Brainstorming Ideas for SPENDING A DAY WITH GOD

This Service will feature a video message by John Ortberg

Video
Bruce Almighty – Him on side of the road
Evan Almighty
Keeping the Faith
Dogma
Patch Adams

Drama/Reading
First chapter of “Life You’ve always Wanted”
All the different times God says he will be with us
Psalms – when David talks about feeling far from God

Songs
Breathing – Lifehouse
Meant to Live – Switchfoot
Dare You To Move – Switchfoot
Deliver Me – David Crowder
Coming to Life – Normals
Life Wasted – Pearl Jam
Even When – Seven Places
Long Long Way – Smalltown Poetss

Worship
Sit Awhile/Stand In Awe/Be Still
40
Unveil (Speak To Me Lord)
Only You (David Crowder)
When You Pass Through the water



Communion
The Baptist Way

Other
A Written Summary of what Ortberg says (recommendations of how to make it real in their lives

Planner as PowerPoint background and Median
Notes side needs to be broken down by hour or half hour

Magazine Clippings of “the American Dream” (big homes, big cars, etc.) scrolling on powerpoint

Brainstorming Ideas for GIFTS - 12/9/07

This Week is the last week in our "Pull of Pride" Series.

We'll be looking at Generosity this week and why we have such a hard time parting ways with the things we have.

Worship Music
Blessed be Your Name
Revolution Cry
Everything

Other Music
Everything (Apron Full of Stains) – Normals

Drama Idea
Reading from Irresistible Revolution
Fictional Job book/Movie

Movies/Videos Clips
People Being Generous
Liberty Mutual Commercials
The Ultimate Gift
Pay it Forward
Chocolat / Babbete’s Feast

People Not Being Generous
Arrested Development – TBA
Fundraiser Truth Commercial (company donated $ and then spent three times as much telling us about it)
Simpsons – Mr. Burns
The Office – Fundraiser (Michael sponsors $20)/Meredith B’day

Other
Simple Living – (If I’m Adding To The Noise)
Generous Christmas -
Local or Global – Tie to Offering

Communion
Serving the person next to you

Brainstorming Ideas for STUFF

This Week is the third week in our "Pull of Pride" Series.

We'll be looking at Materialism this week and why we have such a desire to get more stuff.

Worship Music
Enough
Wonderful Cross

Other Music
What You Own – RENT
Throw It All Away – Toad The Wet Sprocket
Rich Young Ruler – Derek Webb
Jesus Land – Ben Folds
Beautiful America – Five Iron Frenzy

Movies/Videos Clips
Fight Club – Catalog scene
Commercials – the psychology of large kitchens used to sell cleaning products
Wall Street – Greed is Good
Mr Deeds
OC
Gossip Girl – guy leaves culture of excess
My Super Sweet 16
Mean Girls
Survivor
Kid Nation
My Name is Earl – Christian Slater Episode
The Apprentice
The Simple Life
Tiny Toons
Music Video: Money – That’s What I want
It’s a Mall World
Arrested Development – Lindsey
Marie Antoinette
Castaway
LOST

Other
Greed is Good clips intertwined with quotes from Jesus on money

Communion Ideas
Staff serves individually
Pass with wood trays

Brainstorming Ideas for RICH

Submit your ideas to go along with the Nooma video "Rich" as part of worship Thanksgiving Sunday.

Worship Music
Let The River Flow

Movies/Videos Clips
Baraka
DuckTales – Swimming in Money clip
Dave Chapelle Cribs spoof
My Super Sweet 16

Other
Discussion of video
Pearl of Great Price
Write down what you consider “rich”
New Delhi Shantytown article in National Geographic

Brainstorming Ideas for THANKS

Speaker: Ryan

Leave any additional suggestions as comments!

Video
Simpsons – Homer buys Marge a bowling ball with his name on it
A Christmas Story – Pink Bunny Suit
Family Stone – Thanksgiving
Charlie & Chocolate Factory (new one) – Other kids not thankful
Heroes – Nathan (not using the gift he’s been given)
Happy Gilmore – Use your gift
Any movie where people share what they’re thankful for around the Thanksgiving Table
Les Miserable – Candlesticks
Simpson’s Episode – Rosebud
Coming To America
Trading Places
Wall Street – Martin Sheen tells Charlie to be grateful for his people
Family Man –
Scrooged –

Drama/Reading
The New Kid on The Block – book of poems
The Giving Tree

Songs
Thankful – Caedmon’s Call
Thank You Alanis Morrisette
If It Makes You Happy – Sheryl Crow

Worship
I Will Not Forget You
Come Fall On Us
Amazing Love
In Christ Alone
Wonderful Cross

Communion
Serve People the Elements

Designer Sex: Sex & the Single Person

This week we'll be looking at the topic of singleness. Specifically, we're looking for ideas that are related to the idea of being "created for community" or loneliness, specifically: Staying with someone out of a fear of loneliness.

