MICHIGAN DISTRICT LWML

VIDEO LENDING LIBRARY

 

WE ARE PLEASED TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO ALL MEMBER SOCIETIES THIS LENDING LIBRARY OF VIDEOS AND DISCUSSION GUIDES. 

They may be presented in 5 – 60 minute sessions.  There is a leader’s guide and reproducible materials for groups of any size.  You can pick out one

topic or expand for an ongoing series.

 

The only cost that is involved is shipping UPS—We ask that you reimburse the district for shipping cost to you and by returning the videos by UPS. 

Order in advance so you can have a chance to preview and then please return promptly after use.    Send or E-Mail your orders with the date needed to: 

Ivy Thompson, Christian Materials Coordinator, 20270 Westmoreland Rd., Detroit, Michigan 48219-1452, Phone 313-532-2404, Cell Phone 313-300-4269.

 

NEW:  Sister to Sister  - Celebration! Kit

(A Global Program Connecting Lutheran Women in Mission)

 

Prepared to Serve Series:

Unit 1:  “Prepare to Care”

1.  Skills for helpers   2.  Personal Boundaries 

3. Skills The Fine Art of Listening

  1.  Christian Conflict Management   5.  Gifted

 

Unit 2:  “Prepare to Lead”

1. The Servant Leader   2. Two Ideas to Help Every Leader  

3. Take Good Care of Yourself, You Belong to Me

  1. Preventing Managing Conflict   5.  Nuts and Bolts

 

Unit 3:  “Prepare to Comfort”

1.  Job’s Therapists   2.  The Journey Through Grief 

3.  Moving Toward Recovery    4.  Complicated Mourning   

5.  What to Say/Not to Say to People Who are Grieving

 

Unit 4:  “Prepare to Encourage”

  1. Recovering form Life:  The Gift of Encouragement 

2.  What to Say/Not to Say When You Want to Encourage Someone

  1. What to Do/Not to When You Want to Encourage Someone
  2. Mentoring:  Encouraging with Wisdom and Advice   
  3. 5.  Encourage Yourself and Others

 

Unit 5:  “Prepare to Change”

  1. Life is All About Change   
  2. 2.  Yikes!  This is More Change Than I Wanted!
  3. The Courage to Change   4.  Say Yes to Change

5.  Cultivating and Maintaining Optimism in the Midst of Change

 

Unite 6:  “Prepare to Reconcile”

  1. Handle with Care Wounded Relationships
  2. Your Response to Hurts:  Repentance Helps Us Get a Grip
  3. Hand Over the War Within 
  4. Dropping the Ball:  What to Say When You’re Already Said to Much 
  5. The Meaning of God’s Touch:  Called to Peacemaking

 

 

Additional Listing of Videos on LWML topics and Mission programs

 

These are exciting and any of them could make excellent themes for retreats, rallies, or topics at meetings!

 

LWML TOPICS:

“Let Freedom Ring” – Highlights of the 1999 Convention

LWML Pageant – And God Saw It Was Good! (History of LWML)

Women on God’s Mission  (Mission and Ministry of LWML)

LWML Video Sampler

LWML Mission Projects 1999-2001

 

LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF, L.B.T., AND MISSION VIDEOS:

The Least of These:  A Healing Ministry in India

Partners in Hope – LCMS World Relief (Focus on World Hunger)

Salifu’s Harvest

Angola’s Piecemakers  The Quilt  (LWR)

Whom Shall I Send

Big Joe – Lutheran Bible Translators and their work

Pentecost 2000 – New from LCMS on World Missions

God’s Grace, Our Response – Getting Involved in God’s Global Mission

LWR Focus On (45 Minute Video on LWR projects)

Thy Kingdom Come! – Responding to the Changing Faces of North America

Partnering To Reach the Unreachable – Bringing the Gospel to Those Who Have Never Heard

Making Mission Central – LCMS Mission Video

 

CARING MINISTRY VIDEOS (excellent discussion guides):

The Open Window – Braking the Cycle of Spouse Abuse

Carefully Hidden – Facing the Problems of Alcoholism – 2 copies

Yes, No or Later – Making Life Support Decisions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                       11/06/04