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A Parade of Hope!
John 3:16, one of the most famous verses in the Bible, is a 26-word parade of hope, beginning with God, ending with life, and urging us to do the same.

These resources are broad enough to support a churchwide campaign yet versatile enough to use for a weekend retreat or a six-session group study. Guided by Max’s warm and gracious storytelling style, each participant is encouraged to truly value the 3:16 verse, to form and share their own 3:16 story, and to begin living a 3:16 life.

For information on the Lifeway 3:16 Musical, click here.

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By:  Eddie Mosley

5/12/2008 1:48:28 PM:   Great material and very relationally evangelistic

We used 3:16 as a church-wide experience through Small Groups, Sunday School classes, sermon series and added a children's element for Small Group time. Lucado, as usual, clearly communicated the Gospel and wrote in such a way to allow a relationship to be built between Christians and friends/family who were in the study, but yet to be Christ-followers. Several adults were added to Bible Study through this emphasis. One couple crossed the line of faith, were baptized and even got engaged, all during the 3:16 study. Stories keep coming in about participants who stepped up their faith by praying out-loud, leading and sharing with others about Christ. Numerous new groups started during this emphasis and they lived out 3:16 by serving others in the community. To cut the cost we showed the DVD on Wednesday nights for teachers, leaders and apprentices. We also purchased the DVDs for the new teachers/leaders that felt they could not lead the study on their own. We ask the adults help purchase study guides by co-paying some of the cost. We are about sharing not only the stories but also what God has blessed us with. We are now searching for churches to whom we can give the DVDs. That way they can purchase the study guides and have their own 3:16 experience.

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By:  Rev. Russell Muilenburg  From:  Spencer, IA

3/4/2008 1:21:15 PM:   This was a very disappointing Church Experience.

This kit was marketed as a way to get the entire church involved in a study of John 3:16. Well, our church went for it. We got this kit and reviewed the materials in it, then we decided on the material that would most benefit our congregation. We concluded that the 6 session workbooks and accompanying DVDs of Max teaching would be best for our small groups, in coordination with a special series of messages during the season of Lent. What was misleading, however, is the outlandish price of the DVDs. I guess I am not allowed to talk about pricing here, but suffice it to say it was beyond unreasonable for our church to purchase these DVDs for each of our twenty small groups. You can search this kit in vain, however, to find the actual price of these videos. Christian publishers seek to enlist the church's help in selling their products. They know that an endorsement from the pulpit can mean considerable increases in sales. At the same time, they portray themselves as helping the church accomplish its ministry. And yet, for all the free marketing we provide them, there is very little done to truly help resource the church. Instead, we are extorted for unreasonable sums of money. I am very diappointed in the way this material was marketed, packaged, and priced. I would encourage churches to create their own studies of this great verse, and avoid getting sucked into the publisher's marketing scheme.

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By:  Jessie Sanders  From:  Brunswick, GA

3/10/2008 2:47:28 PM:   Seriously? No permission to copy DVD for small groups?

I have always been told that Lifeway Christian Stores and Lifeway Christian Resources are committed to assisting the local churches through providing quality Small Group Bible Study Resources. So, you can imagine my disappointment when our church paid $129.95 for the "3:16 Church Experience" Kit only to discover that the kit gives no permission for the local church to make copies of the DVD so that each Small Group Bible Study class can "experience" the study! Apparently, we are expected to purchase additional DVD's for $60 per set for each of our classes. Only after we purchased the kit were we able to discover that what seemed like a quality product at a reasonable $129.95 is actually a prohibitively priced bait and switch! How disappointing to discover that "church experience" is a misleading term. Lucado's materials are good, as always. And, the supplimental Lifeway published materials that are in this kit seem okay. So, if you're a mega-church with deep pockets, this may be the study for you; but, if your church is average or smaller in size with average or smaller income, I would suggest you try something else!