Overview
This course for church groups aims to help people explore the theme of Christian hope. It comes out of a desire to make the teaching found in Tom Wright’s book, Surprised by Hope, accessible to church communities. It is based on group discussion and bible study, aided by references to material from popular culture such as films and music.
The course consists of seven sessions and includes leaders notes and handouts for each session.
Download
You can download the entire course for FREE in a single pdf and a poster to help you promote the course.
Movie Clip Suggestions
The course includes details of movice clips for each session. We provide links to these and others here. If you come across a movie clip you think works for a particular session, do let us know and we’ll add it to the list.
SESSION 1:
Gladiator - scene 27
Four Weddings and a Funeral – scene 12
The Passion – drama series from the BBC, available on DVD
SESSION 2:
Dead Man’s Chest - available on WingClips
Lost “Dead is Dead” Episode – someone put it on YouTube
SESSION 3:
I am Legend – available on WingClips
Chronicles of Narnia
SESSION 4:
Heroes - First exiting flying scene (someone put it on YouTube).
Left Behind – available on WingClips.
I am Legend – available on WingClips.
SESSION 5:
Sixth Sense – where boy tells Malcolm Crow that he is seeing ghosts
Dead Man’s Chest - 100 souls clip available on WingClips.
SESSION 6:
Sand Painting – available on YouTube.
SESSION 7:
On WingClips: Amazing Grace – Trailer (2:51)
On YouTube: Martin Luther King “I have a dream”
On vimeo : Where is the love?
