Week in Review: Week #12, February 17, 2009
Mythbusters: Water's Edge
Weekend Teaching Series: Mythbusters: Water’s Edge
Message Title: Myth #5: If you give up on hope, then you’ll be happy.
Sermon in a Sentence: Biblical hope does not disappoint because it is grounded in a God who does not fail.
Text(s): Ecclesiastes 9:3-5, Isaiah 38:18, Romans 5:1-5
Weekend Scale of Difficulty:8 of 10; This week’s lesson incorporated several videos which all had to be cued at the right time, plus shooting the best (and most complicated) of our Mythbusters videos.
Message Summary:
This week we wrap up our Mythbusters series with a sermon on hope. Originally we were going to complete the trilogy of faith, hope and love, but a couple of snow days and the fact that our next series is set to coincide with Lent means we have to cut it short and wrap up this week.
We began by showing a video from eleven72 called Change IS Possible. It features a guy singing about hope. Only he realizes as he sings that some people never change, and hoping they will really is meaningless. The song ends with the line: “There is no hope. Give up on hope. If you give up on hope then you’ll be happy. Or whatever.” The video closes with text on the screen encouraging viewers not to give up on hope, but we made sure to stop the video before that. Our fifth myth was the closing line of the song – “If you give up on hope, then you’ll be happy.”
