tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281824242009-02-20T20:35:42.070-08:00Watching, thinking, enjoyingLynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02550132903118217301noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28182424.post-1162518128717012022006-11-02T17:41:00.000-08:002006-11-02T17:42:08.716-08:00Friday 24 November<br />7pm (byo tea at 6.15pm)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28182424-116251812871701202?l=www.opawa.org.nz%2Fmovies%2Findex.html'/></div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02550132903118217301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28182424.post-1162518083448871662006-11-02T17:40:00.000-08:002006-11-02T17:41:23.450-08:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>For The Kids!!<br /></strong></span>Do you have a secret passion for something you enjoy doing<br />but are afraid to tell people because of what they might think?<br /><br />Troy was known as “the basketball boy” and<br />Gabriella wanted to change her “brainy girl” image at her new school.<br />What are you known for at school?<br />Is there anything you would like to change about your image at school?<br /><br />Have you put down a friend in front of others?<br />If a friend hurt you with something they said or did how would you feel?<br />Would you still be their friend if they said they were sorry?<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>For The Grownups!!<br /></strong></span><br />Belonging is important but so is being true to yourself.<br />Are you afraid of what other people might think of<br />Your friends? … Your family? … What you do? … Your beliefs?<br /><br />Zeak said friends should be “boosting you up not tearing you down”.<br />What other qualities do true friends have? What kind of friend are you?<br /><br />“I want to see my son having the time off his life”.<br />Parents, are you proud off your children when they try their hardest?<br />Do you have expectations which might be beyond your children’s ability?<br /><br />Take a chance and try something new.<br />Being part of a team or activity is great<br />but it should not rule your life.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28182424-116251808344887166?l=www.opawa.org.nz%2Fmovies%2Findex.html'/></div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02550132903118217301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28182424.post-1162517882120445612006-11-02T17:37:00.000-08:002006-11-02T17:38:02.120-08:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>For The Kids!!<br /></strong></span><br />This film is about animals. Do you have any animals?<br />How do you treat them?<br /><br />How hard is it to be nice to someone<br />who is different from you and your friends?<br /><br />Would you like to have friends who treat others like the racehorses treated Stripes? How would you feel about that?<br /><br />Tucker said “nothing good ever comes easy”.<br />Do you work hard on the things you are good at?<br /><br />Do you thank those who help you with things:<br />people like your coach, teacher, friends or parents?<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">For The Grownups!!</span></strong><br />What are some things that make it difficult<br />to accept people who are different from us?<br /><br />“Actions speak louder than words”.<br />Who do you know, like Tucker, works tirelessly<br />behind the scenes with little or no thanks?<br /><br />Do you have a natural ability?<br />Do you put in the necessary work and training<br />to make the best use of that talent?<br /><br />Are you gracious in both victory and defeat?<br />Do you know people who boast when they win<br />or make excuses when they loose?<br />How do they make you feel?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28182424-116251788212044561?l=www.opawa.org.nz%2Fmovies%2Findex.html'/></div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02550132903118217301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28182424.post-1162517792129545642006-11-02T17:35:00.000-08:002006-11-02T17:36:32.146-08:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>For The Kids!!<br /></strong></span>What five lessons would you try<br />and teach someone?<br /><br />Do you find any of these things hard yourself? What could you do to try and be better at them?<br /><br />Simon had to accept the consequences of his own actions. Try and remember that the things we do effect other people; sometimes in a good way, sometimes in a bad way …<br />Let’s try and make it all good.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>For The Grownups!!</strong></span><br />Mr Brown needed to learn to listen to his children … do you always find time to listen<br />to the children you love?<br /><br />Can you think of ways to create opportunities<br />to keep communicating with your children?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28182424-116251779212954564?l=www.opawa.org.nz%2Fmovies%2Findex.html'/></div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02550132903118217301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28182424.post-1155863464407732142006-08-17T18:10:00.000-07:002006-08-17T18:11:04.406-07:00Friday 25 August<br />over-the-road<br />in the Friendship Centre<br />7pm (or byo tea at 6.15pm)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28182424-115586346440773214?l=www.opawa.org.nz%2Fmovies%2Findex.html'/></div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02550132903118217301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28182424.post-1155863396467444122006-08-17T18:05:00.000-07:002006-08-17T18:09:56.480-07:00Remember:<br /> You are never too small to do big things!