the list of clips, you might wonder how these movies clips could possibly relate to a Sunday sermon.
Movies often connect faith and culture. Looking past the surface, movies challenge us to be wise interpreters. Drawing us together through the message, meanings, and influence the film has on our hearts, minds and spirit. This past week Pastor Fredrick used a clip from Shawshank Redemption with a sermon titled: Shield by Peace.
The character of Andy Dyfresne a quiet, thoughtful, and proud man. Andy refuses to let the dehumanizing atmosphere of Shawshank break his spirit.During a challenging and uncertain time in his life Andy was endlessly hopeful.In the clip Andy plays a recording of “Le Nozze Di Figaro” over the loudspeaker, which invited all the prisoners to experience a reminder that they were more than prisoners, regardless of their past transgressions, they remain people.Andy states “There’s something inside that they can’t get to, that they count touch, it’s yours. Hope.”
Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Movie Schedule
July 9th –As Good As it Gets – Sermon: Love Motivates Change
July 16th – Field of Dreams – Sermon: Reconciling with the Father
July 23rd – Hoosiers – Sermon: Facing New Challenges with Faith
July 30th – Dead Poet Society – Sermon: Our Verse in Life’ Play
You might want to take some time in July to watch one of these movies or another movie with friends and then discuss the movie. Here’s a few questions to get you started.
What was the message of the movie?
What choices do the characters make? What motivates them? What were the consequences?
How is our attention drawn to particular images? How are particular visual elements used as symbols or metaphors?
How did the camera view enhance a particular scene?
What theme do you think the director/producer/screenwriter was trying to convey?
Are their religious themes or connections? How is faith treated (if at all)?
Where: HUMC located at 4560 Hwy 49 in Harrisburg, NC
When: Saturday, Sept 16th, 9am-3pm
Set up will be Friday, Sept 15th, 3pm-8pm
Registration will open on April 1st!
BBQ sale and Bake sale will be happening as well!
Please note: The most significant change this year is that there will be NO TABLES PROVIDED. You will need to provide your own table. Tables MUST fit in the space provided (approx 8ft x 4ft) and can be no bigger than 6ft x 3ft. You WILL be asked to bring a different table if it does not follow these requirements.
Everyone is invited to join us for breakfast during the 10:00 am Sunday School hour on April 23rd.We’ll have activities for children after they eat, devotion, conversation, and fellowship for adults! Please let us know you are joining us at rsmith@harrisburgumc.org.
The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 22nd. we invite you to join us for worship on Ash Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
As a community of faith we’ll be making the commitment to read a Lenten Devotion for each of the 40 days of Lent. Here is the link for the 40 Days of Lent Devotional: Easter Prayer and Scripture Reflections. Visit our Facebook page once a week one of the weekly devotions will be featured we’re looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the reflection question.
Except from the UMCDiscipleship.org
Lent is a season of forty days, not counting Sundays, which begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday. The English word “Lent” comes from the Anglo–Saxon word lencten, which means “lengthen” and refers to the lengthening days of “spring.” In many other languages, the word used for this season refers to the 40-day length of the season (cuaresma in Spanish and Tagalog, carême in French, quaresimain Italian) or to the fasting that characterizes it (Fastenzeit in German, fastan in Swedish, paasto in Finnish, posta in Russian). The season is a preparation for celebrating Easter.
Historically, Lent began as a period of fasting and preparation for baptism by converts and then became a time for penance by all Christians. The First Sunday describes Jesus’ temptation by Satan; and the Sixth Sunday (Passion/Palm Sunday), Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem and his subsequent passion and death. Note that the readings during Lent, until Passion/Palm Sunday, focus primarily on the meaning of baptism and discipleship, in continuity with the season’s original purpose. Because Sundays are always little Easters, the penitential spirit of Lent should be tempered with joyful expectation of the Resurrection.
Christmas day falls on Sunday this year, this happen every five to seven years. Christmas on Sunday offers a unique opportunity for the church to gather in the merriment of Christmas morning, contrasting the soft lights and quieter joy of Christmas Eve.
Join us on Sunday, December 25th at 10 am as we, as a community of faith, celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ
New Years Day Worship will be at 10 am January 1. Start the new year with a focus on Jesus.
