August 31, 2008
POLLYANNA
ALTAR TABLE: A half filled glass of water
PASSING THE PEACE
QUESTION; Is the glass half full or empty?
NEXT WEEK (August 31st):
MOVIE: Pollyanna
QUESTION: Is the glass half empty or half full?
SCRIPTURE: I Peter 3:15
POINT: How we view the world impacts others
CALL TO WORSHIP
All people bring joy
Some bring joy when they enter the room, others when they leave the room
OPENING PRAYER (I Corinthians 13:12)
Open our eyes Lord to how we bring joy into the world. Let us see the world as you intend us to see it. Let us see the beauty of creation. Let us smell the roses. Let us hear the symphonies. Let us experience the abundant life. Let us live in hope. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
COMPLAINT FREE WORLD (WILL BOWEN)
Sermon Notes
August 31, 2008
Pollyanna
INTRO
LAST WEEK – The Matrix
Focus: Perception of Reality
THIS WEEK – Pollyanna
FOCUS: Perception of Reality and how to respond to reality
INTRO TO POLLYANNA
Starring: Hailey Mills, Jane Wyman, Agnes Moorehead, & Karl Malden
POLLYANNA
Clip (not shown) (35:50) - Sour Stomach Sunday (people around here hate Sundays)
CLIP (not shown) (36:12) - Death Comes Unexpectedly (4x)
“God Jehovah will bring judgment…
QUESTION: Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists” (p. 4).
QUESTION: Do we have a moral obligation to be happy (p. 3f)?
CLIP (not shown) (43:00) - Glad Game
“What did I tell you”?
“I hate Sundays”
“What is all this Glad business you talk about?”
“A game my father taught me…it helps sometime
When things aren’t going so well sometimes
(Find something good about the situation)
NOTE: The Glad Game is not denial, but a refocusing on what is good in life (Life is Good).
POINT: Pollyanna brings joy into the lives of so many folks in her town, not by introducing denial, but by introducing hope and a new perception on reality.
Question: Who is it that brings joy into your life?
Who is it that you bring joy into their life?
SETTING THE SCENE
Mrs. Snow (Agnes Moorehead) is in despair and angst for no reason, but is certain that she is on the path to death. In this scene Mrs. Snow is meeting with the town undertaker to discuss her coffin. The decision making process is interrupted by the unexpected Pollyanna. Pollyanna came to Mrs. Snow for the purpose of recruiting her into sewing patchwork squares into a quilt. The quilt will be sold at the bizarre to help raise funds to build a new orphanage.
Clip # 1 - 1:17:45 - 1:24:03
“…A person shouldn’t be thinking about dying so much…A person should think about living.”
Pollyanna tells the father and the doll (crutches) story
Pollyanna was rather disappointed, so her father made up the Glad Game.
Let’s try and find something to be glad about, so we made a game of it.
And after all I forgot about the doll
I found a reason for being glad
We were glad we didn’t have to use them (crutches)
You can be glad you don’t need this coffin
They do not respond well.
(undertaker) “I didn’t mean to hurt her feelings”
Clip (not shown) - 1:31:46 Encounter with Rev. Paul Ford
(in his angry voice) “If you are an enemy to one another than you’re an enemy to God!”
“When you look for the bad in mankind expecting to find it, you surely will.” Abraham Lincoln
Note the perspective of reality
Look for the good in people
Glad Passages – 800
A. Psalm 100:1 “Shout for Joy!” (17 x)
B. Be glad (in the Lord) (lots)
C. PSALM 118:24 - This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
“If God took the trouble to tell us 8oo times to be glad and rejoice, He must wanted us to do it.”
POINT – We always a have a choice on how to respond to reality:
Clip (not shown) – the Final Test (the stakes are raised)
Pollyanna falls out of a tree sneaking back into the house after the bizarre. He fall injuries her in such a way that she may never walk again. She has a choice. She is overwhelmed by the prospect that she will never walk again and becomes despair and is incapable of playing the glad game. This time, the town comes to the rescue (Wounded Healer, Henri Nouwen).
RECOMMENDED READING:
a. Victor Frankyl, “Man’s Search for Meaning” (always have a choice & the importance of hope)
b. Randy Pausch, “The Last Lecture” or the internet site http://download.srv.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/ (how to live life)
c. Eleanor Porter, “ Pollyanna” or the movie (1960) - (Glad Game)
d. Dennis Prager, “Happiness is a Serious Problem”,(Moral obligation to be happy as not to hinder the happiness of others, butterfly effect, system thinking) “Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists” (p. 4).
e. Henri Nouwen, “Wounded Healer” (we can heal each through our wounds like Jesus)
People respond, they come out in mass, they greet her and by their mere presence it gives Pollyanna the will to play the glad game again. We need each other (Wounded Healer) She needed a little help from her friends (Joe cocker)
LITMUS TEST: Will the complaint do any good, if not; move on.
