Marilyn Burrell
The friendly face that goes with the friendly voice at Maritime Conference AVEL

AVEL VIDEOS
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STEWARDSHIP

AFFLUENZA

A video with workshop kit that takes a look at the modern-day plague of materialism and over-consumption that feeds it. It also looks at various cures for this ailment and profiles people who are finding that spending less can mean enjoying life more. For ages 12 through adult. (56 minutes)

ESCAPE FROM AFFLUENZA

aka Living Better on Less The follow-up to AFFLUENZA. It offers examples of lifestyle changes that cut consumption, debt and was and save the environment, while saving money. (56 minutes)

BREAK OPEN GOD’S TREASURED POSSESSIONS*

Three United Church of Canada members discuss what stewardship means to them. (30 minutes)

CAESAR AND GOD: Ethics and Stewardship

This video is about the exercise of stewardship. Divided into 5 segments, it explores the ethics of stewardship.

1) The Ethics of Money;
2) The Ethics of Food;
3) The Ethics of Caring for God’s Creatures;
4) The Ethics of Health Care;
5) Ethics of Work and Beyond (Each segment 12-20 minutes)

CHARLIE TAKES THE PLEDGE

Charlie Farquharson is visited by a member of the Stewardship Visitation team and asked to take the pledge. He examines his attitudes towards stewardship and the meaning of giving.(18 min.)

CHILDREN AND NATURE (27 minutes. Closed captioned; for adults)

Dr. Jane Goodall believes it is essential that parents and other mentors of children guide them to make meaningful connections with the natural world. In this video Dr. Goodall shares some of the ways this is happening. Joining her are world-renowned marine biologist Dr. Sylvia Earle, naturalist and children's guide Lee Cole, and Jeff Rutherford, director of the Marine Research Institute. Narrated by Peter Coyote, with music by Paul Lloyd Warner.

DISCOVER THE SECRET

Three 30-minute presentations by David Beebe of The United Church of Christ (U.S.A.).

• The first session, REDISCOVERING STEWARDSHIP, includes Biblical images.
• The second one, relates to REDISCOVERING MISSION.
• The final one examines REDISCOVERING PARTNERSHIP.

EVER EXPANDING CIRCLES (Youth)

A video kit designed to help young people (9 - 15 years) discover how the biblical concept of stewardship relates to their everyday lives. Divided into 5 segments of:

• self-esteem;
• the stewardship of relationships;
• money, power and social status;
• the environment;
• and mission. (25 min.)

FAITHFUL EARTHKEEPING: CHURCH AS A CREATION AWARENESS CENTER (90 min) (by Marva J. Dawn (Author)

A 3-part video series designed to help congregations learn about the issues related to the care of God's creation. Part 1 provides a biblical and theological foundation. Part 2 describes seven provisions and seven degradations of creation. Part 3 challenges congregations to take action as earth keepers in their communities.

GIFTS TO SHARE (Children)

Four short clown skits show that we all have gifts to share.

1) The Clown Without a Gift (for all ages - 7 minutes);
2) Freed to Share (ages 9 and up - 5 minutes);
3) The Pleaser (ages 9 and up - 5 minutes);
4) The Great Offering (ages 9 and up - 4 minutes).

IT’S ALL ABOUT COMMUNITY (Children)

A stewardship resource produced for children. Encourages them to see themselves as part of a community and that each person has something different and special to add. For ages 2 to 12.

LIVING LAND (27 minutes)

Over many years, our methods of growing food have become ever more mechanized and complex. At the same time, we've lost millions of acres of good soil to pollution, erosion, and an ever-growing population. But there is a new awareness of the need to change our perceptions about how we grow our food and how we treat the land. Four individuals on the frontier of this effort—John Jeavons, Wes Jackson, restaurateur Alice Waters, and organic farmer Mas Masumoto—share

LIVING WITH MONEY: An ecumenical adult education program for congregations

An excellent resource for individuals, couples, families, lay study groups, clergy peer groups, at committee meetings, etc.: Four video segments- can support a four, six, eight or twelve week teaching and discussion programme.

1. Making Money
2. Know Your Money
3. Making Peace with Money
4. Balancing Life’s Ledger

NAMES OF MONEY**

This video is intended to help us think about money in Christian terms and to think about how our use of money indicates our priorities. It also looks at biblical passages around the use of money. (10 minutes)

PERSONAL BUT NOT PRIVATE

Theology and Stewardship Provides opportunities for groups to explore how belief and action come together in stewardship. In four sections, approximately 15 minutes each.

