Comments on: cautions with media http://www.davidmehrle.com/archives/40 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: BJ http://www.davidmehrle.com/archives/40/comment-page-1#comment-38 BJ Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:42:47 +0000 http://studentministry101.com/archives/40#comment-38 Totally agree with steps 1-4. Maybe we should add a 5th. #5 - Actually watch the clip yourself. I know, this is assumed. But I think youth workers sometimes use "suggested" clips without seeing it themselves. Then they transition on the fly. Lots of curriculum comes with suggested movie clips. Most are fine to use, however, it may be easy to use their suggestion without screening the clip yourself. After all, don't the people who write curriculum know everything? There was a ski trip two years ago where our speaker used a clip from Dumb and Dumber. The clip was great and included a very teachable moment. But then the clip went too long and showed the infamous "carrot and lumps of coal on the snowman." Then our tech guy paused the movie, instead of stopping the movie, right on the shot where it showed where the carrot and lumps of coal were positioned on the snowman. The room full of high school students never recovered. Great memories, glad no Sr. Ministers were in the room. Totally agree with steps 1-4. Maybe we should add a 5th.

#5 – Actually watch the clip yourself.

I know, this is assumed. But I think youth workers sometimes use “suggested” clips without seeing it themselves. Then they transition on the fly.

Lots of curriculum comes with suggested movie clips. Most are fine to use, however, it may be easy to use their suggestion without screening the clip yourself. After all, don’t the people who write curriculum know everything?

There was a ski trip two years ago where our speaker used a clip from Dumb and Dumber. The clip was great and included a very teachable moment. But then the clip went too long and showed the infamous “carrot and lumps of coal on the snowman.” Then our tech guy paused the movie, instead of stopping the movie, right on the shot where it showed where the carrot and lumps of coal were positioned on the snowman. The room full of high school students never recovered. Great memories, glad no Sr. Ministers were in the room.

]]> By: David Mehrle http://www.davidmehrle.com/archives/40/comment-page-1#comment-37 David Mehrle Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:35:05 +0000 http://studentministry101.com/archives/40#comment-37 Josh - thanks for your comment. I would say that is even a little bit of an extreme response by the leadership. It does not seem real fair to just jump all over a guy and then let him go, where's the grace? In light of your response I should probably add a new thought: Make sure you know the culture of your audience. This could have saved him his ministry. Josh – thanks for your comment. I would say that is even a little bit of an extreme response by the leadership. It does not seem real fair to just jump all over a guy and then let him go, where’s the grace?
In light of your response I should probably add a new thought: Make sure you know the culture of your audience. This could have saved him his ministry.

]]> By: Josh Boldman http://www.davidmehrle.com/archives/40/comment-page-1#comment-36 Josh Boldman Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:24:00 +0000 http://studentministry101.com/archives/40#comment-36 I had a friend of mine who was in youth ministry (notice I said, "was") a few years ago. He was doing really well and the kids were really responding to his teaching style. So, the Senior Pastor thought it would be a good idea to let him preach a Sunday Morning sermon. Well, he planned it all out and got to Sunday. It was an excellent sermon, except for the fact that he used a clip from the Simpsons to illustrate his point. Now, I think that the Simpsons are an amazing piece of social commentary that can be used to illustrate virtually any point. However, his Senior Pastor, the elders, and a majority of the congregation didn't think so. He was fired the next day. So, yes, it is extremely important to be selective and to consider your audience carefully. Josh Boldman http://www.joshboldman.com I had a friend of mine who was in youth ministry (notice I said, “was”) a few years ago. He was doing really well and the kids were really responding to his teaching style. So, the Senior Pastor thought it would be a good idea to let him preach a Sunday Morning sermon. Well, he planned it all out and got to Sunday. It was an excellent sermon, except for the fact that he used a clip from the Simpsons to illustrate his point. Now, I think that the Simpsons are an amazing piece of social commentary that can be used to illustrate virtually any point. However, his Senior Pastor, the elders, and a majority of the congregation didn’t think so. He was fired the next day.

So, yes, it is extremely important to be selective and to consider your audience carefully.

Josh Boldman
http://www.joshboldman.com

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