December 09 - Courageous Faith

What’s on the DVD Featured Speaker: Don McDonell tells the story about how he survived a men’s event that went badly wrong and ended with three men helicoptered off Muriwai beach to hospital. A high speed collision between four wheel

bikes left Don paralysed. Hear how he pulled through and the part faith in God and encouragement from his wife played in his miraculous recovery. People are not always healed, but how does our faith handle adversity? 48 min

Bonus Features:
 •   Luke’s Story describes the effect of porn on a young man. Another insightful episode from 3X Church. 6 min
 •   PK music. “The Stand” – from Auckland Event 09. 4 min
 •   That’s My King – Powerful description of God that brings out the best of the American preaching tradition. 3 min
 •   The Man from George Street – Faith-building example of how vision and tenacity can produce an abundant harvest, even when we are unaware of the impact. 8 min

Resources:
 •   Jim Hurn describes his four keys for bringing order into his life so that he can be more effective. How can you apply this in the New Year? 2 min

Coaching:
 •   Man Camp is an edit of Whangaparaoa Baptist’s promo video. Who can outdo these guys? 2 min
 •   Vision – Paul and Dean talk about casting vision for Men’s Ministry. This is timely as we move into 2010. 3 min

Promo:
 •   PK 2010 GPS Event promo
 •   Developing Spiritual Champions workshops are coming in March 2010.


DVD ROM:

Study Questions for Don McDonell’s featured video.

Articles and tools:
 •   Men’s Small Groups – evaluate your group’s progress with this tool.
 •   Bible reading plans – 8 different plans to choose from. Make a new start in the New Year!
 •   Bible in a Year - Pat Morley talks about how encouraging each other in a group made for real life changes that lasted.
 •   “Faith as a Fruit” by Derek Prince
 •   “Thriving in Chaotic Times” and “Facing Adversity” – timely articles from Focus on the Family.

Books:
 •   “The Secret of God’s Anointing” by Bill Subritzky. This short book describes how to know more of the presence of God in your life.
 •   “Full of Surprises” by Mark Beale. The story of planting a new Anglican church in South Auckland and then reaching out effectively into the community.

Photos:
Auckland 2009 – 94 photos selected from the 1,900 taken at the Event.

MP3s:
Audio tracks from 6 of the videos on the DVD.

iPod Videos:
Small format MP4 videos from 3 of the videos on the DVD.