Elevate Student Ministries » movie http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog elevating a generation Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:05:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 This Wednesday: The Forbidden Kingdom http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2010/06/forbidden-kingdom/ http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2010/06/forbidden-kingdom/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 06:02:38 +0000 Shawn Michael http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/?p=3825 Meet us in Destiny offices for what we like to affectionately call our monthly “ghetto” rally service.  This week we’re gonna go back to a theme we visited last summer called “Summer Blockbusters”.  We’ll be featuring clips from the action/adventure movie “The Forbidden Kingdom”.  Here’s one of several we’ll be viewing to start discussion…

It’s gonna be a fun night!  See you there!

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]]> http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2010/06/forbidden-kingdom/feed/ 0 Star Wars in 3 minutes with Legos http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2010/05/star-wars-3-minutes-lego/ http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2010/05/star-wars-3-minutes-lego/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 21:32:25 +0000 Shawn Michael http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/?p=3733 Nuf said!

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]]> http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2010/05/star-wars-3-minutes-lego/feed/ 0 The Karate Kid http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2010/02/new_karate_kid/ http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2010/02/new_karate_kid/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:21:21 +0000 Shawn Michael http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/?p=3529 Now THIS is a movie I definitely want to see… looks good!

Visit the official movie site at karatekid-themovie.com.

For the old-timers who remember the original, here’s the trailer that came out in 1984.

]]> http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2010/02/new_karate_kid/feed/ 0 The Butterfly Circus http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2010/02/the-butterfly-circus/ http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2010/02/the-butterfly-circus/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:19:54 +0000 Shawn Michael http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/?p=3475 If you haven’t seen it yet, I’d highly recommend checking out “The Butterfly Circus”. It’s a short film written, produced, and directed by Joshua Weigel, the youth pastor/actor in the movie, “To Save a Life”.

“The Butterfly Circus” is a powerful tale of grace in the midst of struggle, following the story of a limbless sideshow act whom “even God has turned His back on” to… well… something much better. (I don’t want to ruin it for you.)

We showed it to students at Catalyst Disciplship last night and simply asked them to answer the following question: “What’s one thing that stuck out to you from this film?”

There were about ten in the group and I was pleasantly surprised by their response. We ended up talking about self-worth, pride, turning the other cheek, personal struggles/hardships, taking a stand, encouraging others, abuse, and more… all from the student’s different viewpoints — their collective take on the film.

Check it out for yourself below. It was the 1st place recipient of The Doorpost Film Project.

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]]> http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2010/02/the-butterfly-circus/feed/ 0 ELEVATE UPDATE: 11.4.09 http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2009/11/elevate-update-11-4-09/ http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2009/11/elevate-update-11-4-09/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:33:27 +0000 Shawn Michael http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/?p=3231 This week’s rally service features discussion on the end times using clips from the yet-to-be-released film, “2012″!  Check it out…

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]]> http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2009/11/elevate-update-11-4-09/feed/ 2 Everyone Poops! http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2009/10/everyone-poops/ http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2009/10/everyone-poops/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:24:50 +0000 Shawn Michael http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/?p=3118 Everyone knows that Hollywood’s coming out with a movie for the popular childrens’ book, “Where the Wild Things Are”, but did you know about this one?

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]]> http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2009/10/everyone-poops/feed/ 2 Expialidocious http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2009/06/expialidocious/ http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2009/06/expialidocious/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:12:25 +0000 Shawn Michael http://elevatingageneration.org/?p=2286 Fun track composed of a sine wave bass, custom drum sequences, and sounds recorded from the Disney film, “Mary Poppins”.

]]> http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2009/06/expialidocious/feed/ 0 To Save a Life http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2009/04/to-save-a-life/ http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2009/04/to-save-a-life/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:47:06 +0000 Shawn Michael http://elevatingageneration.org/?p=2108 This looks worthwhile…

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Visit the official movie site.

]]> http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2009/04/to-save-a-life/feed/ 5 Saving Christmas http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2008/12/saving-christmas/ http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2008/12/saving-christmas/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2008 03:03:15 +0000 Shawn Michael http://elevatingageneration.org/?p=1790 Just finished watching “Saving Christmas”, a Christmas short produced by the Buckhead Church in Atlanta.  I really enjoyed it; I think it appealed to the geek in me…

Additionally, here’s a link to the message that was shared by Pastor Jeff Henderson in between the first and second half of the film.

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]]> http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2008/12/saving-christmas/feed/ 0 The Dark Knight Meets Toy Story 2 http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2008/10/the-dark-knight-meets-toy-story-2/ http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2008/10/the-dark-knight-meets-toy-story-2/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:52:26 +0000 Shawn Michael http://elevationgeneration.wordpress.com/?p=1451 This is a hilarious mash-up featuring audio from The Dark Knight trailer and scenes from Toy Story 2…

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