Educational screen & audio-visual guide (c1956-1971])

or instance, in one group. Our Protestant catalogue includes notion pictures and filmstrips from II the princip:il producers. These are II indexed ;ind classified according to ubjcct. We listed them first according o subjects and producers but found hat the title and the set index was niportant. Now we go one step furhcr and index completely. Our title ndex, ready this fall, is another aid ve are giving our customers. A title ndex of all filmstrips that have been )roduced since our last printing helps he lay persons find materials they lave read about and are looking for. We send information on Lent, hristmas and vacation Bible school natcrials as separate mailings. This s in addition to our catalogue, and ve find that our customers appreciate his service. Our staff consists of people who are ictive in the work of the church. This •xpcriencc helps them render service o our customers. We keep a file of all lenominational programs so that these natcrials may be checked when speial program information is desired. Ml our filmstrips are sent to the purhaser on a preview-to-sale basis. We hink this is a MUST. We also have pccialists who go out to the church nd work with Sundav school teachers, >r other special groups, in program lanning and in presenting teaching echniques. Every day we have people viewing Inis and filmstrips. Our projectors nd projection rooms are busy many lours of the dav. Church workers ilien make appointments for groups n advance, coming from as far as 200 niks. We take an active part in workng with denominational groups— Sun"ay school teachers, adult Bible class eachers, vacation Bible school teachrs, meeting them in their convenions and institutes. This is a free ervice which can and shoidd be ofcred by a local library and is appreiatcd bv the churches. It adds up to good relationship in one's commuijtv. AVe have run many one-day workhops. Due to a limited personnel and he high cost of travel, we spot our ireas aliout the state, setting up one or each day. usually Monday through ='riday. These are usually held in a hurch where a supper can be served vithout disturbing the set-up for our vorkshop. We start at 1 p.m. and lose at 9:30. About 90 minutes are ;iven over to preview sessions. These )reviews are broken up into departnental areas and are usually very popilar. We always start our meetings with slide or a filmstrip suitable for use n a worship service. We also schedule previews and con sider them an important part of good dealer-church relations. We hold them about once a month, putting some of them on Sunday afternoon and evening. We have found that ministers favor Sunday afternoon previews. It is vital for us that ministers are well informed and are acquainted with high quality films and filmstrips that are available for use in connection with the various programs of their churches. We believe that the success of the ,\V program in the local church stems from tiie minister. Good and Useful Family Filmstrips Inc. has just released a four-unit series of sound filmstrips in color under the title "Stories .•\bout Jesus for The Kindergarten, Kit No. 2 — Jesus, The Friend." The stories selected are those used in the curriculum of four and five year-old children. Each has a running time of four minutes, and musical backgrounds have been especially written and arranged. F'amiliar songs are used together with some original music, and the frameadvance signal is four bell-like notes played on a celeste, with these notes at times becoming an integral part of the background music. The four titles are, grouped as the narrations appear on the four sides of two LP records: Jesns Visits Maiy and Martha, and, Jesus Visits Zacchaeus; The Calling of Levi, and, Jesus And The Children. The content is simply and directly treated. While it is straight narrative, the directive material in the leader's guide, and repeated on the filmstrips, is sound and helpful. If followed, these little filmstrips will make traction with the minds of Kindergarteners. Each one accents the phrase from the title, "Jesus, The Friend." I would like to add a word of warning to users, especially some of the "old school" workers with children: this is a linu'ted-objective series. It sets out to do just one thing — tell and show some stories accenting the idea that Jesus was friendly, that He helped people to be friendly, and that His followers ought to be friendly too. That's all! They don't try to tell the whole story, or tell it to Tillich and Timmy at the same time. Few workers, "old" or "new" school, can get over more, or as much, in just four minutes. Now let me say a critical word al)out the art: I found it of average quality, especially in facial detail. 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