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Soularium, have you ever heard of it??? Probably not. This month I was working with university students and one of our evangelism tools that we used was this thing called Soularium.
Soularium is a dialogue of pictures.
I am a visual person and I like visual pictures. I was an art major in college and I saw the importance of art through everyday life. We live in a visual culture where students are bombarded with images everyday. Soularium is a series of 50 different photographs that you lay out over a table or you can do it individually by flipping through them. This gets the students thinking. What are these photographs? What do they mean?
Through a series of questions, students begin to open up. Students begin to talk. And you can start having deeper conversations with your students. Learning about themselves, their views, and their beliefs.
Soooo how does Soularium actually work….
Well there are a series of 5 questions, but you can basically ask any questions in accordance to what you want to talk about. So for me, I came up the questions to get my students thinking and to lead into the lesson on relationships and love. So…
Pick 3 pictures that describe your life right now…
Pick 3 pictures to describe friendships in your life…
Pick 2 pictures to describe love…
Pick 2 pictures to describe God’s love toward us….
OR you can ask Pick 2 pictures to describe God.
Pick 2 pictures to describe your spiritual experience.
Etc.
Once you ask the questions, students had about 3 minutes to look through the photographs and pick the best ones for themselves. We then went around the room and the students had to explain why they picked that picture.
This was such a great way to get my students talking and there are all sorts of questions you can ask. I had never seen this envangelism tool used before… but I loved it. My students were able to get into some deep conversations on what they thought. And there was such a variety of photographs that students were always able to find one that described them or their beliefs.
This was a thought-provoking evangelism tool. And I loved using it and wanted to share it with you!
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So currently I am at debrief. Which basically means processing and down time between continents (Europe and Africa). A few days to prepare and spend time all together as a squad.
I head to Mozambique on Thursday (May 10). We drive from Chisinau to Bucharest on a overnight bus ride. Then get on a plane and go to Istanbul then to South Africa. Once arriving in South Africa we drive to Mozambique. We will not be at our ministry site until Saturday night or early Sunday morning. Please pray for all our travels and crossing borders.
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Soooo some of my teammates are in need of finance support in order for them to stay through all of Africa. The deadline in July 1st and the internet in Mozambique is not always reliable. Soooo I wanted to share with you know so you can be praying and possible supporting them. Dania is in need of 3,100; Matt is right under $2,000 and Tyler is about $2,500. Please consider supporting them either through finances or through prayer. I couldn’t imagine them not being on my team and growing in the Lord. Thanks!
