Media Library
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The Our City Blessed media library items are available to borrow for personal use at no cost using the honor system. In order that others may utilize the library resources, we ask that you only borrow up to three media item at a time and return them within a month.
Media library requests from our ministry cities will be delivered and picked up by one of our team members or volunteers.
While our focus is the cities in which we have ministries, we accept media library requests for those who live elsewhere. Our City Blessed will ship these media requests. For shipped media, we ask that if you are able to please pay for the return shipping. If unable to pay, please check the box when submitting the Media Request Form and we will include a postage paid return envelope.
Library media is listed alphabetically by title.
Larger-Than-Life Lara
by Dandi Daley Mackall
Item Number: 1361
Book -- While Larger-Than-Life Lara is a painful picture of the consequences of bullying, this story is also an engaging allegory of the life of Christ, a teaching tool for aspiring writers, and a reminder to kids in difficult homes that they are not alone. Lara, who is very overweight, joins Mrs. Smith's fourth-grade English class in the middle of the year, and from the moment she walks in the door, she is bullied and mocked by her fellow students. The story culminates in a powerful scene that takes place at the end of the school play. Readers will feel the pain, forgiveness, repentance, and consequences that occur throughout the story as students and teachers experience the worst and best in each other.
Larry Boy and the Bad Apple
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DVD -- Something is rotten in the peaceful town of Bumblyburg! The Bad Apple has dropped onto the scene and is trying to take control of the town by making all of its citizens give into their temptations. Everyone is in danger –Mayor Blueberry, Reporter Petunia, Butler Alfred – even the town’s fearless defender, LarryBoy!
Will the good people of Bumblyburg be able to resist the tricks of the Bad Apple? Can LarryBoy see through the sour plot and save the day? LarryBoy and the Bad Appleteaches kids that we can’t fight temptation on our own – we need God’s help and the help of our friends.
Lies Young Women Believe: And the Truth That Sets Them Free
by Dannah Gresh, Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth, Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Item Number: 1138
Book -- Lies Young Women Believe will give girls ages 13 to 19 the tools they need to identify where their lives and beliefs are off course-the result of buying into Satan's lies about God, guys, media, and more. This description may be from another edition of this product.
Lies Young Women Believe Study Guide: And the Truth That Sets Them Free
by Dannah Gresh, Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Erin Davis, et al.
Item Number: 1086
Book -- Go deeper into the truths of Lies Young Women Believe.
So you've read Lies Young Women Believe, but you want help internalizing its truths and applying them to your life? This companion guide contains questions and activities to help you do just that.
Each session is made up of the following features:
An overview of the chapter to be studied from Lies Young Women Believe and reminders of the lies discussed in that chapterA daily personal study for the readers to complete during the course of the week, between youth group meetings. Each day's study includes a reading from Lies Young Women Believe and reflection questions Questions to be discussed in youth group/small group setting.
Liking Jesus: Intimacy and Contentment in a Selfie-Centered World
by Craig Groeschel
Item Number: 1354
Book -- How can we keep our eyes focused on Christ in a world saturated with streaming screens, "likes," and emojis? Groeschel offers help! Learn how to use social media to strengthen your faith; rediscover authenticity and contentment; create safeguards for your digital devices; and put God and others first in a selfie-centered world.
Listening for heaven's sake : building healthy relationships with God, self, and others
by Gary Sweeten, David W. Ping, Anne Clippard, et al.
Item Number: 1149
Book -- This 193-page paperback book covers essential skills and biblical insights every Christ-follower needs to be truly effective in everyday life and in the most demanding of ministries.