Special Edition – New Resources from Caleb Project
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Special Edition – New Resources from Caleb Project
Caleb Project has recently released a whole harvest of mission-mobilization resources. Two are curricula for teaching children. Three (a Bible study, a collection of videos, and a set of prayer cards) focus on the Muslim world. Four more are primarily visual: a set of posters, two CDs of great photographs, and a PowerPoint Presentation with images and requests to pray for unreached peoples. All are available from the Caleb Resources store or by calling one of the customer service lines (toll-free 877.622.1040 or 303.459.5405). You can also send questions to Customer Service.
1. Outside the Lines – Connecting Kids to God’s Global Purpose
This comprehensive resource provides lesson plans and materials for children in four grade levels (ages 5 to 13) in 13 three-hour lessons (perhaps for use accompanying a Perspectives on the World Christian Movement course for adults), 26 90-minute lessons, or more; the material is designed to be flexible and adaptable.
Each lesson focuses on a key theme:
* Historical (a historical overview of Christianity)
* Cultural (exploring cultures and religions of the world)
* Strategic (ways kids can make a difference for God right now)
The biblical theme runs through each lesson and helps kids see the Bible as one story. The curriculum includes more than 50 multi-media presentations, including videos, songs, slide shows, and animation.
PRICE: US $189.99 plus shipping and handling.
2. Kids Around the World THUMB Teacher’s Resource Kit
This updated and expanded video and curriculum set introduces children (ages 5 to 10) to children who represent the world’s major non-Christian religions (building on the THUMB acronym: tribal, Hindu, unreligious, Muslim, Buddhist). Set includes six videos, four sets of prayer cards (described here) and material for six two-hour lessons.
PRICE: US $119.99 plus shipping and handling.
3. God’s Heart for Muslims Bible Study
This booklet challenges the fear inspired by current events in the Muslim world and replaces it with the hope that comes from God’s word and his promises for us and for Muslims. In eight lessons (64 pages) author Keith Swartley lays bare the heart of God as he combines powerful Bible passages with challenging and provocative questions. Each lesson is followed by a time of meditation and a prayer focus on a cultural bloc of the Muslim world. If you really knew the heart of God for Muslims, would you dare to embrace them with the love of Christ?
PRICE: US $8.00 plus shipping and handling.
NOTE: This is patterned after the popular Jeff Lewis study, “God’s Heart for the Nations.”
4. Encounter Muslims DVD/CD-ROM Set
Encounter Muslims brings to light the needs of Muslim people groups who have had little or no chance to hear of Christ’s redeeming love. This DVD/CD-ROM set includes 32 videos introducing the diverse cultures of Muslims in different parts of the world, along with maps, prayer materials for worship and small groups, children’s videos with printable lesson plans and activities, and still images for use in your own presentations. Through these resources, you and your group will begin to develop compassion for Muslims and to understand how God can use you to impact them for eternity.
PRICE: US $99.00 plus shipping and handling.
5. Muslim Prayer Cards
Keep the Muslim peoples of the world on your heart and in your prayers with these 24 colorful prayer cards. Each three-by-four-inch card has a beautiful color photo on one side and helpful cultural information and prayer points on the other. Strategically place these prayer cards in your home, car, and office. Use them as a bookmark in your Bible. Distribute them in Sunday school classes, mission conferences, church bulletins, prayer gatherings, or newsletters.
Cards in the set represent Muslims in the following people groups: Albanians, Balochis, Bengalis, Bugis, Chechens, Hausa, Hui, Kashmiris, Kyrgyz, Lampungese, Libyan Arabs, Maguindanao, Malinke, Minangkabau, Ogan, Oromo, Palestinian refugees, Punjabis, Sindhis, Somalis, Tajiks, Tatars, Tuaregs, and Shaikh. Sold only as a complete set.
PRICE: US $8.00 plus shipping and handling.
6. Posters – Faces of the Unreached (also mentioned in our April column).
These six large, colorful images, portraits of unreached peoples, are designed to bring those who come to our churches, schools, bookstores, and libraries, face to face with the unreached. They are also a great resource to use in promoting or decorating for mission conferences and classes. Two are 29 x 26.5 inches (74 x 67 centimeters). Four are 26.5 by 19.25 inches (67 by 49 centimeters). All are ready for display or framing and sold as a set.
PRICE: US $29.99 plus shipping and handling.
7. 15:4 Photo CDs
“… All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed” (Revelation 15:4).
Is a picture worth a thousand words? Each of these CDs of 154 unreached-people photos makes finding the right words easier. Professionally taken and presented in a format that is perfect for multi-media presentations, these CDs can be an influential tools in your arsenal. Photos can print to a maximum of eight by ten inches. This resource was designed with schools, churches, and missionaries in mind. Two versions: one features photos of kids, one features photos of adults.
PRICE: US $19.99 each, plus shipping and handling.
8. Prayer Montage PowerPoint Presentation and Screen Saver (CD)
Designed for large group settings, this professionally built PowerPoint montage combines striking photos, engaging facts, and key prayer points into one versatile production. A screen-saver-version of this prayer montage is included on the same CD and available as a download from the Caleb Project store.
PRICE: US $19.99 plus shipping and handling.
Does reading this list make you think of a resource you wish existed, but doesn’t? It might be something our media group ought to create. Send your wish-list or suggestions to Caleb Project and we will see what we can do.
Questions? Problems? Submissions? Contact publisher/managing editor Marti Smith.