Little Town Of Bethlehem

Looking for ways to engage college / young adult age folks in your congregation? Young People’s Ministries is partnering with the folks at EGM Films to make their award-winning documentaries available to you. These films are great for anything from small group to church-wide studies to community events on some of the most compelling issues of our day. The first is a film called Little Town Of Bethlehem.

Little Town Of Bethlehem opens audiences’ eyes to the nonviolence movement in Israel & Palestine and how it offers a different, hope-filled alternative to violent conflict. The film tells the stories of three men, a Palestinian Christian, a Palestinian Muslim and a Jewish Israeli, all of whom, inspired by MLK and Gandhi, engage their communities in nonviolent responses to the conflict in their homeland.

Each screening kit comes with a full curriculum / discussion guide, as well as resources to help you promote your event, including templates for posters, postcards, banners and more. They are designed to encourage respectful conversations based on human needs, not political agendas.

To watch the trailer and learn more click on the link above. To order a screening kit click here, enter the code GBOD and get a 25% discount off of the cost of the screening kit and license. The license is good in perpetuity for your church / ministry, so you can use it multiple times. We’re excited to partner with EGM Films to provide you with high quality resources to engage your community.

If you have questions about the films or accompanying resources, contact Dave Palmer at EGM Films: dpalmer@egmfilms.org

ENDORSEMENTS

Before I visited the Holy Land, I read a book called Blood Brothers by Elias Chacour, A Melkite priest who experienced the establishment of Israel first-hand as an Arab Christianyoung person. His life’s focus has been building relationships as a means of fostering a new way of moving into the future for Israelis and Palestinians. Little Town of Bethlehem is a film seeking to move in this same peaceful direction for reconciliation in Israel. The film sets the stage for meaningful conversation for young adults (and adults) seeking new ways to impact their world.

Mike Ratliff
Associate General Secretary, Young People’s Ministries, GBOD

 

There are few subjects which bring up such strong – and polarized – reactions as the Israel-Palestine conflict. Many of us hope and pray for a breakthrough that will get us beyond the longstanding impasse of entrenched positions. Little Town of Bethlehem could help bring about such a breakthrough, showing us the nonviolent power of faith, hope, and love embodied in a Christian, a Muslim, and a Jew.

Brian McLaren
author/speaker/activist

 

Very helpful! One of the barriers to reconciliation between Israel and Palestine has been fear. That can only be overcome by seeing in the other humanity capable of being loved. Little Town of Bethlehem gives us a context to show us how this is possible. This film also gives us a model of how we can extend to those we may have depersonalized the recognition of personhood.

Dr. Ralph Fertig
President of the Humanitarian Law Project