Eyes Right

Our 5th grade Sunday School class of 10 and 11 year old students recorded a seven minute podcast today, which is going to be played during our family Christmas Eve service at church this year. This podcast is available in three different forms:

1. As an audio-only mp3 file
2. As an enhanced podcast (requires free QuickTime Player software or iTunes software)
3. As a VoiceThread digital story

You are welcome to leave feedback for our students on the VoiceThread or here as comments. Merry Christmas!

 

 10 year old reflections about Jesus on Christmas Eve (audio-only) [07:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

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This podcast is a mid-semester review of the “Grapple” digital curriculum package from Group Publishing which we are using to co-teach 5th grade Sunday School in fall 2007 at my church in Edmond, Oklahoma. In addition to reviewing the elements of Grapple I address different ways I am integrating technology into our weekly Sunday school lessons, and discuss in detail the different elements of the online social networking and discussion board area provided by Group Publishing as part of the Grapple curriculum.

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• Grapple pre-teen Sunday School curriculum
• Creating and Connecting report (PDF) from the National School Board Association (August 2007)
• Sermons online from First Presbyterian Church in Edmond, Oklahoma

 

 Podcast06: Grapple Digital Curriculum and Technology Integration with 5th Grade Sunday School Students: [62:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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In this podcast, Shelly and Wesley Fryer share the genesis, goals, and results of our 40 day evening technology use fast that we completed together in the closing weeks of 2006. This was a very positive experience which drew us closer together as a couple and a family, and made us more aware of our abiding need to have digital discipline as we intentionally decide how to spend our time in the evenings together.

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 Podcast05: Reflections on our 40 Day Evening Technology Use Fast and Digital Discipline [22:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Photo: Moises and Talsidia “Tanchi” Vega

Over the last few days, I had the opportunity to meet with Moises and Tanchi Vega (shown above). They are both national directors for the Mision Global: Esperando un Milagro.

While you can find out more about their mission at the link above–and, to get a better feel for their audience, I heartily recommend looking at the photos on their site–I was curious to hear how Moises came to Christ. This audiocast allows Moises to share in simple, unadorned words, the most important story he has to share–his testimony.

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One of the other interesting things I learned about was something called “The Evangicube.” This is a fascinating tool to use that relies on pictures painted on a cube to tell the story of Christ, or “a cube that tells the story of the Gospel through moveable pictures.”

Here it is being used, but you can also watch a Flash video and read the RAP song that goes with it.

While it was sad to see Moises and Tanchi leave, it’s nice to know that they’re right around the corner with Skype! I’m hoping that we might do an Eyes Right Skypecast and have a conversation about the work they’re doing in Panama, Peru, and lots of other places!

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This podcast is a recording of a sermon shared by Pastor Leo Wideman at First Presbyterian Church in Edmond, Oklahoma on September 17, 2006. The title of Leo’s message was “Step Aside Satan!” His text was from the sixteenth chapter of the gospel of Matthew. Leo reminds us all to make sure we are focusing on Christ, and not falling into the trap of the enemy by focusing on ourselves or on the messages the world would have us regard as most important.

Program Length: 29 min, 18 sec
File size: 6.8 MB

(Click here to listen to this podcast) Show notes for this podcast include:

1. Matthew 16
2. First Presbyterian Church, Edmond, Oklahoma
3. “Enter the Mystery” by Michael Popenhagen on the Podsafe Music Network

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I took the opportunity on my drive today to record a 5 minute podcast. It’s a short reflection on the 40 days of Community our church is beginning. Hope you enjoy it.

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This podcast is a recording of a Wednesday night adult Christian education class taught by Pastor John Gruel of First Presbyterian Church in Edmond, Oklahoma. John’s topic was “The Age of Catholic Christianity 70 - 312 AD: Persecution and Orthodoxy.” Among many reference texts for this lesson is Bruce Shelley’s “Church History In Plain Language.”

Program Length: 1 hr, 6 min, 2 sec
File size: 15.9 MB

(Click here to listen to this podcast) Show notes for this podcast include:

1. Text notes from this lesson
2. Bruce Shelley’s “Church History In Plain Language.”
3. First Presbyterian Church, Edmond, Oklahoma
4. “Enter the Mystery” by Michael Popenhagen on the Podsafe Music Network

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