Through Rose-Colored Glasses (March 21)

The concept of sin is forgotten in our culture. It is a myth. It is an adventure. It isn’t nearly as serious as the religious folk seem to think. There is a huge discrepancy between how we view sin and what Jesus taught. And if sin really is a simple disobeying of the rules, Jesus’ passionate and vivid parables about sin are worthless.

Producer: Kris Shermer
Set-up: Either Tim or Rachael
Speaker: Kris Shermer
Music Leader: Aaron Burger
Sound Tech: TBA
Keynote Tech: Mark Dominguez
Pickup: Mark Dominguez, Mitch Peterson
Nursery: Kati Wint?
Greeters: Ben Phillips & TBA

Music
Only the Good Die Young – Billy Joel
If it Makes You Happy – Sheryl Crow
Wine Red – Hush Sound
Paradise City – Guns and Roses
Hotel California – Eagles
Kings and Queens – 30 Second to Mars
Born to Be Wild
John Wayne Gacy – Sufjan Stevens
Bad – Michael Jackson
Live it Up – John Legend
Peace of Mind – Boston
Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
Whatever She Wants – Jars of Clay

Video
Jason and the Argonauts
Pinocchio (all the boys go to the island and become jackasses)
Youth in Revolt
How I Met Your Mother -- Making of Barney
Angel/Demon imagery – Emperors New Groove, HIMYM, That 70’s Show
Todd Packer – The Office
Old Spice Commercial – I’m On a Horse
The Middle (Music Video) – Jimmy Eat World

Drama/Original Video
Tape Drama (story time w/Rachael)
Dramatic Reading – Darkening Sock

Other Concepts
Chalk take-away – write sins on chalkboard, take the chalk home
Classroom Decorations
Target on Floor
Chalkboard analogy – that the chalk stays after you wipe it away
Tucker Max – I Hope they Serve Beer in Hell
Blue Like Jazz – Drinking Stories – Redemption Chapter (p61)

The Smell of Sin
Series Description: An old man saws through his right ankle. A smooth-skinned boy lies to his father's face. Fetid tombs, harsh slavery, fatal choking . . . these images come right from the words of Jesus! They are word pictures Jesus asks us to imagine. But why? Why did Jesus paint such vivid pictures when he talked about sin? And why did he make them so sobering--and downright gory at times? In The Smell of Sin, Don Everts seriously tackles these stark images, coming face to face with Jesus' clear, graphic theology of sin. It's a view of sin that might make you uncomfortable. But a collision with this hard truth may be just what you need.