<br /><br />Kids:<br />You don’t have to be big to do important things. What could you do that would be a “good thing” with your friends, in your classroom, with your family, in your neighbourhood?<br /><br />Grownups:<br />Let’s not underestimate the good that little people can do… are there opportunities we should be giving children we love to do good? <br /><br />Everyone:<br />Think about a friend … what do you like about them? Why? Take time this weekend to write a note or draw a picture and give it to them to tell them that you’re glad of them!<br /><br />Would you like to be described like Piglet:<br />Always happy to see you.<br />Always thoughtful.<br />Always brave.<br />Never thinking of himself.<br /><br />Is there anything you need to change<br />so you are more like this?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28182424-115586339646744412?l=www.opawa.org.nz%2Fmovies%2Findex.html'/></div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02550132903118217301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28182424.post-1154052798573329802006-07-27T19:12:00.000-07:002006-07-27T19:13:18.583-07:00Friday 29 July<br /><br />What can we learn from the small-but-brave Piglet?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28182424-115405279857332980?l=www.opawa.org.nz%2Fmovies%2Findex.html'/></div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02550132903118217301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28182424.post-1150775944898722522006-06-19T20:55:00.000-07:002006-06-30T22:48:07.536-07:00<strong> Which of the children<br />did you most relate to?</strong><br /> <br /><strong>Lucy</strong>, while timid and shy, is braver than she thinks she is! <br />The youngest child, she is first through the Wardrobe, and is<br />optimistic, compassionate and a truth-teller.<br /><br /><strong>Susan</strong> is mature and respectable, “motherly”… and sometimes bossy.<br />She is always loyal and faithful.<br /><br /><strong>Edmund</strong> begins the story as a mean, spiteful boy. <br />He is tempted by the White Witch<br />and betrays his brother and sisters to her. <br />However he does the right thing in the end.<br /><br /><strong>Peter</strong> is brave, loyal and intelligent. <br />He upholds what he thinks is right.<br /><br />Who do you think you are most like?<br />Who would you like to be more like?<br />Why? What do you like about that character?<br /><br /><strong>What gift would you like to be given? Why?</strong><br />When the “always winter and never Christmas”<br />spell began to break in Narnia,<br />Father Christmas came and gave gifts to the children:<br /><br />To Peter he gave a shield and a sword.<br />To Susan a bow and arrows<br />and a horn to blow when she needed help. <br />To Lucy he gave a little bottle full of healing cordial<br />and a dagger to defend herself.<br /><br />Each gift had its use later in the story, in battle,<br />in bringing healing, in calling for help<br /><br />What gift would you like to be given? Why?<br /><br /><strong>Who is ASLAN like?</strong><br />Who arrived at the same time as Father Christmas?<br />See: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Chapter 10<br />See: From the Bible: Luke 2:1-40, Galatians 4:4-5<br /><br />Who said he was the Son of the Great Emperor?<br />See: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Chapter 8<br />See: From the Bible: Matthew 16:13-28, Philippians 2:6-11<br /><br />Who gave Himself up for someone else’s fault<br />to be jeered at and killed by wicked people?<br />See: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Chapter 14<br />See: From the Bible: Mark 14:32-15:47, 1 Peter 2: 22-24<br /><br />Who came to life again?<br />See: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Chapter 15<br />See: From the Bible: John 20: 1-29, 21: 1-4, 1 Peter 1: 3b-9<br /><br /> More resources:<br />WEB LINKS<br />www.narnia.com<br />www.narniaweb.com<br />www.narniaresources.com<br />www.narniafans.com<br />www.theonelion.net<br /><br />For more information on the author (CS Lewis)<br />www.cslewis.org<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28182424-115077594489872252?l=www.opawa.org.nz%2Fmovies%2Findex.html'/></div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02550132903118217301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28182424.post-1150775674593509882006-06-19T20:53:00.000-07:002006-06-30T22:49:29.906-07:00Robots<br />7pm Friday 23 June<br />(or byo takeaways at 6.15)<br /><br />See you there!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28182424-115077567459350988?l=www.opawa.org.nz%2Fmovies%2Findex.html'/></div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02550132903118217301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28182424.post-1147752957483783652006-05-15T20:58:00.000-07:002006-05-15T21:15:57.493-07:00Offering:<br />regular movies<br />questions for reflection<br /><br />Fourth Friday each month:<br />cnr Hastings and Wilsons<br /><br />Next:<br />The Chronicles of Narnia (1)<br />Friday May 26 7pm<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28182424-114775295748378365?l=www.opawa.org.nz%2Fmovies%2Findex.html'/></div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02550132903118217301noreply@blogger.com0