Music
Heartbreak Hotel – Elvis
Worst is My Being Alone – Don Chaffer
One (Is the Loneliest Number) – Three Dog Night
One (Is the Loneliest Number) – Filter
Work - Jars of Clay


Video
Wedding Singer
Jerry McGuire – Breakup Fight & Complete Me
I Think I Love My Wife
Under the Tucson Sun
Unfinished Life
Friday Night Lights – Mom can’t make it without her boyfriend
The Last Kiss
Enough

Other Ideas
Blue Like Jazz

Designer Sex: Lust Control

Music
Bad Touch – Bloodhound Gang
F**k You Like An Animal – 9” Nails
I’m Too Sexy – Right Said Fred
Independent Woman – Destiny’s Child
I Will Survive – Cake
Survivor – Destiny’s Child
Miss Independence – Kelly Clarkson
Girlfriend – Pussycat Dolls
Piece of Glass – Caedmon’s Call
Most Beautiful Girl in the Room – Flight of The Conchords

Drama/Readings
Hot or Not Website
Rating People
The Smell of Sin – the pluck out your eye part

Video
Family Guy – Chris discovers art talent, but Peter sells his art
Diet Coke Commercial with the office women lusting after the Coke delivery guy
Chevy HHR Commercial – Homely Guys Stripping
Rock of Love
Next
The Bachelor
Doritos 3-D Commercial
Clueless
Mean Girls
40 Days
What Women Want
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Bridget Jones’ Diary – Creepy Guy
Entourage
Flight of the Conchords – Brett’s Body Issues
Axe Body Spray Commercials

Movement into Life

Here is the description of the fourth week of our Movement series:

Everyone wants to live. It is basic human nature. The desire triggers the fight or flight rush of adrenaline when we sense danger - this desire drives much of who we are. When someone is killed we mourn for the loss of life. When murder is done we punish the perpetrator. When someone takes their own live we are confused and saddened. We all desperately want to live, but are we living lives that are worth living? Are we fully alive? Do we really know what it means to be human - or more importantly - what it means to be made in the image of God? When Jesus was on earth he told us that he was where true life was found and that to find life we first had to die. In the death to the old, selfish way of life we discover the freedom in the life lived for God and for others. Jesus came to offer us true life, abundant life, and this is exactly what we should be offering to the world around. As we live lives that are fully alive we show the truth that others can live this same way to, both now and in eternity.

Brainstormed Art Ideas:

Movie Clips:

Lady in the Water – Paul Giamatti's character at the beginning

The Weather Man – Choices clip with Nick Cage

Chariots of Fire – I Feel God’s Pleasure

The Lion King

Superhero Movies – Superman, Spider Man 3, The Incredibles, Mystery Men

K-PAX

Awakenings – Robin Williams

Harry Potter – Dumbledore –it’s your choices Harry…

Mr. Holland’s Opus

Freedom Writers – Dead Poet’s Society – Mona Lisa Smile -

Batman Begins - It’s your actions that define you

My Life – the video for his children

Final Cut - Obituaries

Stranger Than Fiction – The Final Scene where he chooses to save

Braveheart – Every man dies – not every man really lives

Gladiator

Saving Private Ryan – Why are we going to save him? And Cemetery scenes – did I live a life worth their sacrifice

TV:

Life - TV show

Robot Chicken Sketch Revolving Around the Life Board Game

Smallville – references purpose in life a lot

24 – choice clip

Simpsons Episode where Homer realizes he hasn’t done anything in life

Music:

This is Your Life – Switchfoot

Life – Our Lady Peace

100 Years – Five for Fighting

Things I Prayed For – Eli

I Just Wanna Live – Good Charlotte

Bring Me to Life – Evanescense

So Alive – Ryan Adams

Teaching Myself How to Grow Old – Ryan Adams

Alive – P.O.D.

Take Me As I Am - Tonic

Art:

The Game of Life – game pieces

Quotes – from John Eldridge Books

Art Installation – quotes hanging from the ceiling – pieces of wood

"To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow; a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing."