There are those who feel like we should complain; but if the rest of the world believed in complaining as much as they do; they wouldn’t like it; but still they share their wisdom.
OBSERVATION: The complainers; (there is a tendency, “if you spot it; you got it”). I have a friend who would complain about things not being organized. They are one of the most unorganized persons I know.
Puppets
Sally: Chuck, how are you?
Chuck: I am sad; but, thanks for noticing me.
Sally: Well chuck, Have a deal for you.
CHUCK: I hope it is not too rigorous. I have to watch out and avoid too much excitement.
SALLY: Well, then this is perfect. Let’s play the Glad Game
CHUCK: Glad bags? I don’t have any Glad bags. Do I need to have a Glad bag to play?
SALLY: No silly, not Glad Bags; Glad Game.
CHUCK: Oh, what’s the Glad Game?
SALLY: Well when I am gloomy or sad, I try to find something to be glad about.
CHUCK: Oh, I couldn’t do it.
SALLY: Look Chuck, there are over 800 bible verses in the Bible about being glad. If God went to the trouble to tell us over 800 times to be glad, don’t you think God would want us to do it?
CHUCK: Gee, I never thought of that. I never thought that God was interested in me being Glad.
SALLY: There you go Chuck. Now, what are you sad about?
CHUCK: I am sad that summer is ending.
SALLY: Well surely we can find something to be glad about because summer is ending.
CHUCK: I don’t think so.
SALLY: Well, because summer is ending football is starting.
CHUCK: I don’t like football.
SALLY: Well, because summer is ending, school is beginning.
CHUCK: I don’t…
SALLY (interrupting): i don’t want to hear it. Let’s see, because summer is ending new TV shows are coming on TV.
CHUCK: I don’t like TV.
SALLY: This is going to be more difficult than I thought.
CHUCK: I am hopeless.
SALLY: I know, because summer is ending, it will soon be Trunk or Treat.
CHUCK: Oh I love Trunk or Treat. I can’t wait. Hey, I am already feeling better. I wish every day was Trunk or Treat.
SALLY: See now how we can be glad even though it seems gloomy. That’s the Glad Game.
CHUCK: I am glad we played the Glad Game. You sure I don’t need a Glad bag to play.
SALLY: Chuck the only thing you need to play the Glad Game is a willing heart.
Glad Game
This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118:24
1. Don’t be gloomy
2. Find something to be glad about
Example: wanting a doll and receiving crutches from a missionary barrel, glad she didn’t need the crutches.
ALTAR TABLE: A half filled glass of water
PASSING THE PEACE
QUESTION; Is the glass half full or empty?
NEXT WEEK (August 31st):
MOVIE: Pollyanna
QUESTION: Is the glass half empty or half full?
SCRIPTURE: I Peter 3:15
POINT: How we view the world impacts others
CALL TO WORSHIP
All people bring joy
Some bring joy when they enter the room, others when they leave the room
OPENING PRAYER (I Corinthians 13:12)
Open our eyes Lord to how we bring joy into the world. Let us see the world as you intend us to see it. Let us see the beauty of creation. Let us smell the roses. Let us hear the symphonies. Let us experience the abundant life. Let us live in hope. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
COMPLAINT FREE WORLD (WILL BOWEN)
Sermon Notes
August 31, 2008
Pollyanna
INTRO
LAST WEEK – The Matrix
Focus: Perception of Reality
THIS WEEK – Pollyanna
FOCUS: Perception of Reality and how to respond to reality
INTRO TO POLLYANNA
Starring: Hailey Mills, Jane Wyman, Agnes Moorehead, & Karl Malden
POLLYANNA
Clip (not shown) (35:50) - Sour Stomach Sunday (people around here hate Sundays)
CLIP (not shown) (36:12) - Death Comes Unexpectedly (4x)
“God Jehovah will bring judgment…
QUESTION: Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists” (p. 4).
QUESTION: Do we have a moral obligation to be happy (p. 3f)?
CLIP (not shown) (43:00) - Glad Game
“What did I tell you”?
“I hate Sundays”
“What is all this Glad business you talk about?”
“A game my father taught me…it helps sometime
When things aren’t going so well sometimes
(Find something good about the situation)
NOTE: The Glad Game is not denial, but a refocusing on what is good in life (Life is Good).
POINT: Pollyanna brings joy into the lives of so many folks in her town, not by introducing denial, but by introducing hope and a new perception on reality.
Question: Who is it that brings joy into your life?
Who is it that you bring joy into their life?
SETTING THE SCENE
Mrs. Snow (Agnes Moorehead) is in despair and angst for no reason, but is certain that she is on the path to death. In this scene Mrs. Snow is meeting with the town undertaker to discuss her coffin. The decision making process is interrupted by the unexpected Pollyanna. Pollyanna came to Mrs. Snow for the purpose of recruiting her into sewing patchwork squares into a quilt. The quilt will be sold at the bizarre to help raise funds to build a new orphanage.
