Other useful links

Immanuel Lutheran Church
A convenient link to our own church website.

Whole Farm Coop
Use this link to order food directly from farmers who deliver to Immanuel once a month.

God Pause
A brief daily devotion email from Luther Seminary.

Video Links

These are links to some websites to try if you are looking for a video clip to show your class. If you have a laptop, you can bring it and use our wireless so you can pull them up in your classroom.

akaloo
www.akaloo.org
Check the Jr. & Sr. High Learner Sites for links to video clips.

TV by Girls
www.tvbygirls.com
These short videos have been made by local teenage girls from the Twin Cities on a variety of topics.

YouTube
www.youtube.com
Here are some of my favorites or find your own:

New for 2011-20112:

• Story Telling Through Toast Band OK Go has many creative ways of making music videos. This one is stop action animation on toast. Creativity that boggles the mind! What Bible story could your class tell on toast?
• Creation Story in Sand Art This would be good to use during our Bible unit this fall.
• Scale of the Universe It is a website, not a video. Super cool if you scroll all the way to the right, but save that for last. Jesus says, "Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor's, and to God the things that are God's." If God created all things and everything belongs to God, perhaps this would be a good time to put it all in perspective. Primax Studio's Interactive Scale of the Universe tool puts the smallness and the largeness of creation in perspective. How do we honor God by being good stewards of all creation?
• Public Policy Pickles The MN Church Ladies return to help us understand when one person is affected, we are all affected.

New for 2010-2011:

• Church Ladies Solve Budget Crisis Minnesota budget facts mixed with hot dish humor. A good starting point for a discussion on poverty.
• Blind Quilter An inspirational story, a story of God's unexpected call.
• Child Conductor This 4 year old has a musical gift. Watch all the way to the end to see his joy overcome him. Discussion question: What gifts do you have that give you the most joy?
• The Digital Story of the Nativity Clever way to tell the story!
• Lego Luther Rose Family Fun Night A video about a church that made a giant mural of the Luther Rose out of Legos.
• Joshua Bell plays violin in metro station
  The Washington Post did an experiment in which it placed Joshua Bell, perhaps the best violin player in the United States, in a D.C. Metro subway station during rush hour. The question was how many people would stop to listen to him. Would the commuters perceive him to be the great musician he truly is? The results were astounding. Hardly anyone stopped to listen. The context, one in which you would not expect to hear truly remarkable music, dominated the way people perceived Bell, as just another street musician. What does this imply for when and where we see or miss seeing the presence of Christ in the world? When do we miss seeing Jesus in our lives because he comes to us in an unexpected way? The video of the experiment, Joshua Bell "Stop and Hear the Music" by the Washington Post is available onYouTube. Read the full story on the newspaper's Web site.
• Advent Conspiracy Thought provoking about the traditions of Christmas.
• Sound of Music Antwerp Train Station A flashmob dance. I would be delighted to see something like this in person. Not being a dancer, I'm fascinated by the coordination.

New ones for 2009-2010:

• Ode to Joy, Muppets A music video featuring Beeker from the Muppets. There are other Muppet music video links that are good too.
• GoD and DoG A short music video about the similarities between the love of God and the love of a dog.
• Patrick Henry Hughes A news story about a college student with amazing musical abilities and his father who helps him overcome his physical challenges.
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From previous years:

• Where in the hell is Matt? It has videos of a bad dancer named Matt, doing a goofy dance all over the world. Sometimes he's alone, sometimes he has a bunch of people join him, sometimes he is in front of a recognizable monument. It isn't very long, but it is strangely compelling.
• How did Matt get those people to dance with him? If you want to hear more about the first video, watch this one.
• Hallelujah Chorus Nuns. I love this one, the jumping nun is great, but the whole thing is interesting to watch.
• Hallelujah Chorus High School Bell Choir. Only 4 players cover all the bells!

Craft sites

Check out these sites for alternative Sunday School craft ideas:DLTK Bible
http://www.dltk-bible.com/
Lots of great printables--coloring pages, toilet paper tube crafts, etc.

Danielle's Place
http://www.daniellesplace.com
Search by craft or by Bible theme at this site. 

**We have not renewed our church subscription for Danielle's Place, allowing access to all of this website, if cannot access something you need to use, contact Deb to see if we can renew.  

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Crayola
http://www.crayola.com/Since we have an abundance of crayons in the supply shelves, this site might be useful. No Bible searches on this one, but there are lots of things you could try: sheep, lion, dove, scroll, candle, stained glass....you get the idea.

Family Fun
http://familyfun.go.com/This magazine site has good craft and recipe ideas to do with children.


Crosses made from palm leaves
http://www.kidssundayschool.com/Gradeschool/Crafts/1craft08.phpFold just one leaf from your palm branch into a cross.

WORM Site (Worskshop Rotation Model)
http://rotation.infopop.cc/eve/ubb.x
This site is for those who seriously want to spend A LOT of time looking for just the perfect activity. It has entire Sunday School lesson plans with cooking, art, movie, drama and more for a wide variety of Bible stories. It is a site for directors like me who plan their entire Sunday School year with these lessons. So don't get overwhelmed!

Welcome Sunday School Teachers!

ILC Sunday School Teachers,

This is my first foray into the blog world. So bear with me. I plan to post links to resources on this blog. If you think of other ways this blog could be useful for you, let me know.


Peace to you all!

Deb