New Member Class Resources

     

A LA MANERA METHODISTA UNIDA

SBK0024
BransonL. Thurston
English title: United Methodist Way
(10 booklets; 48p.; Discipleship Resources, c2001; ISBN 088177331X)

AFIRMACIONES DE LA IGLESIA METHODISTA UNIDA

SBK0023
Alan K. Waltz
English title: Affirmations of the UMC
(10 booklets; 48p.; Discipleship Resources, c2002; ISBN 0881773352)


BAPTISM

VT0665
This video contains a thirty minute version about Baptism for youth and adults and a ten minute session for children.
40min (30min for adult; 10min for youth)
1990
Church Use Permitted

BREVE HISTORIA: DE LA IGLESIA METHODISTA UNIDA

SBK0019
Alan K. Waltz
English title: Brief History:
(10 booklets)



BREVE INTRODUCCION A EL LIBRO DE LA DISCIPLINA: DELA IGLESIA METODISTA UNIDA

SBK0020
Branson L. Thurston
English title:Brief introduction to the UMC Book of Discipline
(10 booklets; 48p.; Discipleship Resources, c2002; ISBN 0881773336)


BURNING BRIGHT

VT0507
This video presents major aspects of the history of the UMC and other churches of Methodist origin in the United States. It is an overview of who we have been and where we have been as a people - and thereby suggests who we are today and perhaps where we may go in the future.
32min
Church Use Permitted

CHARGE TO KEEP

VT0509
This is an introduction to the UMC with your host Will Willimon. He helps the viewer see some ways in which United Methodism is helping to keep God's message alive as it moves toward a new century.
30min
Church Use Permitted

CLAIM THE NAME MULTIMEDIA TEACHING TOOLS

CD0016
This CD-ROM offers series of PowerPoint slide shows, each one exploring a different aspect of United Methodist history. Topics include Our Jewish Heritage; Our Christian Heritage; The Role of Women; Social Justice; Holiness; and more. It also includes reproducible games which correspond to many of the presentations, three original songs, and “Clayride” fast-paced claymation video.

CLAYRIDE

VT1368
This video is the claymation used as an introduction to the video "From the Word Go"(VT0051). If you would like to learn more about the history of the church, request VT0051. This video could be used as an introduction to the study of The Methodist Church.
5min
Church Use Permitted

CREATING A CHURCH HOME: PREPARING ADULTS FOR UNITED METHODIST MEMBERSHIP

KT0031
This resource in notebook form is for preparing Adults for United Methodist Membership. Also included is "Fellowship Friends," a guide for mentoring new members and "Multiply God's Love" brochure.
Nine sessions are:
1.God and Me; 2.Jesus, the Son of God; 3.The Holy Spirit and the Universal Church; 4.Discipleship Through the Ages; 5.Being a Contemporary United Methodist; 6.The Roots of Methodism; 7.The Growth of the Methodist Movement; 8.The Fascinating Intricacies of Church Structure; 9.The Ministry of My Local Church.
Please make sure that the loose leaf pages are kept in order. There are nine sessions.
(Cokesbury, c1997)