Clip # 1 - 1:17:45 - 1:24:03
“…A person shouldn’t be thinking about dying so much…A person should think about living.”
Pollyanna tells the father and the doll (crutches) story
Pollyanna was rather disappointed, so her father made up the Glad Game.
Let’s try and find something to be glad about, so we made a game of it.
And after all I forgot about the doll
I found a reason for being glad
We were glad we didn’t have to use them (crutches)
You can be glad you don’t need this coffin
They do not respond well.
(undertaker) “I didn’t mean to hurt her feelings”
Clip (not shown) - 1:31:46 Encounter with Rev. Paul Ford
(in his angry voice) “If you are an enemy to one another than you’re an enemy to God!”
“When you look for the bad in mankind expecting to find it, you surely will.” Abraham Lincoln
Note the perspective of reality
Look for the good in people
Glad Passages – 800
A. Psalm 100:1 “Shout for Joy!” (17 x)
B. Be glad (in the Lord) (lots)
C. PSALM 118:24 - This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
“If God took the trouble to tell us 8oo times to be glad and rejoice, He must wanted us to do it.”
POINT – We always a have a choice on how to respond to reality:
Clip (not shown) – the Final Test (the stakes are raised)
Pollyanna falls out of a tree sneaking back into the house after the bizarre. He fall injuries her in such a way that she may never walk again. She has a choice. She is overwhelmed by the prospect that she will never walk again and becomes despair and is incapable of playing the glad game. This time, the town comes to the rescue (Wounded Healer, Henri Nouwen).
RECOMMENDED READING:
a. Victor Frankyl, “Man’s Search for Meaning” (always have a choice & the importance of hope)
b. Randy Pausch, “The Last Lecture” or the internet site http://download.srv.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/ (how to live life)
c. Eleanor Porter, “ Pollyanna” or the movie (1960) - (Glad Game)
d. Dennis Prager, “Happiness is a Serious Problem”,(Moral obligation to be happy as not to hinder the happiness of others, butterfly effect, system thinking) “Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists” (p. 4).
e. Henri Nouwen, “Wounded Healer” (we can heal each through our wounds like Jesus)
People respond, they come out in mass, they greet her and by their mere presence it gives Pollyanna the will to play the glad game again. We need each other (Wounded Healer) She needed a little help from her friends (Joe cocker)
LITMUS TEST: Will the complaint do any good, if not; move on.
There are those who feel like we should complain; but if the rest of the world believed in complaining as much as they do; they wouldn’t like it; but still they share their wisdom.
OBSERVATION: The complainers; (there is a tendency, “if you spot it; you got it”). I have a friend who would complain about things not being organized. They are one of the most unorganized persons I know.
Puppets
Sally: Chuck, how are you?
Chuck: I am sad; but, thanks for noticing me.
Sally: Well chuck, Have a deal for you.
CHUCK: I hope it is not too rigorous. I have to watch out and avoid too much excitement.
SALLY: Well, then this is perfect. Let’s play the Glad Game
CHUCK: Glad bags? I don’t have any Glad bags. Do I need to have a Glad bag to play?
SALLY: No silly, not Glad Bags; Glad Game.
CHUCK: Oh, what’s the Glad Game?
SALLY: Well when I am gloomy or sad, I try to find something to be glad about.
CHUCK: Oh, I couldn’t do it.
SALLY: Look Chuck, there are over 800 bible verses in the Bible about being glad. If God went to the trouble to tell us over 800 times to be glad, don’t you think God would want us to do it?
CHUCK: Gee, I never thought of that. I never thought that God was interested in me being Glad.
SALLY: There you go Chuck. Now, what are you sad about?
CHUCK: I am sad that summer is ending.
SALLY: Well surely we can find something to be glad about because summer is ending.
CHUCK: I don’t think so.
SALLY: Well, because summer is ending football is starting.
CHUCK: I don’t like football.
SALLY: Well, because summer is ending, school is beginning.
CHUCK: I don’t…
SALLY (interrupting): i don’t want to hear it. Let’s see, because summer is ending new TV shows are coming on TV.
CHUCK: I don’t like TV.
SALLY: This is going to be more difficult than I thought.
CHUCK: I am hopeless.
SALLY: I know, because summer is ending, it will soon be Trunk or Treat.
CHUCK: Oh I love Trunk or Treat. I can’t wait. Hey, I am already feeling better. I wish every day was Trunk or Treat.
SALLY: See now how we can be glad even though it seems gloomy. That’s the Glad Game.
CHUCK: I am glad we played the Glad Game. You sure I don’t need a Glad bag to play.
SALLY: Chuck the only thing you need to play the Glad Game is a willing heart.
Glad Game
This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118:24
1. Don’t be gloomy
2. Find something to be glad about
Example: wanting a doll and receiving crutches from a missionary barrel, glad she didn’t need the crutches.
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