1) Deciding to Care: Personal and Corporate Stewardship;
2) Taking Care of Our Language: Corporate Stewardship in a Congregation;
3) Building and Grounds;
4) Local Concern and National Response

PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP

Presented in four sessions on two videos, this series shows a 1989 seminar facilitated by Dr. Hilbert Berger.

Video I
1) The Stewardship Journey (53 minutes)
2) The Theology of Stewardship (48 minutes)
Video II
3) Christian Growth and Stewardship (53 minutes)
4) The Nature of the Church - Corporate Stewardship (38 minutes)

QUESTIONS OF FAITH FOR YOUTH II:

Tape 3. How Much Stuff Do You Need? (17 minutes)

A SENSE OF PLACE (28 minutes)

What is the appropriate relationship between humans and the whole living system? That's the question explored by author and bioregionalist Kirkpatrick Sale, biologist John Todd, writer and editor Nancy Jack Todd, Grammy Award-winning musician Paul Winter, and community innovator Jeff Bercuvitz in this compelling videotape. A winner of the Worldfest Houston International Film Festival, this program is narrated by Susan Sarandon.

THE SIMPLE WAY series

This series is hosted by Fred Penner. It is about voluntary simplicity - a movement which encourages frugality and spiritual fulfillment: Part 4: A Simple Way: Environmental Simplicity

SPECIAL PLACES: Taking Care of God’s World

• Part I (11 minutes) is a visual story which provides backdrop for three Native American storytellers.(Ages 6 and up).
• Part II (14 minutes) features a workshop which presents ways in which this video can be used.

SPIRIT CONNECTION: Jan. 2001 - POLITICS OF AID

How do we decide which countries or situations will receive emergency aid? We meet church leaders and relief agency representatives who struggle with these competing needs.(30 min)

THE STEWARDSHIP OF ALL LIFE***

Examines five important stewardship concerns/themes in Christian life.

1) Living with Gratitude (14 minutes)
2) Camels and Needles (10 minutes)
3) Gifts for God’s Purposes (10 minutes)
4) Serpents and Doves (13 minutes)
5) Creation’s Delight: Stewardship of the Environment (15 minutes)

STEWARDSHIP COLLECTION from Spirit Connection

A collection of segments from Spirit Connection shows from 1996-2002 that deal with issues of Stewardship.

THE UNFOLDING STORY (29 minutes)

Scientists, authors, religious leaders, native people, and other visionaries relate the story that is now unfolding of an interconnected, interdependent, living universe. Featured are Thomas Berry, Elisabet Sahtouris, David Suzuki, E. O. Wilson, Miriam MacGillis, Charlene Spretnak, John B. Cobb, Audrey Shenadoah, and others. Narrated by Mike Farell.

VINEYARDS, TALENTS AND TAXES

Three Bible Stories About Work, Money & Meaning Told by Fran Hare with dramatizations by Fran Hare and Chris Levan. Each part 20 minutes. They are:

• The Workers in the Vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16);
• The Talents (Luke 19:11-27);
• The Coin with Caesar’s Face (Mark 12:13-17).

VOLUNTEERS

AVEL has the 5 video (52 minutes each) series with Marlene Wilson, HOW TO MOBILIZE VOLUNTEERS. There are clips of segments with Marlene Wilson on Developing Skills for Leading Your Church Education Program

WALTER FISH

Poor Walter Fish is beached and alone and unable to persuade uncaring, self-centered passersby to help him back into the water. Designed for adults, but can be used with youth and children. (6 minutes)

WATER FOR PEOPLE AND NATURE (11 mins) (Forum held in Vancouver, BC July 5-8, 2001)

Who’s after our water? Faced with the relentless push by the world’s largest water companies and organizations like the WB and the IMF, many activists from around the world began to see that they needed a forum where they could exchange information and strategies to fight the globalization of the earth’s water. Organized by the Council of Canadians’ Blue Planet Project, 1000 experts and activists from over 40 countries gathered in Vancouver, BC in 2001, and …committed to empowering communities to demand that the earth’s water be protected as part of our global commons.

WATER: SACRED AND PROFANED (27 minutes)

Explore the sacred nature of this precious gift along with author Linda Hogan, Poet Laureate Robert Hass, authors Susan Zwinger and Colin Fletcher, scientist Jennifer Greene, and poet David Whyte. Peter Coyote narrates this beautiful program about the most abundant and fundamental part of nature. Music by David Foster

WHOSE MONEY IS IT? (from QUESTIONS OF FAITH V)

Raises questions such as: Why is it hard for us to talk about our money? What does faith have to do with your money? (19 minutes)