A brilliant new Lent Course for 2019, based on the hugely popular film The Greatest Showman. The 2018 Golden Globe-nominated movie starring Hugh Jackman, about the founder and stars of the Barnum & Bailey Circus is ideal for Lenten study of Christian themes of hope, redemption and new life.
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nThe five-week course offers discussion points, biblical reflections and prayers based on short excerpts from the film.
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nThe themes are:
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1. ‘A Million Dreams’, exploring what liberation and hope might look like for an ‘outsider’ in the world

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2. ‘Come Alive’, exploring how the family of faith can bring hope and purpose

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3. ‘Rewrite the stars’, asks what forms of resistance can be placed in the way of salvation

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4. ‘Never Enough’, questions the temptations of false fulfilment that can lead us to betrayal

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5. ‘The Greatest Show’, shows how redemption is found when we discover ‘the circus is our home’.

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