​VIDEO RESOURCES

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Unless everyone at your Bible club meeting is ready and willing to dig into the Bible and discuss, you are going to find yourself increasingly frustrated as a student trying to facilitate a lesson.  This will especially be true when the club meetings get larger and more diverse.  You cannot count on doing fun games and activities each and every lesson.  They have their time and place, but you still want some depth and a mixture of instructional strategies to convey the Biblical concepts within the meetings.  A medium that has served Redbank Valley Bible Club extremely well has been the use of videos.  Make sure you check your school’s movie policy before you show any video clips.  Below is a list of ways that video has been incorporated successfully into Bible clubs.

The Skit Guys – It’s two guys who have been friends since high school that make a living putting forth Biblical messages and stories through hilarious and oftentimes inspirational skits.  What’s even better is that their skits are typically 5-10 minutes in length, leaving room for either discussion or relevant verse reading afterwards.  Their DVD’s are available at SkitGuys.com.

Onetimeblind - This is another skit group that has a collection of videos and scripts at OneTimeBlind.com.  Their videos are also funny, yet effective.  The videos are typically 3-5 minutes in length and can be used during discussion, as ice breakers, or several can be compiled as stand-alone lessons themselves.

Bluefish TV - Youth video curriculum found at BlueFishTV.com.  Several of their video based lessons are targeted toward a high school audience.  The videos are relevant, well-made, often start with a very funny commercial or short video, and are broken into manageable sections.  Each video curriculum kit comes with a leader’s guide which makes this task that much easier.  They offer a yearly "fishing license" to download several short video clips.  Contact their customer service to obtain a free download code. 

Movie Clips – Several of club leaders have used movie clips to support their lesson.  Typically, the clips are Disney due to their overall ratings and everyone can connect to a Disney movie.  For example, a leader showed the clip in Lion King where Simba first sees his father’s ghost in the sky.  His father reminds him that he is “more than he has become."  After the clip, the leader read from the Bible about how God is our Heavenly Father, and how he loves us, and then talked about how He wants more from us.  During another lesson, a student leader showed a clip from Finding Nemo.  The movie clip was when the aquarium fish purposely plugged up the filter in their tank at the dentist office.  The leader then related that to how our lives become without the filter of the Holy Spirit working through our lives.  Our lives become all grimy.  With a bit of creativity, you can take several clips from a multitude of Disney movies and relate them to a Biblical story or concept.

Tenth Avenue North Video Journals - The music group Tenth Avenue North has created several music videos and corresponding video journal videos.  These journal videos feature the lead singer of the band talking about the meaning behind the specific song.  They are short, and very affective.  They can be viewed at the band’s site, TenthAvenueNorth.com.  During one specific lesson, one of the leaders showed the music video, You are More, followed by its video journal.  She then conducted an exercise where students wrote down their worries, praises, concerns, etc. on large pieces of paper.  The exercise was successful; several students were moved to get out of their seats and lay their concerns and praises on the papers as a sort of “message to God."

I am Second – Various videos from IAmSecond.com provide short testimonies from Christian celebrities, sports figures, and other well-known people.  According to their website, I am Second is a movement meant to inspire people of all kinds to live for God and for others.  The topics range from substance abuse, purposes of life, meaning, success, and other struggles.  These are great videos as stand alone lessons or to supplement a Bible talk about a matching topic.

Other – Contact your local church youth groups; they may have materials that they would lend you.  Resources can be very expensive, sharing expense with others can be a good way to maximize your dollars.  There may be videos that you can check out at the local public library, or at least obtain them through inter-library loan (which is free); your school and public libraries can order in materials across the state.

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ONLINE LESSON RESOURCES​

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​Dare2Share.org - Dare 2 Share is a youth ministry site with  tons of resources on how to reach your friends with the Gospel and  free lesson ideas.

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YouthWorker.com - This youth ministry website offers free lesson ideas, games, and activities to liven up your club meetings.

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APOLOGETIC RESOURCES

 

Apologetic resources for kids - from Ratio Christi

 

 

OTHER

 

EverySchool.com

 

Through the Word - An audio guide for the entire Bible.  Download the free app for your iOS or Android.  The app includes  a reading and journaling function.

 

​ChristianTeens.about.com/od/youthworkercenter/tp/Where-To-Find-Youth-Group-Skits-Online.htm

 

A search under "Christian Teen Skits" will produce thousands of additional sites for live student skits.

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