--Macbeth (V, v, 19)

Movement into Culture

We're back to brainstorming again! Here is the description of the Movement series that we're doing in August and September:

Most people struggle to discover their purpose or mission in life. We pursue many different goals but find that they are impossible to accomplish or leave us empty once we have accomplished them. The goal of this series is to give people a clear vision of where the movement of God taking us at Damascus Road, and where it can take them too. The five weeks are drawn from the mission of Jesus while he was on earth as explained by why he said he came. (ex. I have come that you might have life and have it to the full) Jesus came to earth with a clear purpose and when he left he told his disciples that their role was to continue the work that he began. This commission he gave 2000 years ago has not expired and we are called to continue Jesus work on earth. We do this by going into our culture, expressing God’s love, communicating the truth about reality, offering people new life and a renewed relationship with God. By joining the mission of Jesus and the movement of God in the world we find our own purpose and clear direction for our lives.

Worship Brainstorming

“Movement" - week 1

August 26

This week will introduce the mission of God and explain the first part of how we join his movement today. Jesus was sent by God from Heaven to earth with a mission: to seek and save the lost. In Jesus we find the first missionary, who leaves his context and enters into a new culture. Our lives are to follow the road map he laid out for us in his life. Just as Jesus was sent from God to us with a mission, so Jesus sends us out to continue this mission of seeking and saving the lost. We join his mission first by going – by being sent ones – who go into culture living in and inviting others into the movement of God. Here are the ideas that were brainstormed. Add more as you think of them!

Worship Music

“How Shall I Send Thee?”
“You Said”-Shane Bernard
“Come One, Come All”-Mercy Me
“Marvelous Light”-Chris Tomlin (?)
“Revolution Cry”-Lifehouse

Other Music

“How to Save a Life”-The Fray
“Look After You” –The Fray
“Hands and Feet”-Audio Adrenaline
“I Will Follow”-U2
“6:30 to Sundown”-Until Tomorrow
“A Face in the Crowd”-Tom Petty
“Love is a Movement”-Switchfoot
“Last Time I Saw Jesus”-Over the Rhine
“Typical”-Mute Math
“Life Less Ordinary”-Carbon Leaf
“Stuck in a Moment”-U2
“Momentum”-The Hush Sound
“For the Want of a Nail”-Todd Rundgren

Movies/Videos Clips

visual collage of Tucson-slide show w/ music
“Superman”-fortress of solitude
“Pirates of the Caribbean: 3”-Keira Knightley
“Batman Begins”-Gotham needs destroying, Bruce Wayne says no it’s worth saving
“Blues Brothers”-we’re on a mission from God
Rob Bell video-living in the rhythm of God
“Elf”-when he enters New York
“School of Rock”-when Jack’s character first starts the class
“Dead Poet’s Society”-Robin Williams tears the books
“Mona Lisa Smile”-Julia Roberts character
“Memoirs of a Geisha”-scene of older man describing how protagonist is like water
“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Sun”-when they get to know each other
“Shawshank Redemption”-Red’s speech on Andy being like a rock
“Cold Mountain”-old woman everything has a purpose

Art/Advertising/Drama/Images

In and Out Burger arrow-collage of arrows/signs meaning “go”
Pictures of things in motion
Laundromat and carwash-movement
Rabbi’s and Jewish fathers praying-davening
Image of someone going into a crowd-against the flow
Picture of one person in center of crowd standing still, the crowd around is moving and blurred
Getting on the bus-movement in culture-purposeful
iPod
Verb Do commercials-make our own
School House Rock
Movement-bowling and pool
Water moving
Signs directing people to their seat, etc…
Could show contrast by showing things that are static
Takes more energy to stop and start then to keep up momentum
Contrasting moving into culture and isolation
Image-seed grows into a tree, tree produces new seeds, the new seeds have to leave the tree and become its own
Image-person standing on street corner and almost steps off the curb, the image of someone diving into ocean-photoshop to have the person dive into a crowd

Other

Body of Christ verses

Message Notes

Erwin McManus rhino, crash illustration

Are We Missing the Point about Careers?

On February 25th special guest speaker Mike Dickens will be continuing the Are We Missing the Point? series with Are We Missing the Point about Careers? We'll explore things to think about in choosing a career. How can we pursue a career that is in balance?

We're looking for ideas that will illustrate these concepts:
- Many people work jobs that they hate.
- We should work jobs we love.
- There is more to a good job than the actual work you do.

Video Ideas
Office Space
The Office
Family Man
Liar, Lair
Patch Adams – Philip Seymore Hoffman saying he chose the medical profession because of prestige (I want to do what you do, but better)
Invincible
The Replacements
Dirty Work
In Good Company
Life or Something Like It
Deadliest Catch – Crabbing in Alaska is the most dangerous job in the world
Dirty Jobs
Careerbuilder.com Commercials (monkeys and such)
Old commercial with kids talking about what they want to do when they grow up
Commercial - Do more than just survive the workweek
Jobbing.com commercial
Video Interview Idea – What do you want to do after college? What job do you think you’ll end up in

Music Ideas
Look at Me, I’m a Winner – The Aquabats

Other Ideas
Faulkner Quote from Colin
Dilbert cartoons on the Road Maps
Pearls before Swine

Are We Missing the Point about Politics?

