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Film Discussion Series

Everyone Welcome Free Admission !

7:00 OPC Friendship Hall - Refreshments Provided!

 

Screening Dates

Encounter: Paradise Lost ~ January 11

Hugo ~ January 25

Amazing Love ~ February 8

The Dark Knight Rises ~ February 22

WWJD II: The Wood Carver ~ March 8

Apostle Peter & The Last Supper ~ March 22

Gifted Hands ~ April 18

Here Comes the Boom ~ April 26

War Horse ~ May 10

Lincoln ~ May 24

 

 

 

Seven years after the world's most devastating tsunami in Thailand six strangers find themselves trapped in a beach side resort on the brink of an oncoming hurricane. Each of their hearts are broken and silently cry out on the most desperate night of their lives. As the storm rages on and the six strangers fall deeper into the heart of darkness another guest arrives at the hotel. He says he is Jesus Christ, and he knows what each of them suffers from. Knowing their dire need, he came to bring them all a message of hope and rescue them from the darkest corners of their own hearts.

 

 

 

Hugo is an orphan boy living in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris.  He learned to fix clocks and other gadgets from his father and uncle which he puts to use keeping the train station clocks running.  The only thing that he has left that connects him to his dead father is an automaton (mechanical man) that doesn't work without a special key which Hugo needs to find to unlock the secret he believes it contains.  On his adventures, he meets with a shopkeeper, George Melies, who works in the train station with his adventure-seeking god-daughter.  Hugo finds that they have a surprising connection to his father and the automaton, and he discovers it unlocks some memories the old man has buried inside regarding his past.

 

 

 

When a confrontation occurs amongst the youth group, Stuart takes the opportunity to share with the group the touching story of the Old Testament prophet Hosea.

 

 

Eight years on, a new terrorist leader, Bane, overwhelms Gotham's finest, and the Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

 

 

 

Matthew Stevenson is a troubled kid from a broken home.  When he vandalizes the local church to get back at his parents, Matthew has to repair the damage to the church to avoid criminal charges.  While working at the church, he meets Ernest, an accomplished wood-carver who created the intricate woodwork decoration that Matthew destroyed.  Ernest has become something of a hermit, but reluctantly comes out of reclusion to help repair the church.  Now Ernest and Matthew must work together to preserve the church's beautiful antiquity, and along the way, they also manage to restore their faith in God and in life.

 

 

 

A must-see biblical story of hope, forgiveness, prayer and the message that anything is possible.  Relive the time Peter spent with Jesus, from the Great Commission to the life-changing Last Supper and the garden of Gethsemane.

 

 

 

Cuba Gooding, Jr. stars in this true story about a renowned brain surgeon who overcame obstacles to change the course of medicine forever.  Young Ben Carson didn't have much of a chance.  Growing up in a broken home amongst poverty and prejudice, his grades suffered and his temper flared.  And yet, his mother never lost her faith in him.  Insisting he follow the opportunities she never had, she helped to grow his imagination, intelligence and, most importantly, his belief in himself.  That faith would be his gift - the thing that would drive him to follow his dream of becoming one of the world's leading neurosurgeons.

 

 

 

A high school biology teacher looks to become a successful mixed-martial arts fighter in an effort to raise money to prevent extra-curricular activities from being axed at his cash-strapped school.

 

 

Young Albert enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry.  Albert's hopeful journey takes him out of England and to the front lines as the war rages on.

 

 

As the Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.

 

 

 

 

 

Christian Education Holidays

- To be announced...

 

 

Click on the links below for more information about:

     Sunday School

     Adult Education

     2012-13 Christian Education brochure

     2012 Fall Film Series brochure

 

For more information about education at OPC please contact our Education Coordinator, Bev Taylor.

412.828.5770

btaylor@oakmontpresby.org

 

 

  
 

Why Film Discussion?

 

Movie theatres are modern day techno-pulpits; people flock to their local multiplex to let directors and screenwriters influence how they feel, think, and act.  As image-bearers of God (the master storyteller, whose story spans all of creation) we in turn have a yearning to both create and be entertained by stories.  This is evident even within scripture as Jesus teaches in parables.  Holistic lessons are often learned more effectively through narrative than with bullet-point outlines and graphs.

 

Christians should enjoy and engage film not just as entertainment, but also with a honed philosophical lens to engage culture,  and reflect on how it relates to the gospel.  Everyone is invited to the OPC Film Discussion Series to view a variety of films, each in its entirety, on a big screen with great sound, followed by exposition and discussion of the film's cinematic and philosophical elements.