MORE HOT ILLUS FOR YTH TALKS: 100 More Attention-Getting Stories, Parables and Anecdotes (Youth Specialties S) - Softcover

Rice, Wayne

 
9780310207689: MORE HOT ILLUS FOR YTH TALKS: 100 More Attention-Getting Stories, Parables and Anecdotes (Youth Specialties S)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0310207681 ISBN 13: 9780310207689
Verlag: HarperChristian Resources, 1996

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Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks -- Wayne Rice's original collection of stories, parables, and anecdotes -- was an instant bestseller. Youth workers clamored for more. And here they are! Wayne has assembled another 100 illustrations from his own files and from the files of youth ministry's best speakers -- Tony Campolo - Doug Fields - Laurie Polich - Miles McPherson Brennan Manning - Les Christie - Bill McNabb - Joel Lusz -- and many more! Here are all kinds of stories for all kinds of youth talks -- devotionals, Bible lessons, openers, humorous anecdotes, poignant narratives, fables, real-life stories. They're all indexed by topic, and they all work with teenagers. They're just the thing to give your youth talks that extra spark you're looking for. If you've used Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks (or used it up!), welcome to this all new collection. If this is your introduction to Hot Illustrations, you're in for a treat -- and your kids will love you for it!

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Wayne Rice is founder and director of Understanding Your Teenager (UYT), an organization serving parents of teens and pre-teens. He is adjunct professor of youth ministry at Bethel Theological Seminary (San Diego) and at North American Baptist Seminary in Sioux Falls. He lives with his wife in Lakeside, CA.

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Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks -- Wayne Rice's original collection of stories, parables, and anecdotes -- was an instant bestseller. Youth workers clamored for more. And here they are! Wayne has assembled another 100 illustrations from his own files and from the files of youth ministry's best speakers -- Tony Campolo - Doug Fields - Laurie Polich - Miles McPherson Brennan Manning - Les Christie - Bill McNabb - Joel Lusz -- and many more! Here are all kinds of stories for all kinds of youth talks -- devotionals, Bible lessons, openers, humorous anecdotes, poignant narratives, fables, real-life stories. They're all indexed by topic, and they all work with teenagers. They're just the thing to give your youth talks that extra spark you're looking for. If you've used Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks (or used it up!), welcome to this all new collection. If this is your introduction to Hot Illustrations, you're in for a treat -- and your kids will love you for it!