On February 25th Tim will be continuing the Are We Missing the Point? series with Are We Missing the Point about Politics? We'll explore the church’s responsibility and how we got lost along the way.

We're looking for ideas that will illustrate these concepts:
- The difference between American morals/beliefs and Christian morals/beliefs
- Voting your beliefs
- Imposing/legislating morality
- Aren’t we supposed to submit to our leaders no matter what?

Music Ideas
A King and a Kingdom – Derek Webb
In God We Trust – Derek Webb
Jesus of Suburbia – Green Day
When the President Talks to God – Bright Eyes
Jars of Clay – Good Monsters
Waiting on the World to Change – John Mayer
Revolution – The Beatles
Revolution Cry – Lifehouse (possibly as worship song)

Video Ideas
Colbert Report politics and religion segments
Bulworth
Rush
Wag the Dog
The Contender – Morality shouldn’t play a part
Mr. Smith goes to Washington – ideological optimist
Arrested Development – George Michael’s woes running for Student body president
Bill Clinton’s Leadership Summit Interview
Daily Show/Cobert Report Interviews

Other Ideas
New Book - "God's Politics"
Book - "The Bible Told Me So"
Ayn Rand Books

Are We Missing the Point about Sex?

On February 18th Ryan will be continuing the Are We Missing the Point? series with Are We Missing the Point about Sex? We'll explore why we rarely talk about sex in church except in hushed, shamed voices. Why does the church approach sex with shame? How does the Bible inform us about sex?

We're looking for ideas that will illustrate situations where someone is ashamed to talk about sex or positive examples of why we shouldn't be scared or ashamed to talk about sex.

Songs
The Sweetest Sin - Jessica Simpson
Let's Talk About Sex - Salt 'n' Peppa
She Hates Me - Puddle of Mudd
Your Body Is a Wonderland - John Mayer
Promiscuous Girl - Nelly Furtado
Crash - Dave Matthews Band
Pain - 3 Days Grace
Sunday Morning - Maroon Five
Lips of an Angel - Hinder
Hands Down - Dashboard Confessional

Drama
Anyone have anything?

Video
Saved - Sex with the gay boyfriend
Mean Girls - Sex Ed Class: You will get an STD and die
American Pie 2 - lies about sexual partners
Clerks - 37?
Mean Girls - Mom offering condoms
Clueless - getting ready for her date
40 year old virgin - sex ed class
40 Days and 40 Nights - giving up sex
Beauty and the Geek - Date auction: "He's a virgin ladies!"
Now and Then - younger girls talking about it: flowers
Smallville - Lana decides to do the deed with Jason
Friends - Monica & Richard: "How many have you slept with" conversation
10 Things I Hate about You
Can't Hardly Wait
Sex and The City
Drawn Together

Are We Missing the Point about Love?

On February 11th Tim & Rachael will be continuing the Are We Missing the Point? series with Are We Missing the Point about Love? We'll explore how we can overcome the misguided view of love our culture has programmed us to have. We're looking for examples that either support the points below or that go directly against them.

• Love is a choice
• Love is not happily ever after
• Love is not easy
• Love isn't the answer

Ideas we've had so far:
Music
All you need is love - Beatles
Suds in the Bucket - Sara Evans
She Said Yes - Male Country Singer
Let Love in - Goo Goo Dolls
Love is a Movement - Switchfoot
Chris Tomlin (songs for worship)
Love the one you're with Someday my Prince Will Come - Snow White Once Upon a Dream - Sleeping Beauty
Always Love & Concrete Bed - Nada Surf
You Wanted More - Tonic
If I Can't Live Without You Why Aren't I Dead
When You Were Young - The Killers

Drama
"Sure Thing" by David Ives
Adapting Children's book Caterpillar & Tadpole - "I'll never Change"
Adapting Blue Like Jazz - "I thought Marriage was this"

Video
The Story of Us - You have to choose
Moulin Rouge - Elephant Love Medley
Boys and Girls - Laundromat/Coffehouse scene
Scrubs - JD Decides on Elliot then realizes he doesn't want her once he has her.
Grey's Anatomy - When Meredith tells him "Choose Me"
My Name is Earl - Images of not-so-great marriages
The Office - When Jim tells Pam about his feelings for her
The Perfect Man - "I need a Man"
Sleeping Beauty - When she meets the prince (Once Upon a Dream)
Snow White - When she sings "Someday My Prince Will Come"
When a Man Loves a Woman
A John Cusack montage
Serendipity
Wedding Singer
Wedding Planner
Sabrina
Under the Tucson Sun