Before the Session

Facilitator: In advance of the session

• Review today’s scripture text and the session activities to help better facilitate the discussion.
• Have the Bible Background Video ready to view.
• Encourage your group to listen to the Faithelement podcast ahead of the next session (Share the link via email or social media).
• Preview the Lexington video clip in Closure and confirm the link still plays. If it becomes unavailable, search for “Oaks at Woodland Woodland Christian Church Lexington” or read the Closure summary aloud.

Context (From the Media Session Page)

Say: In the film, Raiders of the Lost Ark, archaeologist Indiana Jones is recruited in 1936 to find the Ark of the Covenant before Nazi agents can claim its power for themselves. The film opens in the jungles of South America, where Indy braves a booby-trapped temple to recover a golden idol, only to have his rival, the French archaeologist René Belloq, take the prize from him at the exit.