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More Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks: 100 more attention-getting stories, parables, and anecdotes.Copyright 1995 by Youth SpecialtiesYouth Specialties products, 300 S. Pierce St., El Cajon, CA 92020, are published byZondervan, 5300 Patterson Ave. S.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49503.Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataRice, Wayne.More Hot illustrations for youth talks: 100 more attention-getting stories,parables, and anecdotes / [compiled by] Wayne Rice.p. cm.'Youth Specialties'Includes index.ISBN-10: 0-310-20768-1ISBN-13: 978-0-310-20768-91. Youth sermons---Outlines, syllabi, etc. 2. Homiletical illustrations.I. Rice, Wayne.BV4310.M67 1995251.08---dc20 95-35691CIPUnless otherwise noted, all Scripture references are taken from the Holy Bible: NewInternational Version (North American Edition), copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by theInternational Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan.'The Bridge Operator' is adapted with permission from 'To Sacrifi ce a Son' by DennisHensley.Some stories in this book may contain fi ctionalized characters, events, or details. Theillustrations are intended to communicate biblical, faith-related concepts as opposed tofactual or historical accounts. Please use the stories with this in mind.The material in this book may be photocopied for local use in churches, youth groups, andother Christian-education activities. Special permission is not necessary. However, thecontents of this book may not be reproduced in any other form without written permissionfrom the publisher. All rights reserved.Edited by Noel Becchetti and Lorraine TriggsTypography and Design by J. Steven Hunt and PAZ Design GroupPrinted in the United States of America01 02 03 04 05 06 07 * 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9A Candle in the DarknessSeveral years ago in Timisoara, Romania, Laszlo Tokes became pastor ofTimisoara's small Hungarian Reformed Church. Tokes preached the Gospelboldly, and within two years membership had swelled to fi ve thousand.But success can be dangerous in a Communist country. Authorities stationedpolice offi cers in front of the church on Sundays, cradling machineguns. They hired thugs to attack Pastor Tokes. They confi scated his rationbook so he couldn't buy food or fuel. Finally, in December 1989, they decidedto send him into exile.But when police arrived to hustle Pastor Tokes away, they were stoppedcold. Around the entrance of the church stood a wall of humanity. Membersof other churches---Baptist, Adventist, Pentecostal, Orthodox, Catholic---hadjoined together to protest.Though police tried to disperse the crowd, the people held their post allday and into the night. Then, just after midnight, a 19-year-old Baptist studentnamed Daniel Gavra pulled out a packet of candles. He lit one and passed it tohis neighbor.When Tokes peered out the window, he was struck by the warm glowrefl ecting off hundreds of faces. That moment, he said later, was the 'turningpoint in my life.' His religious prejudices evaporated. Here were members ofthe body of Christ, completely disregarding denominational divisions, joininghands in his defense.It was a moving testimony to Christian unity.The crowd stayed all through the night---and the next night. Finallypolice broke through. They bashed in the church door, bloodied Pastor Tokes'face, then paraded him and his wife through the crowd and out into the night.But that was not the end.No, the religious protest led---as it always does---to political protest.The people streamed to the city square and began a full-scale demonstrationagainst the Communist government. Again Daniel passed out his candles.First they had burned for Christian unity; now they burned for freedom.This was more than the government could tolerate. They brought introops and ordered them to open fi re on the crowd. Hundreds were shot.Young Daniel felt a searing pain as his leg was blown off. But the people ofTimisoara stood bravely against the barrage of bullets.And by their example they inspired the entire population of Romania.Within days the nation had risen up and the bloody dictator Ceausescu wasgone.For the fi rst time in half a century, Romanians celebrated Christmas infreedom.Daniel celebrated in the hospital, where he was learning to walk withcrutches. His pastor came to offer sympathy, but Daniel wasn't looking forsympathy.'Pastor, I don't mind so much the loss of a leg,' he said. 'After all, itwas I who lit the fi rst candle.'The candle that lit up an entire country.With a candle, a nineteen-year-old boy sparked a revolution that is still being felttoday. Romania is a free country thanks to the efforts of people like Daniel Gavra who werewilling to put their lives on the line for the sake of the Gospel and for basic human rights.You can make a difference wherever you are if you are willing to take a stand. Don'twait for everyone else to do it. Be the fi rst to light your candle.A Case of Mistaken IdentityLittle River Community Church was located just down the street fromFirst Memorial Church. Since they were located on the same street in the sametown, the two youth groups from the two churches were often competing witheach other. They participated in the same softball league, the same basketballleague, and had become intense rivals. Little River Community was alwaystrying to outdo First Memorial and vice versa.One Sunday, following a Bible study on serving others, the youth groupat Little River Community Church decided to go out into their communityand put their faith into action. The youth pastor organized the kids into'ministry teams' and challenged them go out and to serve others. They coulddo anything---but they needed to remember: 'Do what Jesus would do.'So the youth group from Little River Community Church fanned outinto the neighborhood and starting serving. One group washed cars forpeople up and down the street. Another group pumped gas for free at a selfservicegas station. Another group went to a convalescent home and sangsongs to the shut-ins who lived there.After the time was up, all the ministry teams returned to the church andreported what they had done. Each group had stories to tell, as they sharedwhat they learned and how it made them feel.One of the groups told of how they had gone to serve a woman wholived close to First Memorial Church. When First Memorial, their rival, wasmentioned, everyone groaned. 'We mowed grass, raked leaves and didyardwork for her,' said one of the students. 'She was real nice. And after wewere through, she invited us in and prayed for us. And then she said, 'Youyoung people from First Memorial Church are always doing such nice thingsfor us old folks.'''Oh no!' said the youth pastor. 'She thought you were from FirstMemorial? Well, I hope you set her straight. Did you tell her that you weren'tfrom First Memorial but from Little River Community?' 'Well . . . no we didn't,' said the student, surprised by the youthpastor's question. 'You told us to do what Jesus would do, didn't you? Wedecided that Jesus would just keep his mouth shut.'This true story (the names have been changed) is remarkable because most of uswould probably have been quick to let the woman know she was wrong to credit someoneelse for the work we had done. But the way of Jesus is not concerned with who gets thecredit. In fact, the way of Jesus is to actually rejoice in the good fortune of others. It is to putothers fi rst, ourselves last.When we serve, we should not be concerned with getting credit for it, but withglorifying God. He is the one who should receive praise and thanks. The object of service isnot to make ourselves look good, but to direct people's

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Verlag
HarperChristian Resources
Erscheinungsdatum
1996
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0310207681
ISBN 13 
9780310207689
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Anzahl der Seiten
186
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