GOD ON FILM series – June/July 2011!
You heard right; I’m pretty stoked about our upcoming new series @ Harvest Community Church starting the first week of JUNE 2011. For seven weeks, we’ll be covering the summer blockbusters and looking for “God on Film” – as portrayed through culture, media, and the lens of the movie camera. So take a look @ the schedule below, grab your popcorn, watch the film, and come out to a discussion on Saturday / Sunday!
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JUNE 4/5: THE TREE of LIFE – musings on childhood, complicated fathers, the lost soul in a modern world, the origins of life and the existence of faith. Starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn – need we say more? Great way to kick off this series.
JUNE 11/12: MIDNIGHT in PARIS – a romantic comedy by Woody Allen. We’ll be discussing delusion, misanthropy, fear, groping for meaning all with a Woody Allen-esque sense of humor.
JUNE 18/19: X-MEN – talking about themes of the “Other” / the outsider / the alien. This present-day action movie re-plays older themes of Kafka-esque alienation experienced by so many of us.
June 25/26: WAITING for SUPERMAN – the centerpiece of our series, we will be hosting a free screening followed by a public discussion involving local Houston-area educators. We will also have the principal of International high school in Sharpstown as a special guest sharing his thoughts on how to move forward in educating ALL of our children – including the “least of these.”
July 2/3: SUPER 8 – Anything produced by Spielberg and JJ Abrams has got to serve up good suspense, mystery, and deep philosophical questions about life today.
July 9/10: TRANSFORMERS – We’ll be considering the universe-wide clash between good and evil. Starring Optimus Prime.
July 16/17: HARRY POTTER – while it has taken a darker twist of late, this series speaks profoundly about good and evil, childhood and innocence, tremendous yet unbridled potential, and the portent (or tremendous hope) of this thing called destiny.
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We hope you will join us for at least one of these looks into “GOD on FILM.” See you at the movies – and then @ church.
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*** change of schedule ***
June 5 – X-MEN
June 12 – KUNG FU PANDA 2 (yes, I know, but it is the first film directed by an asian-american woman, and deals with themes of technology / progress / and even Biblical genocide… just thought I should add that reasoning there…
June 18/19 – THE TREE OF LIFE